Retrospective Review/Article
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Playing with ballad clichés, the Californian concocted one of the wittiest pop tunes of the late 2000s.
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Released nearly 25 years ago, avant-garde composer William Basinski’s work, done through withering tapes, stands sharply as an aural time capsule.
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Bocchi the Rock, K-On!, and Girls Band Cry are among the most popular shows of their season to the point where their albums sell. How do they click?
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The Christmas classic is not only honest about the holiday season, but it also examines the American Dream as being just a dream.
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25 years after their big break, Florida-based Dead Prez’s ideological drive cuts through the heart of context-relevant songwriting.
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Charles Manson is one of the most notorious figures in pop culture history. His avant-psych style folk debut album is utter feces. This isn’t going to be a long retrospective album review that I would occasionally do with something like the Dismemberment Plan or Okkervil River. This is going to be more of a smaller…
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Like the Big Bang, one of the most unique alternative genres got its start as scattered energies waiting to pop in the right conditions.
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The country’s history with politically conscious music rings strong from the current government protests – one that could echo in Southeast Asia.
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The Texas-originated band fronted by Will Sheff tackles the heartbreaks of romance in its oft-poetic, yet tragic ways through dependency.
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The British singer-songwriter might be best known for his long-forgotten 2000 debut, but his intro feels perfect for Valentine’s Day.
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