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Pre-Review: Nokia Lumia 920
As some of you may know, for the past six years or so I’ve lived in the woods of New Hampshire, where things like traffic lights and cell signals have yet to rear their
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Desert Island Discs with Ben Arthur
Parker Paul, Wingfoot This is one of my favorite albums, not just because Parker’s lyrics are lovely and inventive (he compares his ex-girlfriend’s orgasm to a fluttering origami crane), but because the music is
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The Popdose Interview: John Murphy of Shoes
After an 18-year absence, the power pop legends return
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New Music: Meshell Ndegeocello feat. Cody ChesnuTT, “To Be Young, Gifted and Black”
Meshell and Cody cover Nina Simone in a sneak peek from the next Ndegeocello joint, the Simone tribute record Pour Une Ame Souveraine (For a Sovereign Soul), A Dedication to Nina Simone. Look for
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New Music: Preservation Hall Jazz Band, “C.C. Rider”
We’re seeing a small army of essential box sets come out this fall, but for my money, the most essential of the bunch is The Preservation Hall 50th Anniversary Collection — a four-CD stroll
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New Music: Ronnie Fauss, “The Night Before the War”
There are a lot of things Texas can’t seem to get right — weather, politics, race relations, Presidential hospitality — but Texans don’t have to make any apologies for their music. Texas rocker Ronnie
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New Music: Benjamin Gibbard, “Teardrop Windows”
I’m still a little disappointed that it isn’t a concept album of duets with Shirley MacLaine, but whatever — Death Cab for Cutie’s Ben Gibbard is stepping out as a solo artist with Former
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New Music: Johan Reinhold, “Heart in a Jar”
Not that there are any body parts I’d want to keep in a jar, but the heart seems like a particularly grody choice, what with all of its aortas and ventricles and whatnot. Also,
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New Video: Vigo Thieves, “Forever”
I’m not necessarily advocating watching it unless you have a hankering for blood and mud, but the Vigo Thieves have released a video for their new single “Forever” — and while the video is
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