Music

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   1. Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds: Murder Ballads

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   2. Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds: Abattoir Blues / Lyre of Orpheus

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   3. Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds: No More Shall We Part

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   4. Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds: The Good Son

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   5. Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds: Nocturama

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   6. Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds: Kicking Against the Pricks

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   7. Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds: Your Funeral... My Trial

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   8. Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds: Live Seeds

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   9. Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds: The First Born is Dead

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    10. Interpol: s/t

    And they're back -- all four of them for the recording of their self-titled fourth album, although anyone with even a passing interest knows that famous-around-town bassist Carlos D. left Interpol ...read more

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    11. Zola Jesus: Valusia

    Valusia is the latest chapter in the continuing evolution of young Nika Roza Danilova, better known as Zola Jesus. No great departure here, just four gripping songs that bear out an improved sense ...read more

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    12. Demdike Stare: Tryptych

    The spooky Manchester, UK, duo known as Demdike Stare (one of them is a prime mover at Andy Votel's Finders Keepers label) drop a staggering three-disc set of thoroughly modern, explosively evocati...read more

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    13. Cold Cave: Cherish the Light Years

    Cold Cave's sophomore release explodes with wow-factor: The synths, the melodies, the forcefulness -- on Cherish the Light Years, all are advanced tenfold over the semi-solo group's 2009 debut. Mai...read more

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    14. Crystal Stilts: In Love with Oblivion

    On their second album, Brooklyn mope-poppers Crystal Stilts expand upon the sound that made their debut so engaging, adding a welcome burst of energy that makes many of the songs danceable and ...read more

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    15. John Maus: We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves

    John Maus is surely the only philosophy professor to have ever served time in Ariel Pink's band. How's that for an opening? It's not just loose trivia talk either, these things will help give you a...read more

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    16. Prurient: Bermuda Drain

    One of New York's signature artists is reborn, severely. The noise/power-electronics magus (and Hospital Recordings capo) Dominick Fernow, a.k.a. Prurient, has spent the past couple of years in a d...read more

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    17. Cocteau Twins: Stars and Topsoil

    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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