September 2010
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Album Review: Sufjan Stevens' "The Age of Adz" →
The Age of Adz is dense, confounding, vulnerable and unexpected. For the most part, I loved it, though it can be a bit long-winded.
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Deerhunter, Tim Kasher + Lis/Cudi Bylines
A few new bylines from this week:
Thoughts on Deerhunter’s Halcyon Digest for COS.
Thoughts on Tim Kasher’s The Game of Monogamy for COS.
Lissie (awesomely) taking on Kid Cudi’s “Pursuit of Happiness (Feat. MGMT & Ratatat)” for MAGNET.
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Album Review: Blonde Redhead's "Penny Sparkle" →
“The new effort has all the melodic and aesthetic trademarks of classic Blonde Redhead — more than that, “Here Sometimes”, “Oslo”, and “Spain” are some of the best songs the band has ever written — but the comprehensive result feels more like a lateral pass than a leap forward. The style has changed to be certain, but in a way that feels too familiar, especially considering the...
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Take Cover! Damien Jurado Vs. Nick Drake →
Another day, another Jurado post. I swear I didn’t plan this, but a few days ago — before I knew he and R. Swift would drop Other People’s Songs Vol. 1 — I wrote about his cover of “Pink Moon” in my weekly column for MAGNET. I mean, there’s really no time that’s not good for Jurado’s music, but I’ve featured him so much on Slowblog that I’m...
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Other People's Songs: Damien Jurado + Richard... →
Fresh off of their collaboration on Jurado’s recent Saint Bartlett LP, which I love, the two old souls got together for a couple of days in late August to deliver a covers collection that is definitively not made for these times, which I mean in the best way possible. It’s been on repeat for me this AM.
Other People’s Songs Vol. 1 is available now for streaming and free...