Album Review

Of Montreal Skeletal Lamping

By Dryw Keltz
October 31st, 2008

Years from now, when historians zero in on the early 21st century indie-rock hipster movement, Skeletal Lamping will make perfect sense. It is the spot on culmination of an era.

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Ironic Jukebox

“Young Folks” on the Brain

By Lauren Maas
October 31st, 2008

The infectious nature of “Young Folks” by Peter Bjorn & John has entranced the kids I babysit for and has forever been seared into the depths of my brain.

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Commentary

An Open Letter to Jimmy Page & John Paul Jones

By Meghan Harvey
October 31st, 2008

It has come to my attention that there has been talk of a Led Zeppelin reunion of sorts. Though I was at first overjoyed by these rumors, I was quickly thrown into a state of mild panic and confusion when I further read that this “reunion” would not include Robert Plant.

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Vinyl Vault

Jackson Browne Late for the Sky

By JBev
October 30th, 2008

At the peak of his songwriting powers in 1974, Jackson Browne released his third album, Late for The Sky, a collection of songs regarding love and loss that is generally considered one of the very best LP in his long and storied career.

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Song List

Riff Offs: 10 Songs That Resemble Other Songs

By Douglas Newman
October 30th, 2008

They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Musicians are notorious for taking this old adage to heart, liberally “borrowing” (either intentionally or subconsciously) chords, melodies and/or lyrics from each other.

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Brass Trax

Arthur Russell Love is Overtaking Me

By Rick Sawyer
October 30th, 2008

If there was any doubt that disco producer, cellist, record label owner, and composer Arthur Russell worked in every conceivable mode of popular music, the new release Love is Overtaking Me should put it to rest.

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Ironic Jukebox

“Rich Girl” and My Quarter-Life Crisis

By Lauren Maas
October 29th, 2008

The song that has epitomized my post-graduate school experience over the past two years has been Hall & Oates immortal “Rich Girl.” It started innocently enough, with a simple, non-ironic love of that iconic ’80s group, passed along to me through many a childhood viewings of the video for “Maneater” on MTV, and grew [...]

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concert review

The Dears Dazzle Jersey

By Nadia Collado
October 29th, 2008

Over the past month I have fallen in love with the Dears new album, Missiles. I was very excited to see them at CMJ, but that was a bust. Luckily for me, the Dears were playing a show the day before their CMJ gig at Maxwell’s in Hoboken, New Jersey.

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