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Sunday, January 1 1995

The New Violence: An Interview with Death From Above 1979

Sure, they're aggressive and look dangerous, but they're just writing pleasant little pop songs.


Sunday, January 1 1995

Music by the Living Dead?

Athlete's music might challenge you, but you'll have to decide if that's good or bad.


Sunday, January 1 1995

Resurrection: Common Walks

Common's returned, and he's not being backed into the Corner.


Sunday, January 1 1995

Offending Two Camps: An Interview with Controller.Controller

The X remains a mysterious placeholder for a band that won't stay still.


Sunday, January 1 1995

The New Violence: An Interview with Death From Above 1979

Sure, they're aggressive and look dangerous, but they're just writing pleasant little pop songs.


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Monday, September 25 2006

Basic Vocab: The General Dynamic

Three brothers from Miami ditch crunk, haul that golden-age boom-bap to the present and wind up with a solid debut album.


Monday, July 17 2006

DJ Logic: Zen of Logic

DJ Logic returns to the instrumental turntablism game with an album that is stubbornly eclectic, tough to feel and even harder to comprehend.


Tuesday, May 23 2006

Pretty Girls Make Graves: Élan Vital

With stretch marks out in full display, Pretty Girls Make Graves hit puberty and deliver Élan Vital, an album shaped by the band's growing pains.


Thursday, March 23 2006

jdwalker: them get you... them got you

Grab your mind machete because this album forces you to hack your way to the fringes of hip-hop and, once there, the environment ain't so accommodating.


Monday, March 13 2006

Cypress Hill: Greatest Hits From The Bong

You can't call it Greatest Hits From The Bong and forget all the songs that introduced me and my generation to joys of smoking pot.


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