X Gave It To Us… And Gave And Gave
Assessing the complicated legacy of Earl ‘DMX’ Simmons
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Author: Zachary Corsa
All Anyone Wants To Do Is Think Of Sun: Ten Years of Cloud Nothings
The bookends of the group’s classic second LP and a fiery new album signifies the staying power of Dylan Baldi and his American band
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ALBUMS: Game On for Two Way Radio
Succinct Extinction is more definitive proof that it’s always a mistake to count Memphis out
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‘Enough To Hold You To The Brightest Of Lights’: Celebrating 20 Years Of Atmosphere’s ‘Lucy Ford’
Originally intended as a tour-only special release, its national distribution changed everything for the premier Minneapolis hip-hop crewalmost immediately
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Eulogy For A Supervillain
Celebrating the life of British American rap icon MF DOOM, gone at 49
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ALBUMS: The Reintegration Loops
On Lamentations, William Basinski again indicts the concept of recorded sound as deathless zombie-like preservation, revealing instead the inherent impermanence of technology’s documentary mediums,
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“Return To The 36th Chamber, Proceed With Caution As You Enter”
Looking back on 20 years of Wu-Tang Clan’s The W
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“On This Remote Area We Label Dead Man’s Island”: Liquid Swords at 25
Looking back at the GZA’s chess rap masterpiece on its silver anniversary
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‘Tell Us, Is The Black Box Lying?’ – At The Drive-In’s Relationship Of Command At 20
The El Paso band’s third album and sole Grand Royal classic ushered in a new era of aggression for the 21st Century
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ALBUMS: Cosmic Ohms
We needed a Deftones LP like this masterful 9th offering from the Sacramento metal-gaze masters
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‘Seeing The Unseeable’: The Flaming Lips’ In A Priest Driven Ambulance At 30
Glimmers of future majesty imbue the band’s first collaboration with longtime producer Dave Fridmann
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‘The Guitar Guy Played Real Good Feedback’: Sonic Youth’s ‘Washing Machine’ At 25
Looking back at an overlooked but fiercely loved classic from the NYC noise rock giants
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And You Know There’s Something More, But You Can’t Give It A Name: Luna’s Penthouse At 25
Looking back at the last album from the New York band’s classic lineup
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Put Me In The Equation, It’s Alright: Sonic Youth’s Goo At 30
Their beloved DGC debut has a sense of a band courting the mainstream on their own terms
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‘These Are Different Matters, These Are Uncertain Feelings’: Blonde Redhead’s ‘Melody Of Certain Damaged Lemons’ At 20
A look back at the coolest world party of 2000
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