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        Watch a New Peaking Lights Video

        The new Peaking Lights video

        The new Peaking Lights video

        By Andrew Parks, eMusic Contributor

        Considering how indebted Peaking Lights are to dub on a normal day, the duo's new Lucifer in Dub LP may seem a little redundant. It's not; as producer Aaron Aites puts it in a press release, "We have always loved the challenge of approaching the music we make from a new angle, and although the dub aspect to the music we make may be there in structure this is the first time we have layed it down by playing as the engineers.”

        Still not convinced? Compare and contrast the videos for "Beautiful Dub" and "Beautiful Son" down below... more »

        Tags: Mexican Summer, Peaking Lights, video
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        eMusic’s Best Albums of 2012

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        By eMusic Editorial Staff, eMusic ContributorEvery year, when eMusic's editorial staff compiles our annual best-of list, the goal is never to come to some kind of academic determination of the year's best records via a series of complicated formulas and… more »

        Tags: Ab-Soul, Actress, Alabama Shakes, Alice Russell, Allo Darlin', Amit Friedman, Anais Mitchell, Angel Olsen, Animal Collective, Baroness, Bat For Lashes, Beach House, Best of 2012, Bill Fay, Bowerbirds, Chris Cohen, Christian Mistress, Christian Scott, Cloud Nothings, Cold Specks, Death Grips, Donny McCaslin, Dum Dum Girls, El-P, eMusic Selects, ERAAS, Esperanza Spalding, Eternal Summers, Family Band, Fiona Apple, First Aid Kit, Flying Lotus, Frank Ocean, Frankie Rose, Fresh & Onlys, Gentleman Jesse, Glen Hansard, godspeed you! black emperor, Gonjasufi, Grizzly Bear, How to Dress Well, Hundred Waters, Japandroids, Jeremy Siskind Trio, Jessie Ware, Jimmy Cliff, John Talabot, Julia Holter, Kathleen Edwards, Kendrick Lamar, Killer Mike, Laurel Halo, Laurent Coq, Lianne La Havas, Liars, Lilacs & Champagne, Lotus Plaza, M. Geddes Gengras, Mac Demarco, Maria Minerva, Marina and the Diamonds, Matthew Dear, Matthew E. White, METZ, Miguel, Miguel Zenon, Miguel Zenon & Laurent Coq, Mirel Wagner, Mount Eerie, Neurosis, Orrin Evans, Parquet Courts, Passion Pit, PAWS, Peaking Lights, Phil Elverum, Pig Destroyer, Pilgrim, Pop Zeus, Pop. 1280, Quantic, Ravi Coltrane, Robert Glasper, Roomful of Teeth, Royal Headache, Screaming Females, Sea of Bees, Sharon Van Etten, Spiritualized, Standard Fare, Sun Araw, Swans, Tame Impala, The Flaming Lips, The Men, The Twilight Sad, The Walkmen, THEESatisfaction, Ty Segall Band, Vijay Iyer, Vijay Iyer Trio, White Lung, Woods, Wymond Miles, Yellow Ostrich, Collection, List
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        eMusic’s Best Albums of 2011

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        By eMusic Editorial Staff, eMusic ContributorIt was a year full of surprising breakouts and breathtaking discoveries, with reliable favorites from familiar faces and strong entries from new voices. These are our Top 100 Records of 2011. more »

        Tags: 3 Cohens, Adele, Aram Shelton's Arrive, Army Navy, Ben Allison, Best of 2011, Beyonce, Bon Iver, Britney Spears, CANT, Cass McCombs, Charles Bradley, Chelsea Wolfe, Coldplay, Conquering Animal Sound, Craig Taborn, Crystal Stilts, Cults, Curren$y, Cut Copy, Dave Douglass, Dirty Beaches, DJ Quick, Drake, Dum Dum Girls, EMA, Fleet Foxes, Florence + the Machine, Future Islands, G-Side, Generationals, Gillian Welch, Gretchen Parlato, Hilary Hahn, Hollie Cook, Holy Ghost!, Iceage, James Blake, Jay-Z, Jessica Lea Mayfield, John Maus, Kanye West, Kate Bush, Katy B, Kekko Fornarelli, Kendrick Lamar, Killer Mike, Krallice, Laura Marling, Liturgy, Low, Lykke Li, M83, Megafaun, Mike Watt, NewVillager, Nicolas Jaar, Nitin Mitta, Okkervil River, Oneohtrix Point Never, Other Lives, P.J. Harvey, Panda Bear, Paul Simon, Peaking Lights, Portugal. The Man, Prasanna, Radiohead, Real Estate, Sepalcure, Shabazz Palaces, Skeletonwitch, Sleeper Agent, Smith Westerns, So Percussion, Subrosa, Terell Stafford, The Antlers, The Black Keys, The Decemberists, The Field, The Joy Formidable, The Men, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, The Roots, The Vaccines, The War On Drugs, The Weather Station, Tim Berne, Toby Twining, Tom Waits, Trap Them, Tunnel Six, TV on the Radio, Veronica Falls, Vijay Iyer, Washed Out, We Are Augustines, Widowspeak, Wilco, WU LYF, Yellow Ostrich, Youth Lagoon, Yuck, Zola Jesus, List