Music
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An '80s-gazing artist out of Brooklyn, how could this be new and special? But Twin Shadow is just that, and Forget is a result of some unironic appreciation for the over-referenced decade by one Ge...read more
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Here's one to slot into your hypnagogic-pop shelf -- not too close to Ariel Pink but, you know (between P and U, I suppose). Unknown Mortal Orchestra began as a sort-of studio project based around ...read more
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This stuff is smooth as fitted sheets. Which is good enough reason to also commend the sexy cover art, in which bedsheets are, shall we say, quite actively rumpled. Chillwave vanguardist Washed Out...read more
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Back in hip-hop's old school era -- roughly 1978-1982 -- albums were the
exception and not the rule. Hip-hop became a lot more album-minded with
the rise of its second generation (Run-D.M.C., Who...read more
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Masters of Washington, D.C.'s '80s go-go craze, Trouble Funk
brought early hip-hop (the group was part of Sugarhill Records) to the
dancefloor with deep bass, propulsive rhythms, and party lyrics...read more
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Sign of the times: A best-of Cocteau Twins collection that came out on CD in 2000 gets a luxe reissue treatment...on vinyl. And you just don't see a lot of Cocteau Twins in used-vinyl bins, so it's...read more
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