Posted Tuesday 04/28/2009 9:16 AM in
Reissues
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Rob Sheffield
Two discs’ worth of mean guitars and high-pitched sex squeals from ’70s British glitter boys.
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Posted Tuesday 04/21/2009 8:00 AM in
New Music
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Rob Sheffield
No words of consolation or wisdom—just the old madman cackling as the world rips apart.
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Posted Tuesday 04/14/2009 8:00 AM in
New Music
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Rob Sheffield
Black-leather boys still in love with how much they hate being loved.
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Posted Tuesday 04/07/2009 2:43 PM in
New Music
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Rob Sheffield
Cringeworthy emo-circa-2001 name + indie-circa-1987 guitars = brilliant 2009 songs.
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Posted Tuesday 04/07/2009 11:11 AM in
Reissues
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Rob Sheffield
Synthesizers! Costume changes! Proto-MGMT boy bonding! A four-disc box of glitz from synth-pop’s glammiest twosome.
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Posted Tuesday 02/24/2009 6:44 AM in
New Music
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Rob Sheffield
Timbaland protégée finally steps out on her own, with a little help from Akon, Justin and Weezy.
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Posted Tuesday 02/24/2009 1:33 AM in
New Music
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Rob Sheffield
Immodesty fuels a great, alienated album from the universe’s biggest rock band.
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Posted Tuesday 02/17/2009 12:08 PM in
New Music
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Rob Sheffield
Portland indie stud returns from the L.A. flesh pots, makes another ace album full of acoustic heartbreak.
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Posted Tuesday 02/10/2009 11:54 AM in
Reissues
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Rob Sheffield
Love, pain, divorce and six-inch platform heels: a nine-CD box set of the Scandinavian Gods’ complete works.
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Posted Thursday 01/29/2009 10:36 AM in
Blender Blog
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Rob Sheffield
How four depressive Brits became the world’s favorite club fiends.
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Posted Thursday 01/22/2009 4:23 AM in
New Music
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Rob Sheffield
Scottish loverboys tighten trousers, trade guitars for synths, sound friskier than ever.
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Posted Tuesday 12/09/2008 1:08 PM in
New Music
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Rob Sheffield
Montreal quartet reinvents electro punk for the 3,674th time and shows why it’s still a good night out .
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