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Beck – Song Reader (Faber/McSweeney’s) THE BAD REVIEW

Beck – Song Reader (Faber/McSweeney’s) THE BAD REVIEW

Beck selling sheet music is like McDonald's selling a recipe book. “Hey, we’re not going to sell you the Super-Ultra-Mega Big Mac, but you can buy our recipe book and make your own version.” Those recipes might even look complex on paper, but that doesn’t mean you aren’t consuming garbage.…

Beck – Song Reader (Faber/McSweeney’s)

Beck – Song Reader (Faber/McSweeney’s)

I want to hear Beck songs played by elephants and by wind sculptures and London taxi cabs. Make it so!…

The Babies – Our House On The Hill (Woodsist)

The Babies – Our House On The Hill (Woodsist)

It’s a shame about the Babies. Come on feel the Babie-heads.…

REVIEWED IN PICTURES: Smashing Pumpkins – Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (box set)

REVIEWED IN PICTURES: Smashing Pumpkins – Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (box set)

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X-TG – Desertshore/Final Report (Industrial)

X-TG – Desertshore/Final Report (Industrial)

Desertshore is intricate and sonically interesting, yet it remains at times curiously passionless…

Holly Herndon – Movement (RVNG Intl.)

Holly Herndon – Movement (RVNG Intl.)

Movement is an auditory feast. It’s no Bob Dylan but then John Lennon was no Kraftwerk, you know what I mean? …

Clinic – Free Reign (Domino)

Clinic – Free Reign (Domino)

Like The Fall, Clinic is always different/always the same. You know what you’re going to get but you don’t know how you’re going to get it.…

One-minute reviews – 18: Soundgarden

One-minute reviews – 18: Soundgarden

Fuck reviewing albums in 140 characters or less. …

Talk Normal – Sunshine (Joyful Noise)

Talk Normal – Sunshine (Joyful Noise)

Five hundred years ago Talk Normal would have been burned as witches for this act of prophecy. …

Rusted Root – The Movement (Shanachie)

Rusted Root – The Movement (Shanachie)

Consider the evidence. The sound of college radio is Rusted Root.…

A.R. Kane – The Complete Singles Collection (One Little Indian)

A.R. Kane – The Complete Singles Collection (One Little Indian)

The missing link between Robert Wyatt and Disco Inferno, A. R. Kane sounded equally at home in the club as in the bedroom, under the stars and in the studio.…

U.S. Girls – Gem (FatCat)

U.S. Girls – Gem (FatCat)

Is it Gem’s frozen nature that makes me feel encased in glass? Or is it my own detachment that keeps me from finding a way in?…

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