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Kisses, The Heart of the Nightlife
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Hüsker Dü: The Story of the Noise-Pop Pioneers Who Launched Modern Rock
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Reading Rainbow, Prism Eyes
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A Dead Boy's Tale from the Front Line of Punk Rock
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The 1990s, Return of the Century
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Shipping News, One Less Heartless to Fear
Elliott Smith, An Introduction to Elliott Smith
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Joy Division
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The New Hope
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Pregnant, Pregnant
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Elvis Costello, National Ransom
Diplo Presents Dubstep
Nottz, You Need This Music
Pop. 1280, The Grid EP
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Moogfest 2010
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The Gibson Bros, Build a Raft
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Lyrics Born, As You Were
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Pomegranates, One of Us
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October Harvest
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Owen Pallett, A Swedish Love Story EP
Dark Dark Dark, Wild Go
White Dress, White Dress EP
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Pop Montreal 2010
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OMD, History of Modern
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Abe Vigoda, Crush
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James, The Morning After the Night Before
La Strada, New Home
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I Think We're Alone Now
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Mark McGuire, Living with Yourself
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The Thermals, Personal Life
Wait. Think. Fast. Luces del Sur
Winter Gloves, All Red
The Intelligence, Males
Mice Parade, What It Means to Be Left-Handed
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Shellac and Helen Money and Hallogallo 2010 Live Reviews
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Rotate the Completor, Rotate the Completors: Completed Rotations of the...
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Blonde Redhead, Penny Sparkle
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Ray LaMontagne and the Pariah Dogs, God Willin' and the Creek Don't Rise
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Rush Live Review
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Fela Kuti, "Zombie" Batch, Part I
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Land of Talk, Cloak and Cipher
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ALBUM REVIEWS
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Darker My Love, Alive As You Are
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Black Label Society, Order of the Black
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Clinic Live Review
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El Jesus de Magico, Ragtime Hors
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The Budos Band, The Budos Band III
El-P, Weareallgoingtoburninhellmegamixxx3
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Dan Sartain, Lives
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Danzig, Deth Red Sabaoth
K-X-P, K-X-P
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Carissa's Wierd, They'll Only Miss You When You Leave
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An Interview with Fabulous Diamonds
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Au Revoir Simone, Night Light
Big Boi, Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Legend of Chico Dusty
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Welcome Home/Diggin' the Universe: A Woodsist Compilation
PITCHFORK '10
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The Roots, How I Got Over
The Chemical Brothers, Further
Thieves Like Us, Again and Again
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The Main Street Gospel, Love Will Have Her Revenge
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Tristan Perich, 1-Bit Symphony
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Top 10 Artifacts for the First Half of 2010
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Wolf Parade, Expo 86
DiskJokke, En Fin Tid
Health, Disco2
Oval, Oh EP
Cloud Cuckooland
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Touch and Go: The Complete Hardcore Punk Zine '79-'83
PAST PERFECT
The Undertones
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Knowing the Unknown
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Tender Trap, Dansette Dansette
To Rococo Rot, Speculation
Dead Luke, American Haircut
Ed Harcourt, Lustre
Stone Temple Pilots, Stone Temple Pilots
Casiokids, Topp Stemning på Lokal Bar
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A Live Evening with MGMT
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Oasis, Time Flies... 1994-2009
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Naked on the Vague, Heaps of Nothing
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Foals, Total Life Forever
Woom, Muu's Way
Crystal Castles, Crystal Castles
Rayon Beach, Memory Teeth
Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse, Dark Night of the Soul
Pernice Brothers, Goodbye, Killer
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The World Cup Top 10
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Knight School, Revenger
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Cave, Pure Moods EP
Sia, We Are Born
Deer Tick, The Black Dirt Sessions
Cali 2na, Fish Market Part 2
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, Before Today
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Five Hundred 45s
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Shoes, Eccentric Breaks and Beats
PRIMITIVE FUTURES
Florida's Dying Party Planner
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Thee Oh Sees, Warm Slime
Wild Nothing, Gemini
The Futureheads, The Chaos
Damien Jurado, Saint Bartlett
Melvins, The Bride Screamed Murder
Born Ruffians, Say It
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Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine and Chrome Cranks Live Reviews
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Introducing... Fey Gods
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CocoRosie, Grey Oceans
Jamie Lidell, Compass
Andy Bell, Non-Stop
First Aid Kit, Drunken Trees EP
Hoodoo Gurus, Purity of Essence
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David Cross, Bigger and Blackerer
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PRIMITIVE FUTURES
Getting into Nerve City
ALBUM REVIEWS
The National, High Violet
Band of Horses, Infinite Arms
Audio Bullys, Higher Than the Eiffel
Japandroids, No Singles
Woven Bones, In and Out and Back Again
Solex vs. Cristina Martinez + Jon Spencer, Amsterdam Throwdown, King Street Showdown!
WHAT'S THE RUMPUS?
Rock 'n' Roll High School
PAST PERFECT
The Moles, Untune the Sky
PRIMITIVE FUTURES
Hozac Hookup Klub's Final Hookup
ALBUM REVIEWS
The Dead Weather, Sea of Cowards
Male Bonding, Nothing Hurts
Zs, New Slaves
Gun Outfit, Possession of Sound
Birds of Maya, Ready to Howl
WHAT'S THE RUMPUS?
Beach House Live Review
PAST PERFECT
Jeff Eubank, A Street Called Straight
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Psychedelic Horseshit, Hell to Play
ALBUM REVIEWS
The Fall, Your Future Our Clutter
The New Pornographers, Together
Minus the Bear, Omni
Batusis, Batusis EP
Flying Lotus, Cosmogramma
Snowglobe, Little More Lived In
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I Need That Record!
PAST PERFECT
Tommy James & the Shondells
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The Whines, Hell to Play
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BoB, The Adventures of Bobby Ray
Doves, The Places Between
White Fence, White Fence
StreetLab, Auto Spkr
Wounded Lion, Wounded Lion
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The Specials Live Review
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Introducing... Mount Carmel
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Plants and Animals, La La Land
Sam Amidon, I See the Sign
Bustin' Loose
Horse Feathers, Thistled Spring
The Apples in Stereo, Travellers in Space and Time
Kim Salmon & the Surrealists, Grand Unifying Theory
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The Antlers Live Review
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Big Audio Dynamite, This Is Big Audio Dynamite: Legacy Edition
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Ron House, Blind Boy in the Back Seat
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Nice Nice, Extra Wow
Murs and 9th Wonder, Fornever
Dosh, Tommy
Mi Ami, Steal Your Face
The Tallest Man on Earth, The Wild Hunt
Chin Chin, Sound of the Westway
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Girls and the Wedding Present Live Reviews
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Spring Singles Round-Up
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High Places, High Places vs. Mankind
The Dø, A Mouthful
Boy Eats Drum Machine, Hoop + Wire
Viv Albertine, Flesh EP
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, I Learned the Hard Way
Erykah Badu, New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh
WHAT'S THE RUMPUS?
The Big Pink and A Place to Bury Strangers Live Review
PAST PERFECT
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Reissues Part Two
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Hell, Yes! New Singles for Italy
ALBUM REVIEWS
The Bird and the Bee, Interpreting the Masters Volume 1: A Tribute to Daryl Hall and John Oates
Titus Andronicus, The Monitor
King Rhythm, Hardships & Head Trips
Via Audio, Animalore
WHAT'S THE RUMPUS?
Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine and Joanna Newsom Live Reviews
PAST PERFECT
Black Tambourine, Black Tambourine
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All Hands Electric Singles Club Round One
ALBUM REVIEWS
She & Him, Volume Two
Bettie Serveert, Pharmacy of Love
Matt Pond PA, The Dark Leaves
Archie Bronson Outfit, Coconut
The Internal Tulips, Mislead Into a Field By a Deformed Dear
Eddy Current Suppression Ring, Rush to Relax
WHAT'S THE RUMPUS?
SXSW 2010 Recap
PAST PERFECT
Paul Revere & the Raiders, The Complete Columbia Singles
PRIMITIVE FUTURES
Captured Tracks' International Division and the Birth of "Undie"
ALBUM REVIEWS
Love Is All, Two Thousand and Ten Injuries
Gorillaz, Plastic Beach
Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday
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Drive-By Truckers, The Big To-Do
WHAT'S THE RUMPUS?
Blank Generation
PAST PERFECT
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Dirty Shirt Rock 'n' Roll
PRIMITIVE FUTURES
The Fresh & Onlys, August in My Mind EP
SXSW
The Agit Reader at SXSW10
ALBUM REVIEWS
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, The Brutalist Bricks
JJ, jj nº 3
These New Puritans, Hidden
Black Rebel Motorcylce Company, Beat the Devil's Tattoo
Frightened Rabbit, The Winter of Mixed Drinks
Year Long Disaster, Black Magic: All Mysteries Revealed
Emma Pollock, The Law of Large Numbers
WHAT'S THE RUMPUS?
Leatherface, Pere Ubu, and RJD2 Live Reviews
PAST PERFECT
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PRIMITIVE FUTURES
Introducing... Circle Pit
ALBUM REVIEWS
Joanna Newsom, Have One on Me
Seabear, We Built a Fire
Adam Green, Minor Love
Aloha, Home Acres
Miles Kurosky, The Desert of Shallow Effects
Robert Pollard, We All Got Out of the Army
Bridges & Blinking Lights, Heroes, Guns & Snakes
Blessure Grave, Judged By Twelve, Carried By Six
Clogs, The Creatures in the Garden of Lady Walton
WHAT'S THE RUMPUS?
The TAMI Show
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Pavement, Quarantine the Past
PRIMITIVE FUTURES
Nice Face, Immer Etwas
ALBUM REVIEWS
Xiu Xiu, Dear God, I Hate Myself
Jaga Jazzist, One-Armed Bandit
Moon Duo, Escape
Strange Boys, Be Brave
Freeway & Jake One, The Stimulus Package
Groove Armada, Black Light
Quasi, American Gong
Fan Death, Coin for the Well EP
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The Soundtrack of Our Lives Live Review
PAST PERFECT
Fela Kuti, "Chop 'n' Quench" Batch
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Guinea Worms, Sorcererers of Madness (4rd Year in a Row!)
ALBUM REVIEWS
Lil' Wayne, Rebirth
Massive Attack, Heligoland
Juliana Hatfield, Peace & Love
Field Music, (Measure)
Tindersticks, Falling Down a Mountain
The Knife, Tomorrow, In a Year
Untied States, Instant Everything, Constant Nothing
Leatherfacce, The Stormy Petrel
Efterklang, Magic Chairs
WHAT'S THE RUMPUS?
Walking on the Moon: The Untold Story of the Police and the Rise of New Wave Rock
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Buzzcocks, Another Music in a Different Kitchen, Love Bites and A Different Kind of Tension
PRIMITIVE FUTURES
Dead of Winter Singles Mixer
ALBUM REVIEWS
Pantha du Prince, Black Noise
You Say Party! We Say Die! XXXX
Puerto Muerto, Drumming for Pistols
U.S. Girls, Go Grey
The Watson Twins, Talking to You, Talking to Me
Ashley Beedle Presents Mavis
WHAT'S THE RUMPUS?
Bowie: A Biography
PAST PERFECT
Frank Sinatra, Strangers in the Night
PRIMITIVE FUTURES
Introducing... Cloud Nothings
ALBUM REVIEWS
Malachai, Ugly Side of Love
Fucked Up, Couple Tracks
Pierced Arrows, Descending Shadows
Medication, This Town
Bomb the Bass, Back to Light
WHAT'S THE RUMPUS?
Soul Power
PAST PERFECT
Next Stop... Soweto
PRIMITIVE FUTURES
Nudge Squidfish, 20,000 Leagues Under Nashville
ALBUM REVIEWS
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Los Campesinos, Romance Is Boring
Clipd Beaks, To Realize
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Silver Swans, Realize the Ghost
Scout Niblett, The Calcination of Scout Niblett
WHAT'S THE RUMPUS?
Prefuse 73 Live Review
PAST PERFECT
Good God! Born Again Funk
PRIMITIVE FUTURES
Night Control, Life Control
ALBUM REVIEWS
Spoon, Transference
Surfer Blood, Astro Coast
Four Tet, There Is Love in You
Yellow Fever, Yellow Fever
Oh No Ono, Eggs
Kevin Barker, You & Me
Lindstrøm & Christabelle, Real Life Is No Cool
The Red Krayola with Art & Language, Five American Portraits
WHAT'S THE RUMPUS?
Best Music Writing 2009
PAST PERFECT
Animal Collective, Campfire Songs
PRIMITIVE FUTURES
Hozac's Winter Storm
ALBUM REVIEWS
Vampire Weekend, Contra
Dragonette, Fixin to Thrill
Owen Pallett, Heartland
Freedy Johnston, Rain on the City
Joyful Noise
WHAT'S THE RUMPUS?
Sid! By Those Who Really Knew Him
PAST PERFECT
13th Chime, The Lost Album
PRIMITIVE FUTURES
Introducing... Sweatheart
ALBUM REVIEWS
The King Khan & BBQ Show, Invisible Girl
The Dry Spells, Too Soon for Flowers
Animal Collective, Fall Be Kind EP
Trans Am, What Day Is It Tonight?
Goldspot, And the Elephant Is Dancing
The Gaslamp Killer, All Killer
WHAT'S THE RUMPUS?
Bomp! 2: Born in the Garage
PAST PERFECT
Tin Huey, Before Obscurity: The Bushflow Tapes
PRIMITIVE FUTURES
Carl Simmons, Honeysuckle Tendrals