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Interview: The Flaming Lips
[To celebrate the release of his 11th studio album, Innocents, we invited… more »
Kings of Leon, Mechanical Bul…
The make-or-break moment on Kings of Leon’s sixth LP is “Come… more »
The Dodos, Carrier
On their first four albums, the Dodos worked a singular sleight-of-hand: … more »
John Mayer, Paradise Valley…
John Mayer may have titled his sixth album Paradise Valley, but the singe… more »
Still Life Still, Mourning Tr…
Still Life Still began their career as underdogs: with 2009′s Girls… more »
Edward Sharpe & the Magn…
Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros scored a sleeper hit with “… more »
Robert Randolph & the Fa…
“I think I’m ’bout to break a string in here!” ho… more »
Hospital Ships, Destruction i…
Destruction in Yr Soul is Jordan Geiger’s third studio album as Hos… more »
Surfer Blood, Pythons…
Surfer Blood’s sophomore album commences with “Demon Dance,… more »
The Spawn of Sabbath: 10 Band…
Black Sabbath’s self-titled debut, 1970′s Black Sabbath, set … more »
Six Degrees of Fitz and the T…
It used to be easier to pretend that an album was its own perfectly self-… more »
Six Degrees of At the Drive-I…
It used to be easier to pretend that an album was its own perfectly self-… more »
About the Album: Phoenix…
In our age of overnight indie mega-stars, Phoenix are the last of a dying… more »
Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Mosquito…
Ten seconds into Mosquito, during the eerie churn of “Sacrilege,… more »
Born Ruffians, Birthmarks…
Born Ruffians’ sophomore outing, 2010′s Say It, is an album o… more »
Six Degrees of James Blake…
It used to be easier to pretend that an album was its own perfectly self-… more »
Paramore, Paramore
“No one’s the same as they used to be,” sings Hayley Wi… more »
Cold War Kids, Dear Miss Lone…
The Cold War Kids want respect. Over their career, they have seemingly ta… more »
Generationals, Heza
Generationals’ first two albums were unabashedly, painfully indie-r… more »
The Cave Singers, Naomi…
On their sprawling fourth studio album Noami, Seattle’s Cave Singer… more »
Youth Lagoon, Wondrous Bughou…
If The Year of Hiberation, Trevor Powers’s debut album under the na… more »
Tegan and Sara, Heartthrob…
In the past, the inherent quality of Tegan and Sara’s scrappy tunes… more »
Foxygen, We Are the 21st Cent…
Midway through “Oh Yeah,” a psych-funk goof from Foxygen… more »
Bjork, bastards
It’s not as if Björk, Iceland’s avant-pop electro-prince… more »
