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Yo La Tengo - Popular Songs
8.5/10
Perennial critics’ favourites Yo La Tengo return with an album that reigns in some of the magpie tendencies of 2006’s sprawling ‘I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass’ with a more focused set. ‘Popular Songs’ - their twelfth [...]
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Tags:Alternative·Ambient·chamber pop·Experimental·Georgia Hubley·Indie·Ira Kaplan·pop·post-rock·Yo La Tengo
Album Review: Dark Was the Night: Red Hot Compilation - Various Artists
8/10
Most posts of Red Hot Organization’s ‘Dark Was the Night’ compilation begin with a summary dismissal of compilations in general, and particularly those in the name of charity. If such projects are as bad as people say, ‘Dark Was the Night’ - one of [...]
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Tags:Acoustic·AIDS·Andrew Bird·Beirut·Bon Iver·Broken Social Scene·Charity compilation·David Sitek·Feist·Folk·Grizzly Bear·HIV·Indie·Kevin Drew·My Morning Jacket·Red Hot Organization·The National·TV on the Radio·Various artists·Yeasayer·Yo La Tengo