Music
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Steven Ellison, the artist known as Flying Lotus, was already widely praised for his 2008 album Los Angeles, but Cosmogramma is a jaw-droppingly awesome leap forward in imagination and creativity. ...read more
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It can be hard to do this job when a band that has so thoroughly established a presence returns with an album on which little has changed. (Pity me, yes!) But on LP4 (which is a far better title th...read more
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Being the Western world's go-to future-pop artist must be stressful. M.I.A. responds to both that pressure as well as a world in perpetual crisis with Maya, a typically untamed collection of post-e...read more
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It's no insult to say that Matt and Kim are still playing like it's 2006 in Williamsburg. They just haven't let go of the infectious energy of that time -- or the hooks, or the beats. Sidewalks is ...read more
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This is a most welcome return. Seefeel were one of the stars of the Too Pure label in the '90s -- and since the roster also boasted Th' Faith Healers, PJ Harvey, Stereolab and Pram, that's saying s...read more
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At last, a dubstep album that flings the sound back to its sci-fi/underground roots. Dedication, Zomby's second album and first for 4AD -- the affiliation should catapult him to the top of contempo...read more
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A legendary set featuring a group of extremely controversial street poets. The Last Poets
used offensive language brilliantly, talked in graphic detail about
America's social and racial failure...read more
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What's a "mini-album"? In the case of Muzzle, the new Gonjasufi record (which has a sticker declaring it to be this odd format), it's evidence that 24 (and a half) minutes is enough time to flow te...read more
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