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The story of Loretta
Lynn's life, as backed by Jack White's sweaty, muscular production,
proves an incredibly fecund, synergistically combustive listen.
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Better late than never. Even though Wilson's voice
shows its wear and those vintage Beach Boy harmonies are notably absent,
Smile is still a resounding, deliriously inventive triumph.
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Rising
tension coupled with frustratingly unresolved climaxes shouldn't work.
That Bows & Arrows does, and emphatically so, is a credit to a
group that has found its voice without sacrificing an ounce of its core
identity.
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Expressively chaotic yet structurally uniform. Madlib and MF Doom have
taken the embittered outsider and imbued him with superhuman abilities.
Call it Revenge of the Hip Hop Non-chart-toppers.
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Mike Skinner humorously documents the ups and downs of an aimless
geezer, at times unlucky in both love and money, but doing just fine
thanks to his ever-there-for-the-pickup mates.
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Banhart
takes rudimentary elements (quavering vocals, delicate guitar plucking)
and marries them to nature-boy-unbound lyricism. What could be overly
self-infatuated folk weirdness in lesser hands instead blossoms into a
distinctly affecting sunburst of sonic goodness from an audacious new
talent.
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Devolving
from fine-tuned art-punk craftsmanship to nebulously nascent
uncertainty, Les Savy Fav backtracks its development with this
surprisingly cohesive singles collection.
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Overcoming rapacious file-sharers and a nagging sense that the album
just wasn't all it could be, Fall Burghermeister Mark E. Smith doggedly
labored until he'd hammered out one of the most consistently rewarding
efforts of his durable career.
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Dylan Mills proves nothing succeeds like success on
his assured follow-up to Boy In Da Corner. Brash and (mostly)
carefree, Mills explores the vicissitudes and vacuities of fame with an
insight and candor atypical for someone barely out of his teens.
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Sam
Beam's willingness to let notes breathe adds substance to his
hand-carved narratives, speaking to an older, pre-electrified tradition,
and a time when music was an essential part of a person's cultural
heritage as opposed to today's disposable, prepackaged ear candy.
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Talking
Heads: The Name of This Band is Talking Heads [Expanded Edition]