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This Fool Can Die Now - Every neo-grunge garland draped on Scout Niblett's scruffy head belongs there. Pale and dirty and wearing a neon-orange 'safety' outfit; Niblett sounds and looks as though she's emerged from a wooded crime-scene investigation somewhere along the Willamette River. The fact that she has relocated to Portland, Oregon from the UK must...

Sufjan Stevens - Age Of Adz (2010) -

It must be difficult to be Sufjan Stevens. I can't imagine the incredible pressure he must feel each and every morning, knowing that he's expected to be even more pretentious than he was the day before. Well, he may have trumped himself with his forthcoming album The Age of Adz...

Rafter Hits the Road! -

Rafter, everyone's favorite fire-headed Californian, best known for his production work with artists such as Fiery Furnaces, The Rapture, Danielson, and Sufjan Stevens, is taking his "all-upbeat-dance-confusion-weirdness" back on the road, this time with friends Viva Voce. His destination is SXSW, but along the way, he intends to leave a...

My Brightest Diamond - Shark Remixes -

There’s a certain convention to the reviewing of remix albums, one which revolves around pointing out the fact they’re usually not very good, before quite frequently going on to draw attention to No Protection â€" Mad Professor’s 1995 dub remix of Massive Attack’s Protection album of the previous year...

After Recording with John Vanderslice, Matt Lowell Plays Two Dates in NYC -

In support of his upcoming release, Matt Lowell will be playing Mercury Lounge on Jan. 8th and The Knitting Factory Brooklyn on Jan. 11th. Matt Lowell will be showing off his new sound with songs from his soon to be released EP, co-written with Dead Oceans Recording artist John...

Castanets - Texas Rose, The Thaw & The Beasts -

Like Bill Callahan or Will Oldham, Ray Raposa finds a secret spot in the fabric of American music that allows tradition's loose threads to bind with a very present and personal point of view. This fifth release, on the heels of last year's stark City of Refuge, combines dusty acoustic...

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