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Drag City (2010)
Despite making their online announcement of an indefinite hiatus last year, Stereolab haven't exactly been sitting on their keyboards.
By JONATHAN DONALDSON | November 22, 2010

International sounds of the future

Four who grooved to the space age
After all, the future is scary, but the past is fun.
By JONATHAN DONALDSON | August 17, 2010

Contemporary retro

The icy synth-pop purr of Class Actress
At what point does present-day genre saturation override a style's era of origin?
By LUKE O'NEIL | July 09, 2010

Maine ties to Slumberland Records’ 20th anniversary weekend
There’s a lot to love about Slumberland Records, the DC-born, Oakland-based label that celebrated its 20th anniversary last weekend with sold-out shows in Washington, DC, and Brooklyn.
By CHRISTOPHER GRAY | November 18, 2009

Re-taking a leak

Atlas Sound shines through on Logos
When last we left Bradford Cox of Deerhunter, it was November of 2008, and he was ready to put that year to bed. A couple of months earlier, an eager fan downloading one of Cox's many "virtual seven-inches" had sleuthed out a whole Mediafire folder full of goodies that Cox had posted but not protected.
By MICHAEL BRODEUR | October 15, 2009

Off the record?

Ten albums to get . . . while we still have albums
Pity the album. After a half-century of embarrassingly public body issues, our essential rock unit has not entered the new millennium looking very healthy. EPs are way more in vogue, MP3s have intangibility on their side, and 12-inches just sound impressive.
By MICHAEL BRODEUR | September 14, 2009

Bachelorette | My Electric Family

Drag City (2009)
Annabel Alpers's debut album for Drag City (as Bachelorette) seems wholly devoted to her first uttered ground rule: "Daydream: Make sure it's good stuff."
By MICHAEL BRODEUR | June 01, 2009

Soundcarriers | Harmonium

Melodic (2009)
The first album from this Nottingham-based band is California dippy: whispered female/male harmonies, slack flutes, swinging drums, comping Hammond organs, and a bass player who finds basic funk riffs in every progression.
By DEVIN KING | May 27, 2009

The Low Frequency in Stereo | Futuro

Rune Grammofon (2009)
Unlike some of my fearless reviewers, I suffer from spells of apprehension when confronted by a Rune Grammofon release.
By MICHAEL BRODEUR | March 03, 2009

Groop therapy

Stereolab do it again for the first time
I can say without fear of clogging next week’s Letters section that Chemical Chords (the new Stereolab album, and their first on 4AD) is right up there in the top three Stereolab albums evah.
By MICHAEL BRODEUR | October 01, 2008

Dead Child

Attack | Quarterstick/Touch and Go
From the first monster-metal riff and warlock scream, it’s pleasantly obvious where Dead Child are headed on their full-length debut.
By MATT ASHARE | April 29, 2008

Night work

Thurston Moore, Eddie Vedder, and Kevin Drew go solo
Thurston Moore, Eddie Vedder, and Kevin Drew don’t play in the kind of rock bands that privilege streamlined sonics over the expression of individual creative wills.
By MIKAEL WOOD | September 25, 2007

Psapp

The Only Thing I Ever Wanted | Domino
Psapp's assured and charming second album boasts weirder beats and more danceable rhythms than similar efforts by UK ingénues Imogen Heap and Dido.
By ELISABETH DONNELLY | June 20, 2006