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Broiled Tomatoes with Parmesan Cheese
No matter how many heinous, experimental dishes our parents foist upon us in our youth, there are always those magical dinners that shine forth forever into adulthood as the culmination of home-cooked goodness. Chances
Read More »Interview: Yukimi Nagano of Little Dragon
Yukimi Nagano is a delightfully complex individual. Ethnically part Japanese and hailing from Gothenburg, Sweden, she grew up listening to the folk lyrics of her mother’s albums, while gaining an ear for R’n'B through
Read More »Fucked Up: Couple Tracks: Singles 2002-2009
Fucked Up Couple Tracks: Singles 2002-2009 Rating: 4.0/5.0 Label: Matador In a little under a decade, Fucked Up has recorded and released more music than many bands manage to in an entire career. Though
Read More »Tape Deck Mountain: Ghost
Tape Deck Mountain Ghost Rating: 3.5/5.0 Label: Lefse Records California trio Tape Deck Mountain’s debut album, Ghost, is a peculiar thing- it seemingly takes as much from the epic bombast of Dinosaur Jr. as
Read More »Film Dunce: Psycho
Film Dunce is a weekly series in which one of our writers finally succumbs to the lure of a movie that has long been a big part of our culture that they have never
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Leonard Cohen Live at the Isle of Wight 1970
Leonard Cohen Live at the Isle of Wight 1970 Dir: Murray Lerner Rating: 3.5/5.0 Sony Music Entertainment 64 Minutes In late summer of 1970, over 600,000 people flooded the Isle of Wight, a small
Read More »Revisit: New York Dolls: New York Dolls
Revist: New York Dolls New York Dolls 1973 Revisit is a series of reviews highlighting past releases that now deserve a second look. For those of us born too late, the picture of 1970s
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The Magnetic Fields: Realism
The Magnetic Fields Realism Rating: 4.0/5.0 Label: Nonesuch Records Nobody will ever accuse Stephin Merritt of neglecting to wear his heart on his sleeve. For nearly 20 years, the unique singer-songwriter for the Magnetic
Read More »A Grave with No Name: Mountain Debris
A Grave with No Name Mountain Debris Rating: 2.5/5.0 Label: Lefse Londoner Alex Shields may have dubbed his recording project/sometime-live band with the gloomiest of monikers- A Grave with No Name- as an emo/goth-baiting
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Revisit: The Saddest Music in the World
The Cinema of Loneliness: An Exploration of the Emotional Center of Canadian Film The Saddest Music in the World Dir: Guy Maddin 2003 Much of the international criticism focusing on Canadian cinema posits the
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