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Thursday, December 6 2012

The Best Indie-Pop of 2012

Writing about the best indie-pop seems inherently an individualized, personal experience -- but that is fitting for a type of music that on one level seems more person-oriented than mass-movement-oriented.

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Monday, June 7 2010

The School: Loveless Unbeliever

Hello sunshine, goodbye rain. The School's out for summer.

Thursday, July 31 2008

The School: Let It Slip EP

If there’s any major fault with the School, it’s that their sound never rises above their obvious influences, but their carefree sense of fun ultimately renders such criticism moot.

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The Women Behind 'The Throne'

Eliot, then Chopin: Investigating 'The Sandman: Preludes & Nocturnes'

The Jet Sex: Airline Stewardesses and the Making of an American Icon

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The Next Reel: Creepy Myths, Curses and Urban Legends of Hollywood

Blogs

Mixed Media: Early Summer 2013 New Music Playlist

Statuesque: A Window to the Heart: "Fill the Void's" Rama Burshtein and Hadas Yaron

Graphic Novelties: What Sam Houston Knew: Exclusive Preview of 'Lucifer: Book One'

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Sound Affects: Counterbalance No. 130: Aretha Franklin's 'Lady Soul'

Moving Pixels: It's Hard to Play the Right Way

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Music

Four Tet: Rounds (10th Anniversary Edition)

Rory Storm: Old Songs Sung in Wolves’ Tongue

Various Artists: The Rough Guide to Latin Psychedelia

Emma Louise: vs. Head vs. Heart

Vondelpark: Seabed

Lost Society: Fast Loud Death

Various Artists: Classic Celtic Music from Smithsonian Folkways

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The Bottlerock Napa Valley Festival - Day 1

Film

'Fast & Furious 6' Is Bigger and Better, Again

Although Visually Splendid, "Epic's" Story Is As Generic As Its Title

Greta Gerwig's Frances Is Not a Real Person, Yet, but She's Working on It: 'Frances Ha'

Julianne Moore Is in Class in 'The English Teacher'

DVDs

Searing Color into Cultural Memory: Tenosuke Kinugasa's 'Gate of Hell'

'American Masters: Mel Brooks: Make a Noise' Is a Fitting, Funny Salute to the Masterful Comic

Books

The Technicolor Revolution: 'Comandante: Hugo Chávez's Venezuela'

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It's a Merciless World in 'Metro: Last Light'

'Arrested Development' Season 4 Trailer & Banana Stand Pics (Mixed Media)
We Aren't the Mods and Other Sorry Tales of a Fashion Slave (Columns)
From Thinking Steaks to TITANic Mistakes: The 'Star Trek' Films They Almost Made (Features)
Daft Punk: Random Access Memories (Reviews)
'Star Trek Into Darkness' and the Wrath of Fanboys Being Khaned (Short Ends and Leader)
Have Fun: A Tribute to Diana Ross, Nile Rodgers, and the CHIC Groove of 'diana' (Parts 1-4) (Features)
Vampire Weekend: Modern Vampires of the City (Reviews)
Creepy Myths, Curses and Urban Legends of Hollywood (Columns)
The National: Trouble Will Find Me (Reviews)
How Do Film Adaptations of Books, Such As 'The Great Gatsby', Affect an Author's Literary Status? (Columns)
R.E.M.: Green (25th Anniversary Edition) (Reviews)
PR, Paramount, and the 'Star Trek' Disaster (Short Ends and Leader)
Primal Scream: More Light (Reviews)
An Open Letter to J. J. Abrams: 'Star Wars' Ain't 'Star Trek' (Short Ends and Leader)
Latitudes and Longitudes of Darkness: Four Remarkable 2013 Black Metal Albums (Columns)
Christopher Guest Does TV with HBO's 'Family Tree' (Reviews)
The 10 Greatest Escape Movies of All Time (Short Ends and Leader)
In Defense Of ... The Return of 'Arrested Development' (Columns)
Drawn Back Into Dreaming: Spotlight on Neil Gaiman's "Sandman" (Features)
The 10 Greatest British Actors Working Today (Short Ends and Leader)

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