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Cookin Soul: A Different Groove
There is a particular pleasure in recognising a vocal before you recognise the record around it. The phrasing is familiar. You know where the next line lands. Then the drums arrive at a different angle, or a loop changes the temperature of the whole song.
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Crystal Castles, in Distortion
Revisiting the early sound of Crystal Castles, with Alice Glass’s voice at its centre.
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Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Kanye West is confused. He admits he is an asshole, yet he tells people to kiss his ass. He says he has problems, but he...
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The Fall of Troy – Manipulator
The predictability of irregularity is somewhat of a formula that a lot of bands (mostly hardcore bands) try to emulate. Unlike the rest, The Fall...
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Morrissey – Ringleader of the Tormentors
Morrissey’’s 2004 release “You are the Quarry” was an epic comeback album from one of the most inspirational musical figures in the last couple decades....
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Mac Miller – KIDS
If you have not heard the 18-year-old rapper Mac Miller out of Pittsburgh this is the time to start. As if rap needed another boost...
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The Killers – Sam’s Town
Lead Singer Brandon Flowers was quoted saying that, Sam’s Town will be “one of the best albums in the past twenty years” in the October...
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50 Cent – The Lost Tape
On his first Gangsta Grillz mixtape ever, hosted by DJ Drama of course, 50 cent wanted to take it back to the old days. He...
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Chief Keef’s Chicago
A look back at the blunt hooks and local momentum that carried Chief Keef into the wider conversation.
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Common – The Dreamer/The Believer
After striking out with his last album, Universal Mind Control (2008) and spending the majority of his time focusing on acting, Common had to go...
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J. Cole – Cole World: The Sideline Story
If you have been paying attention to the hip hop industry within the last couple of years their is a name that you simply can’t...
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Wiz Khalifa – Rolling Papers
Rolling Papers, Khalifa’s third studio album, is his first release on a major label. Although Atlantic Records worked with Rostrum Records, Khalifa’s usual label in...
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Del Rey – Immemorial
From unorthodox instrumentation to a twin percussive presence, Chicago post-rock instrumentalists Del Rey demonstrate a bevy of intriguing elements that set them apart from merely...
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