Music
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We've heard it all before -- sunny melodies and sharp-edged harmonies leavening lyrics about problems and heartache and things not working out and wanting to just escape from it all. But this Best ...read more
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Bibio released three albums during 2009, so the fact that he'd been quiet from then till now -- well, it felt like a long time, at least. One listen to Stephen Wilkinson's sixth Bibio album, t...read more
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Is it cheating to say that the latest from the Fruit Bats -- the band's first album (we're pretty sure) since main Bat-man Eric D. Johnson joined the Shins -- bears a bit of that band's influence? ...read more
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I'm not going to get into the long, tortured saga of the Beach Boys' Smile,
recorded some 45 years ago but not officially released until last week;
I'm just going to tell you that it's the finest...read more
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It can't be easy, being a fun pop band in times of global tension and fear. Which is why we sit up whenever Imperial Teen gets around to making a new record. Feel the Sound, the SF quartet's first ...read more
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Been a spell since you've heard from Grizzly Bear, hasn't it? You can sate yourself but good with this short-but-quite-sweet EP from the band's guitarist Daniel Rossen, who seems to have the spirit...read more
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60s
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awesome
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classic
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dance
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electronica
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folk-rock
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funk
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idm
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indie
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pop
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sunny
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synth-pop
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twee