Jessica R. Henderson
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The Go! Team Goes Steady on New Album
The Go! Team's bombastic pastiches—which combine obscure, far-flung samples, schoolyard chants, a rotating troupe of vocalists, and every instrument known to man—create a shockingly cohesive, genre-bending experience of peerless energy and creativity.
Once Again, R. Kelly Produces, Seduces
R. Kelly still seduces while producing one of his finest and most accessible albums yet
Hitting the Pavement
In the early hours of Thursday, Sep. 16, 2009, I received an e-mail from my friend Jeff with the subject ...
Best Coast Ride the Chillwave
As foreshadowed by its sunny postcard-style album art and its breezy half-hour length, “Crazy For You” concerns itself primarily with creating a single, uniform atmosphere—a “Summer Mood,” as one of its song titles explicitly puts it.
Pavement
The very existence of a greatest hits album for this band—whose closest approximation of a hit was 1994’s “Cut Your Hair,” which peaked at the giddy height of 10 on the Billboard Alternative Chart—seems more or less unnecessary, but even when one accepts the notion, this particular collection of songs proves frustratingly off.
Editor's Picks 2009
Arts execs take a break from ranking Radiohead vs. Spoon to rank... whatever they feel like.
Ready, Set, Procrastinate!
As the decade draws to a close, it's important to take a few minutes to reflect on your personal growth ...
Yo La Tengo
Though childless, Ira Kaplan and Georgia Hubley have always exuded a parental quality. This has been more or less intuitive
U2
“Hold the big revelations,” Bono warbles on U2’s latest single, the fun but overworked “Get On Your Boots.” And with
Top Five Reasons to Audition For Beauty And The Geek
You’ve seen the signs all over Harvard Square—“Beauty and the Geek,” Ashton Kutcher’s “ultimate social experiment,” is back for another