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Features

20.02 for 2002 (Daniel Levin Becker)


My 20.02 favorite records of 2002. Because I couldn't narrow it down to ten.
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Art After Art Goes Out (Daniel Levin Becker)


Bad year, good music. Daniel Levin Becker investigates.

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Consume & Assemble: An Interview with Soul Position


On the eve of the release of Soul Position's full-length debut, Daniel Levin Becker chats with Rjd2 and Blueprint about process and product, solo and group work, and the thin line separating Ohio and Antarctica.

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Destined: Essie Jain


Dusted's Daniel Levin Becker interviews London's latest gift to the Big Apple, Essie Jain.

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Destined: High Places


Dusted's Daniel Levin Becker gets down with Brooklyn's High Places.

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Destined: Sean Booth


Daniel Levin Becker sheds some light on the all-but-total obscurity of Canadian troubadour Sean Booth.

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Finishing the Job (Daniel Levin Becker)


Daniel Levin Becker grades 2006 on a curve.

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So crazy right now (Daniel Levin Becker)


The hitmakers of 2003 have made their way on to another self-indulgent year-end list through poise, precision, and audacity. Let's observe.

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The Good Times Are Killing Me by Daniel Levin Becker


If there was a better rhyme in 2004 than "I'ma play this Vandross / You gon' take yo' pants off," Daniel Levin Becker doesn't want to hear about it.

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Weathering the Swarm


Goggles and waterwings on tight, Daniel Levin Becker drains the bathwater from 2007.

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Reviews


Artist: 7L & Esoteric

Album: DC2: Bars of Death

Label: Babygrande

Review date: Aug. 11, 2004

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Artist: Aesop Rock

Album: None Shall Pass

Label: Def Jux

Review date: Sep. 4, 2007

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Needles in the Hay


Artist: The Aislers Set

Album: How I Learned to Write Backwards

Label: Suicide Squeeze

Review date: Apr. 13, 2003

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Artist: Alias

Album: Collected Remixes

Label: Anticon

Review date: Jul. 18, 2007

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Artist: Amusement Parks On Fire

Album: Amusement Parks On Fire

Label: Filter

Review date: Jul. 5, 2005

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More than the Sum


Artist: Art of Fighting

Album: Wires

Label: 3 Beads of Sweat

Review date: Apr. 17, 2003

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Artist: Atmosphere

Album: You Can't Imagine How Much Fun We're Having

Label: Rhymesayers

Review date: Oct. 26, 2005

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Artist: Beulah

Album: Yoko

Label: Velocette

Review date: Sep. 15, 2003

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Artist: The Big Sleep

Album: Sleep Forever

Label: French Kiss

Review date: Feb. 26, 2008

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Artist: Blockhead

Album: Music By Cavelight

Label: Ninja Tune

Review date: Apr. 18, 2004

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Artist: Blueprint

Album: Chamber Music

Label: Weightless

Review date: Apr. 20, 2005

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Artist: Bronze Nazareth

Album: The Great Migration

Label: Babygrande

Review date: Jul. 25, 2006

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Artist: Built to Spill

Album: You In Reverse

Label: Warner Brothers

Review date: May. 30, 2006

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Artist: By The End Of Tonight

Album: A Tribute To Tigers

Label: Temporary Residence

Review date: Apr. 10, 2005

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A Vast Supper


Artist: Calexico

Album: Feast of Wire

Label: Quarterstick

Review date: Feb. 20, 2003

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Artist: Camera Obscura

Album: Underachievers Please Try Harder

Label: Merge

Review date: Feb. 10, 2004

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A Bit Heavy on the Chocolate


Artist: Caural

Album: Blurred July

Label: Chocolate Industries

Review date: Aug. 12, 2003

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Pop, Eating Itself


Artist: Charlene

Album: Charlene

Label: Shark Attack

Review date: May. 26, 2003

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Artist: Chin Up Chin Up

Album: This Harness Can't Ride Anything

Label: Suicide Squeeze

Review date: Oct. 15, 2006

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Artist: Cloudland Canyon

Album: Requiems Der Natur, 2002-2004

Label: Tee Pee

Review date: Sep. 3, 2006

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A Mess Indeed


Artist: Rob Crow

Album: My Room is a Mess

Label: Absolutely Kosher

Review date: Jul. 30, 2003

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Artist: Deadstring Brothers

Album: Deadstring Brothers

Label: Times Beach

Review date: May. 31, 2004

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You Can Play These Songs with Feeling Too


Artist: Death Cab for Cutie

Album: You Can Play These Songs With Chords

Label: Barsuk

Review date: Dec. 11, 2002

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Artist: Dilated Peoples

Album: Neighborhood Watch

Label: Capitol

Review date: May. 4, 2004

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Artist: Dolorean

Album: Not Exotic

Label: Yep Roc

Review date: Jun. 28, 2004

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Artist: Don Caballero

Album: World Class Listening Problem

Label: Relapse

Review date: Jul. 10, 2006

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Artist: The Drift

Album: Memory Drawings

Label: Temporary Residence

Review date: Apr. 9, 2008

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Artist: el Guincho

Album: Alegranza!

Label: Discotea Océano

Review date: Mar. 26, 2008

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Artist: El Perro Del Mar

Album: El Perro Del Mar

Label: Control Group

Review date: Nov. 30, 2006

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Artist: Electric President

Album: Electric President

Label: Morr Music

Review date: Jan. 17, 2006

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Artist: Eluvium

Album: Talk Amongst The Trees

Label: Temporary Residence

Review date: Mar. 9, 2005

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Artist: Envelopes

Album: Demon

Label: Brille

Review date: Mar. 23, 2006

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Artist: Explosions In The Sky

Album: All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone

Label: Temporary Residence

Review date: Mar. 6, 2007

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Artist: Explosions In The Sky

Album: The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place

Label: Temporary Residence

Review date: Dec. 1, 2003

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Artist: The Fiery Furnaces

Album: EP

Label: Rough Trade / World's Fair

Review date: Feb. 10, 2005

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Artist: Tim Fite

Album: Fair Ain't Fair

Label: Anti-

Review date: May. 5, 2008

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Artist: The Flaming Lips

Album: At War With The Mystics

Label: Warner Brothers

Review date: May. 5, 2006

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Artist: Le Fly Pan Am / The Beans

Album: N'écoutez Pas / Bassplayer

Label: Constellation

Review date: Sep. 30, 2004

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Artist: Gift of Gab

Album: 4th Dimensional Rocketships Going Up

Label: Quannum Projects

Review date: Aug. 4, 2004

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Yanqui come home


Artist: Godspeed You! Black Emperor

Album: Yanqui U.X.O.

Label: Constellation

Review date: Nov. 14, 2002

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Artist: Jose Gonzalez

Album: Veneer

Label: Hidden Agenda

Review date: Dec. 7, 2005

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It's the Sequence, Not the Sum


Artist: Grandaddy

Album: Sumday

Label: V2

Review date: Jul. 24, 2003

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Bleak Pop From Brighton


Artist: Harper Lee

Album: Everything's Going To Be OK

Label: Matinee

Review date: Mar. 6, 2003

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Hefner guitarist goes it alone


Artist: Jack Hayter

Album: Practical Wireless

Label: Absolutely Kosher

Review date: Sep. 9, 2002

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Hot Hot in Herre


Artist: Hot Hot Heat

Album: Make Up The Breakdown

Label: Sub Pop

Review date: Oct. 23, 2002

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Artist: Ill Bill

Album: What's Wrong With Bill?

Label: Psycho+Logical

Review date: Jun. 30, 2004

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Transmissions From Flavor Country


Artist: Ill Lit

Album: WACMusic

Label: Badman

Review date: Nov. 20, 2002

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Artist: Interpol

Album: Our Love To Admire

Label: Capitol

Review date: Aug. 14, 2007

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Artist: Iron & Wine / Calexico

Album: In the Reins

Label: Overcoat

Review date: Oct. 16, 2005

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Finding Oneself Can Be Hard Sometimes


Artist: Irving

Album: Good Morning Beautiful

Label: Eenie Meenie

Review date: Sep. 12, 2002

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Artist: Isis

Album: Panopticon

Label: Ipecac

Review date: Nov. 10, 2004

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Artist: Islands

Album: Return to the Sea

Label: Equator

Review date: May. 29, 2006

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Quality Controlled


Artist: Jurassic 5

Album: Power In Numbers

Label: Interscope

Review date: Oct. 17, 2002

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Limited


Artist: Manish Kalvakota with Charles Douglas

Album: Outer Limits

Label: Voltage Recordings

Review date: Jun. 3, 2003

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Artist: Kammerflimmer Kollektief

Album: Hysteria

Label: Quecksilber

Review date: Aug. 15, 2004

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Ugly Before Pretty


Artist: Kid Dakota

Album: So Pretty

Label: Chairkickers' Union Music

Review date: Jul. 14, 2003

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Atmospheres for the Busy Listener


Artist: Lanterna

Album: Sands

Label: Badman

Review date: Nov. 4, 2002

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Old Miserable Experience


Artist: Late Night Television

Album: A Personal Account of How I've Failed at Everything

Label: Route Fourteen

Review date: Jul. 3, 2003

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Artist: Les Savy Fav

Album: Inches

Label: French Kiss

Review date: Jun. 20, 2004

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Artist: Love Is All

Album: Nine Times That Same Song

Label: What's Your Rupture?

Review date: Apr. 6, 2006

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Missouri Would Love Some Company


Artist: Low

Album: Trust

Label: Kranky

Review date: Sep. 23, 2002

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Artist: Mahogany

Album: Connectivity!

Label: Darla

Review date: Nov. 2, 2006

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Artist: Mates of State

Album: Team Boo

Label: Polyvinyl

Review date: Sep. 25, 2003

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National geographic


Artist: Matt Pond PA

Album: The Nature of Maps

Label: Polyvinyl

Review date: Jan. 29, 2003

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Artist: Metric

Album: Old World Underground, Where Are You Now?

Label: Everloving

Review date: May. 24, 2004

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Artist: The Mojave 3

Album: Spoon and Rafter

Label: 4AD

Review date: Oct. 20, 2003

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Artist: The Mojave 3

Album: Puzzles Like You

Label: 4AD

Review date: Jul. 5, 2006

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Artist: Mono

Album: Walking Cloud and Deep Red Sky, Flag Fluttered and the Sun Shined

Label: Temporary Residence

Review date: Oct. 7, 2004

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Artist: Mono & World's End Girlfriend

Album: Palmless Prayer / Mass Murder Refrain

Label: Temporary Residence

Review date: Oct. 1, 2006

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Artist: Monster Movie

Album: All Lost

Label: Graveface

Review date: Nov. 5, 2006

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The price is right


Artist: Monster Movie / Dreamend

Album: Preface

Label: Graveface

Review date: Jun. 4, 2003

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Artist: The Mountain Goats

Album: Get Lonely

Label: 4AD

Review date: Sep. 5, 2006

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Artist: Nina Nastasia & Jim White

Album: You Follow Me

Label: FatCat

Review date: Sep. 5, 2007

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Artist: The National

Album: Boxer

Label: Beggars Banquet

Review date: May. 22, 2007

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Artist: The New Pornographers

Album: Twin Cinema

Label: Matador

Review date: Sep. 6, 2005

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Artist: Le Nombre

Album: Le Nombre

Label: Blow the Fuse

Review date: Sep. 30, 2003

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Artist: Non-Prophets

Album: Hope

Label: Lex

Review date: Mar. 24, 2004

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Artist: A Northern Chorus

Album: The Millions Too Many

Label: Sonic Unyon

Review date: Apr. 12, 2007

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Artist: The Octopus Project

Album: One Ten Hundred Thousand Million

Label: Peek-A-Boo Industries

Review date: Jun. 14, 2005

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Artist: Oh No

Album: Dr. No's Oxperiment

Label: Stones Throw

Review date: Nov. 15, 2007

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Artist: P.O.S.

Album: Audition

Label: Rhymesayers

Review date: Feb. 12, 2006

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Artist: Pajo

Album: Pajo

Label: Drag City

Review date: Jul. 24, 2005

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Blinded by the Stars


Artist: Pernice Brothers

Album: Yours, Mine & Ours

Label: Ashmont

Review date: Jun. 26, 2003

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On Point


Artist: Pinback

Album: Offcell

Label: Absolutely Kosher

Review date: Jun. 11, 2003

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Red Letter Day


Artist: The Postal Service

Album: Give Up

Label: Sub Pop

Review date: Mar. 31, 2003

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Artist: Preston School of Industry

Album: Monsoon

Label: Matador

Review date: Mar. 22, 2004

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Artist: Re-Up Gang

Album: We Got It For Cheap Vol. 3: The Spirit of Competition (We Just Think We Better)

Label: Re-Up Gang

Review date: Feb. 11, 2008

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Sinister But Static


Artist: Red Snapper

Album: Red Snapper

Label: Lo Recordings

Review date: Apr. 16, 2003

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Artist: The Rosebuds

Album: The Rosebuds Unwind

Label: Merge

Review date: May. 26, 2005

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Artist: Shadow Huntaz

Album: Corrupt Data

Label: Skam

Review date: Jun. 14, 2004

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Artist: Shellac

Album: Excellent Italian Greyhound

Label: Touch and Go

Review date: Jun. 25, 2007

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More Variegations


Artist: Shipping News

Album: Three-Four

Label: Quarterstick

Review date: Feb. 27, 2003

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Untitled (or how I learned to start listening and tolerate Iceland)


Artist: Sigur Rós

Album: ( )

Label: MCA

Review date: Dec. 8, 2002

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Artist: Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band

Album: "This Is Our Punk-Rock," Thee Rusted Satellites Gather + Sing,

Label: Constellation

Review date: Sep. 22, 2003

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Artist: Elliott Smith

Album: New Moon

Label: Kill Rock Stars

Review date: May. 7, 2007

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Artist: Elliott Smith

Album: From A Basement On The Hill

Label: Anti-

Review date: Oct. 25, 2004

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Debatably Fresh, but Delightfully Minty


Artist: The Starlight Mints

Album: Built on Squares

Label: PIAS

Review date: May. 27, 2003

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Starry Nights


Artist: Stella Luna

Album: Stargazer

Label: Clairecords

Review date: Oct. 20, 2002

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Artist: Stereo Total

Album: Do The Bambi

Label: Kill Rock Stars

Review date: Mar. 15, 2005

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Artist: Sufjan Stevens

Album: The Avalanche

Label: Asthmatic Kitty

Review date: Jul. 10, 2006

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Global Hottening


Artist: The Sun

Album: Love and Death

Label: Warner Brothers

Review date: Apr. 2, 2003

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Artist: Susanna

Album: Sonata Mix Dwarf Cosmos

Label: Rune Grammofon

Review date: Dec. 3, 2007

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Artist: Swan Lake

Album: Beast Moans

Label: Jagjaguwar

Review date: Nov. 20, 2006

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Artist: These New Puritans

Album: Beat Pyramid

Label: Domino

Review date: Mar. 10, 2008

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Artist: These United States

Album: A Picture of the Three of Us at the Gate to the Garden of Eden

Label: United Interests

Review date: Mar. 25, 2008

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Artist: The Timeout Drawer

Album: Presents Left for the Living Dead

Label: Chocolate Industries

Review date: Jan. 7, 2004

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Getting Lost is the Easy Part


Artist: Timonium

Album: Until He Finds Us

Label: Pehr

Review date: Aug. 17, 2003

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Artist: Trans Am

Album: Sex Change

Label: Thrill Jockey

Review date: Mar. 1, 2007

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Artist: Unwed Sailor

Album: The Marionette and the Music Box

Label: Burnt Toast Vinyl

Review date: Jan. 27, 2004

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Artist: V/A

Album: Everything

Label: EV

Review date: Mar. 30, 2007

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Artist: V/A

Album: Chrome Children Vol. 2

Label: Stones Throw

Review date: Jul. 30, 2007

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Artist: Voxtrot

Album: Voxtrot

Label: Beggars Banquet

Review date: Jun. 6, 2007

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Timeless, in all senses


Artist: M. Ward

Album: Transfiguration of Vincent

Label: Merge

Review date: May. 5, 2003

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Artist: Wolf Parade

Album: Wolf Parade EP

Label: Sub Pop

Review date: Aug. 7, 2005

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Artist: Wolf Parade

Album: Apologies to the Queen Mary

Label: Sub Pop

Review date: Sep. 25, 2005

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Sleep in next Sunday


Artist: Xiu Xiu

Album: Chapel of the Chimes

Label: Absolutely Kosher

Review date: Oct. 7, 2002

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Artist: The Zincs

Album: Dimmer

Label: Thrill Jockey

Review date: Jun. 21, 2005

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