Archive for January, 2006

P.O.S.

Friday, January 27th, 2006 < author: jerome >

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Audition
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Label: RhymesayersRelease Date: 01/31/06
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I had almost given up on Hip Hop. Commercial Hip Hop has been boring since 1996. And most \’e2\’80\’9cunderground\’e2\’80\’9d Hip Hop artists have one good record before they become formulaic and repetitive. Rhymesayers have, once again, delivered a culture-saving […]

Cathedral

Thursday, January 26th, 2006 < author: hsd >

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Cathedral
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Garden of Unearthly Delights
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Label: Nuclear BlastRelease Date: 01/24/06
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In recent years Doom has been receiving a surge of popularity, with bands taking an already extreme genre and making it more extreme. Bands like Sunn 0))), Boris, Corrupted have pushed the Drone-scapes of Southern […]

nate picks 10 from 05

Monday, January 2nd, 2006 < author: matsumoto >

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Sufjan Stevens
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Illinoise
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MP3 | Chicago
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Crossing the distinctive intimacy of Michigan (2003) with even more lush arrangements, deeper storylines, and a small army of extra vocalists- Steven\’e2\’80\’99s latest was a favorite from the first of the 21 ambrosial tracks.
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Sufjan will bring the love. Open […]

Jerome picks 10 for 2005

Sunday, January 1st, 2006 < author: jerome >

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Ryan Adams
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Cold Roses
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Listen | All tracks click in the top left
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Cold Roses is like driving around aimlessly at dawn, having not slept for the better part of a week, on the last day of the greatest summer of your life. You can smell the dew melting off of the ground and the honeysuckle opening. You […]

goodbye 2005

Sunday, January 1st, 2006 < author: j dub >

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1. Dead Meadow
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Feathers
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MP3 | At Her Open Door
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Video | At Her Open Door
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Barreling down the highway, the needle eases past 70 mph. This desert is very unsettling. In my rearview, I can see the sun’s first light start to rise. I exhale the smoke in my lungs and flick the butt out into the void. […]