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The Smile: Better Than Radiohead?

January 25, 2024January 25, 2024 Ted Miller 1 Comment 2024, A Light For Attracting Attention, A Moon Shaped Pool, In Rainbows, Jonny Greenwood, King of Limbs, Radiohead, The Smile, Thom Yorke, Tom Skinner, Wall of Eyes, XL Recordings

The brilliant new album Wall of Eyes certainly makes the case

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Indie Rock 

Obvious Bicycle: Vampire Weekend’s Modern Vampires of the City Turns 10

May 14, 2023May 14, 2023 Ted Miller 0 Comments 2013, Diane Young, Ezra Koenig, Modern Vampires of the City, Vampire Weekend, XL Recordings

Looking back on the New York band’s classic third album

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Alternative Rock Art Pop Electronic Indie Rock Pop 

ALBUMS: The Smile Reopen The Floodgates

June 28, 2022June 28, 2022 Ted Miller 1 Comment 2022, A Light For Attracting Attention, Jonny Greenwood, Radiohead, The Smile, Thom Yorke, Tom Skinner, XL Recordings

Who knew Radiohead’s two leaders had fan service like A Light for Attracting Attention in them?

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Indie Rock 

Locked Up Like a Trophy: Vampire Weekend’s Contra Turns 10

January 13, 2020January 12, 2020 Dan Weiss 0 Comments 2010, Ezra Koenig, Rostam Batmanglij, Vampire Weekend, XL Recordings

A look back at the most underrated album of the most hyped band of the last decade

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Dance Electronic 

Open Air and Big Love: The xx’s xx Turns 10

August 10, 2019April 11, 2021 Ted Miller 0 Comments Drake, Frank Ocean, Lana del Rey, the Weeknd, The xx, XL Recordings, xx

How the group’s auspicious debut changed the direction of pop music for the next decade

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