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CD Review: Yeah Yeah Yeahs, “It’s Blitz!”

Taylor Long April 29, 2009 5

It’s Blitz!, the new album from New York City favorites the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, could’ve easily been named It’s Glitz! Utilizing a new stylistic approach, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs lavish in glossy production, and

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New John Vanderslice Single: “Fetal Horses”

Taylor Long April 27, 2009 0

Former MK Ultra front-man and current solo artist/singer-songwriter John Vanderslice is nothing if not consistent. At his “worst,” Vanderslice is simply pleasant — at his best, he’s transcendent. It’s been awhile since he’s hit

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New Music: Akron/Family, “River”

Taylor Long April 17, 2009 1

“You are no longer a river to me,” Miles Seaton sings on “River,” the new single from Akron/Family’s upcoming album, Set ‘Em Wild, Set ‘Em Free. Akron/Family, “River” (download) He compares his lover to

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CD Review: Dan Auerbach, “Keep It Hid”

Taylor Long April 15, 2009 3

As the frontman for blues rock duo the Black Keys, Dan Auerbach is known for his raw, powerful rock ‘n’ roll songwriting and guitar playing. But on his first solo effort, Keep It Hid,

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New Music: Dirty Projectors, “The Stillness Is the Move”

Taylor Long April 14, 2009 0

The album art for Bitte Orca, the Dirty Projectors’ upcoming fifth album, shows band members Amber Coffman and Angel Deradoorian, their faces painted over in connecting red and blue circles. It harks back to

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New Music Videos: Cursive, Department of Eagles, Fleet Foxes

Taylor Long April 8, 2009 0

Cursive, “From The Hips” (download)

“From the Hips” is one of the tracks that most echoes the band’s earliest sentiments on their excellent new album, Mama, I’m Swollen.

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Live Music: Glasvegas @ Webster Hall, 3/30/09

Taylor Long April 7, 2009 0

They may only have an album and a Christmas EP behind them, but Glasgow’s Glasvegas are already performing like a big-time rock band. Grabbing the attention of the US late last year with the

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Live Music: Akron/Family @ Union Pool, 3/29/09

Taylor Long April 2, 2009 2

“Everyone is guilty,” Akron/Family sang at their second gig at Union Pool, but if their performance was any indication, that fact isn’t getting to them. The bi-city band, based in New York as well

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Live Music: Morrissey @ Webster Hall; the Grates and Micachu & the Shapes @ Pianos, 3/25/09

Taylor Long March 30, 2009 0

New York City living, with its ever-expanding list of options, presents a reoccurring problem: What to do when you need or want to be in two places at once? Given the opportunity to see

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