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Eluvium

February 12, 2010, 12:00 am

Three years without new material can be a lifetime (and sometimes a death knell) for musicians. After receiving critical acclaim …

Timbaland – Shock Value II

February 8, 2010, 11:25 am

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Though Timbaland’s follow-up to his first producer showcase album, Shock Value, starts out with a pretty unnecessary intro from Los …

City And Colour – Live @ Henry Fonda Theatre

February 3, 2010, 5:32 pm

Seeing City and Colour in Hollywood is an exercise in being excited about depression. That’s what it feels like standing …

Arctic Monkeys – Cornerstone

January 18, 2010, 11:44 am

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Rolling Stone called Arctic Monkeys’ 2006 debut Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not was one of the …

Kid Sister – Ultraviolet

January 6, 2010, 9:23 am

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Kid Sister isn’t going to be around long. She recently told MOG.com that she has no intention of still rhyming …

Matt & Kim – Grand

November 16, 2009, 12:45 pm

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Matt & Kim have garnered a lot of buzz in 2009. They first met while attending Brooklyn’s Pratt Institute, both …

The Proposal

October 25, 2009, 10:34 am

A lot of people either love Sandra Bullock or they can’t stand her. I’ve rarely met someone whose opinion dawdles …

BLK JKS – After Robots

September 2, 2009, 10:52 am

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While the full-length debut from South African band BLK JKS is one of the highly anticipated albums of the fall …

La Roux – La Roux

August 11, 2009, 9:57 am

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These days, everyone with a MicroKorg or DX7 is trying to earn a footnote on the Wikipedia page about electropop …

Dredg – The Pariah, The Parrot, The Delusion

July 15, 2009, 8:06 am

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Dredg has a lot of good ideas. A lot of artists or bands don’t ever get to a point in …