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  • Girl Talk (Has A New Album)

    After teasing us all by saying that his new album would be out "sometime in the next few weeks," Girl Talk officially released his fourth record yesterday, called Feed The Animals. I love listening to mash-up albums for the first time. It's so much fun to hear samples pop out...(read full post)

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  • The Dodos

    The Dodos have gotten better with each subsequent release, and their latest album, Visiter (yes, it's misspelled on purpose), is their best yet. Their unique style of music shows influences from all across the board -- folk, psychedelic, tribal, pop, rock. It's rather immediate music, with layers of classic folk...(read full post)

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  • Live: Jaymay

    Jaymay. June 16th, 2008 at Schubas in Chicago, IL.When a lone musician takes the stage with nothing but an acoustic guitar, it takes something special to keep the performance exciting. The artist has to have a great personality that she or he can portray through their live set; they have...(read full post)

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  • Sigur Rós (Have A New Album)

    The new Sigur Rós album, Með Suð Í Eyrum Við Spilum Endalaust, is pretty epic. Ever since 1999's Ágætis Byrjun, they have consistently released great albums, and the new one is no exception. It is a masterpiece; I'd say it's the first contender for the best album of 2008 --...(read full post)

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  • Frightened Rabbit

    Frightened Rabbit's sophomore album, The Midnight Organ Fight, has been on constant rotation on my stereo for the past few months. It's an outstanding quirky pop effort, and an enormous step up from their debut album, Sing The Greys. This album shows off unique songwriting and vocal delivery, mixed atop...(read full post)

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  • Interview: The M's

    Chicago locals The M's have been a longtime favorite of mine -- I can still remember hearing their music for the first time at the Intonation Music Festival and buying their debut album at the festival's record fair. Now, four years later, the M's have just released their third album,...(read full post)

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  • Good Music In Good Films: I Am Trying To Break Your Heart

    Now that I've vented about A Skin, A Night, let's talk about what a good music documentary should be like. It should be well shot, contain lots of commentary and insightful interviews, show the band at work recording, contain live performances, characterize the members of the band, capture great stories...(read full post)

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  • A Skin, A Night

    Being a huge fan of the National, I was eager to see A Skin, A Night, the documentary about the making of their latest stellar album, Boxer. It was with great anticipation that I was finely able to see it this past weekend. Unfortunately, the film is awful. No disrespect...(read full post)

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  • Daedelus

    My introduction to Daedelus was his work with the Weather, a hip-hop band comprised of himself and rappers Busdriver and Radioinactive. I loved the production on that album, so I ventured into his solo work. Denies The Day's Demise is the first album I heard, and it was definitely the...(read full post)

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  • Interview: Via Audio

    A few weeks back, sitting outside the Boston club Great Scott, I was an interviewing machine. Right after I talked with Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, I sat down on the patio with three-fourths of Via Audio. Via Audio are one of the bands made up of Berklee alum,...(read full post)

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  • Live: Islands

    Islands. June 2nd, 2008 at Logan Square Auditorium in Chicago, IL.Coming hot off the release of their sophomore record a few weeks ago, Islands dropped through Chicago's Logan Square Auditorium last Monday night. Frontman Nick Thorburn came adorned in white face paint, which foreshadowed the lack of emotions that he...(read full post)

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  • Ratatat (Have A New Album)

    When I first listened through to Ratatat’s new album, the immensely creatively titled LP3, I was unenthused. The first few spins through, I was just bored – this was not the bumping band I was used to. The opener, “Shiller,” left me less than thrilled, and set the pace for...(read full post)

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  • Live: A Silver Mt. Zion and The Dead Science

    A Silver Mt. Zion and The Dead Science. May 31st, 2008 at Logan Square Auditorium in Chicago, IL.The Dead Science started off the night with a bang. This was the second time I'd seen them, and I can say with confidence that this performance was more exciting. Last time, they...(read full post)

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  • To The Front Of The Class And We'll Measure Your Brain

    Soooo, today's post is coming later in the day. I had a rabid weekend, and I haven't had time to keep up on my post writing. Which is actually the same reason why that burrito review went up last Friday; I usually bury those random reviews of tasty burritos in...(read full post)

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  • The Great Burrito Debate: El Famous Burrito

    Yikes, was this a bad burrito. El Famous Burrito is somewhat of a chain in Chicago's suburbs, but I had never had a chance to try them. This past year, however, they opened up a new location in my hometown, Park Ridge. So, I figured it was about time I...(read full post)

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  • The Futureheads (Have A New Record)

    Back in November, the Futureheads released "Broke Up The Time," a single from their forthcoming album. I wasn't that crazy about it, but I wanted to wait until I heard the full album. Well, now that I've heard all of This Is Not The World, I'm sad to say I...(read full post)

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