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I chose Sick Puppies’ 2009 album, Tri-Polar, expecting to hear some industrial-ish something or other. Boy, was I unpleasantly surprised when I realized that...

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As soon as I opened the envelope containing the Medium’s copy of Bend Sinister’s Animals, I knew this album had to be reviewed. A...

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I’m not a woman between the ages of 21 and 39, and that’s disappointing. Normally I wouldn’t care, but after listening to Greg Wood’s...

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With a lofty band name like Christ vs Krishna, I was expecting some truly compelling things from the band’s 2013 EP, Move and Scale....

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As I picked up the mostly black and white CD featuring pictures of a woman and her guitar entangled in various apparently affectionate positions,...

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It’s exciting, picking out a CD for the column and hearing it for the first time. Last time, I picked the first one with...

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Looking at the cover of Keepsake, I didn’t see much. A few black symbols marked an otherwise plain white cover, bringing to mind the...

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Imagine if Arcade Fire and Fleet Foxes hadn’t yet reached their potential as musicians and combined to form a super-group. Since that very idea...

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I’ve never understood why so many people like to listen to sad music when they’re upset. Why not throw on some disgustingly cheery anthem...

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The jacket art of A Fine Frenzy’s most recent album, 2012’s Pines, is admittedly striking, if not particularly original. Swaddled in a blanket and...

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“Hi persons. Moka, back in this yet again,” begin the liner notes to Moka Only’s Carrots and Eggs. “Thanks for investing your food, drug,...

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I immediately thought of sex when I picked up the Bird and the Bee’s 2009 album, Ray Guns Are Not Just the Future. Not...