October 2006
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The Stills - Without Feathers
I will be honest—as I am prone and not prone to be—I am not able to write a balanced review of this album. This is just too good. What we have is a band from Montreal, Canada that was essentially trained and bred to produce that style of NYC new wave bullshit that has been popular and present for too long. It’s done—what has emerged from this sophomore release is a...
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The Killers - Sam's Town
I feel like I won the mix tape competition. You should put a lot of thought into a mix tape, but then again you shouldn’t—it’s like an act of thoughtfulness. No chick wants a shitty picnic because you’re too cheap to take her to dinner, they want a shitty picnic because you’re doing something that you pretend is effortlessly kind. That is the same as a mix...
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The Mix Tape...the perception....
What a turbulent time, my friends…the Critical Asshole must once again engage in a Mix Tape battle with a travelling companion. I lost the popular vote last time. How could that be? I’m not foolish or arrogant enough to believe that the masses don’t get it right most of the time…or do they? What makes art “good?” What is funny is…this isn’t even the...
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Since when was "X" cool?
I know it’s a tired discussion. I know that the arguments aren’t new…but still I wonder…how did it come to be that one of my favorite bands is on Mainstream radio and all my asshole, lame-o coworkers are now their biggest fans? WHY? DEAR GOD, WHY?!?!?!? This opens a multitude of discussions that I wouldn’t want to get into…”Do a band’s fans make a...