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Concert Review: Matthew Dear/Blondes
No bullshit – Matthew Dear will be a rock star. I can’t promise when or from what angle, but his empyrean, sold-out Bowery Ballroom performance could’ve been transplanted to Madison Square Garden or Wembley
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Matthew Dear: Headcage EP
Last time we encountered Matthew Dear, it was through the disorienting alley haze of Black City, an album (or place) you couldn’t escape without dilated pupils, a passionate bruise, a thin coating of excited
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Concert Review: Matthew Dear
(Photos: Jeremy Peters) Really, who among us is in a good mood on a glacial Sunday night? Weekend fun time has all but expired and we’re uncomfortably straddling the line between savoring the last
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Honorable Mentions 2010
Let’s start the year by looking back. Here are our favorite albums that didn’t make Spectrum Culture’s Top 20 of 2010. Each of us is happy to present a record that deserves more attention
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Interview: Matthew Dear
Matthew Dear has been making music for years but thanks to his excellent new album Black City, he has received a lot more attention in 2010. Primarily an electronic artist, Dear has stepped out
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Matthew Dear: Black City
Matthew Dear Black City Rating: 4.0/5.0 Label: Ghostly International Matthew Dear’s Black City slowly and strangely reveals itself, layer by layer, as a representation of a city, one that is not unlike many other
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