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So Many Records / So Little Time

October 2, 2008 – 10:30 am
In my write-up on Chairlift’s new album from Tuesday’s “shuffle” post I shared a glimpse of the lack of awareness of my own music collection that I sometimes face. What’s even more absurd than realizing I’ve been regularly listening to a song all my friends have been asking me to find them for months […]
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Mixtapes I Don’t Hate: DLake, Diplo & Santogold and KiD CuDi

July 28, 2008 – 11:00 am
When I started slipping posts about mixtapes into my blog repertoire last year I felt it necessary to point out that I had been turned off by the whole mixtape subculture for a number of years. Regardless of my reasons (and if you really want to know what they were, you can go back […]
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Boratatat: Musical Stylings of Electronica for Make Benefit Glorious Neighborhood of Brooklyn?

July 10, 2008 – 11:32 am
While composing yesterday’s love-note to decade-strong genre-defining artists I almost forgot a couple of indie musicians that’ve been gracing my headphones of late who are putting out a new record this week too. Not to take anything away from monsieurs Hansen, Burton and Thaws — or their respective projects — but they already have […]
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How Much Depth Can You Accept?

June 18, 2008 – 10:24 am
All that talk of ghosts and music yesterday took on a whole new meaning after an intercontinental discussion with one of my closest homegirls last night. See, she was visited by a ghost this weekend… The ghost of a former lover which left her haunted in her own unique way. I’m not talking […]
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