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Nate Patrin

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Nate Patrin’s writing has appeared in several far-flung corners of music critic circles, ranging from Pitchfork to SPIN to the Seattle Weekly and the Minneapolis/St. Paul City Pages. Quiz him on what his favorite record is, and he’ll typically ask if he can narrow it down by era, genre and region, and even then he’ll wind up mulling over a couple dozen candidates. Ghostface Killah’s Supreme Clientele, the Stooges’ Fun House and Miles Davis’ On the Corner, for starters.

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Lilacs & Champagne, Dani…

Grails members Alex Hall and Emil Amos struck beat-geek paydirt in 2012 w… more »

Ghostface Killah & Adria…

Though his persona draws from comics, true crime and 42nd Street double f… more »

Ticklah, Ticklah vs. Axelrod…

Victor Axelrod can do it all, or at least everything he feels like doing.… more »

Adrian Younge Presents the De…

The original Delfonics lineup split up decades ago, but their legacy has … more »

Darkstar, News from Nowhere…

Six years after their first batch of trad-dubstep singles, four years aft… more »

Nosaj Thing, Home

Jason Chung is among the lower-profile producers to emerge from Los Angel… more »

FaltyDL, Hardcourage

Anyone going into FaltyDL’s new album Hardcourage expecting a conti… more »

Buckshot and 9th Wonder, The …

With The Solution, Black Moon/Boot Camp Clik powerhouse Buckshot has made… more »

MHz, MHz Legacy

Columbus, Ohio’s Mhz made their name in the late ’90s with ea… more »

P.O.S., We Don’t Even L…

P.O.S.’s career has involved so many collaborations and side projec… more »

Murs and Fashawn, This Genera…

There’s 10 years, a couple hundred miles and not much else that sep… more »

Blu & Exile, Give Me My …

Within four years of its initial 2007 release, Blu’s Below the Heav… more »

The Alchemist, Russian Roulet…

It was just a matter of time before the Alchemist followed the lead of hi… more »

Nas, Life is Good

Nas’s career path has been a strange, contradictory one: It’s… more »

Nas, Life is Good (Deluxe Edi…

Nas’s career path has been a strange, contradictory one: It’s… more »

Nas, Life is Good (Edited Ver…

Nas’s career path has been a strange, contradictory one: It’s… more »

Nas, Life is Good (Deluxe Edi…

Nas’s career path has been a strange, contradictory one: It’s… more »

Aesop Rock, Skelethon…

Aesop Rock is often opaque in his best moments. Each phrase is more vivid… more »

Aesop Rock, Skelethon –…

Aesop Rock is often opaque in his best moments. Each phrase is more vivid… more »

Aesop Rock, Skelethon –…

Aesop Rock is often opaque in his best moments. Each phrase is more vivid… more »

Large Professor, Professor @ …

The producer Large Professor has crafted more iconic tracks (Kool G Rap … more »

Azealia Banks, 1991

Azealia Banks’s “212″ was a ruthless knock upside the h… more »

Azealia Banks, 1991 (Edited V…

Azealia Banks’s “212″ was a ruthless knock upside the h… more »

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Kicking at the Boundaries of Metal

By Jon Wiederhorn, eMusic Contributor

As they age, extreme metal merchants often inject various non-metallic styles into their songs in order to hasten their musical growth. Sometimes, as with Alcest and Jesu, they develop to the point where their original… more »

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