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Replacements | Rhino Reissues

Tim + Pleased To Meet Me + Don’t Tell A Soul + All Shook Down | Rhino (2008)
Rhino’s second and concluding batch of Replacements reissues charts the Minneapolis band’s Great Descent from the heights of rock-and-roll nihilism to the pit of MOR blah.

By: ZETH LUNDY | October 01, 2008

Ben Folds | Way To Normal

Epic (2008)
His attitude may remain young at heart, but his irony’s over the hill.

By: ZETH LUNDY | September 23, 2008

Calexico: Carried to Dust

Quarterstick
True to its title, Carried to Dust moves along with wraith-like grace, a haunting and beautiful drift of songs about codebreakers, gravebound ghosts, and stars that “shone in slowness.”

By: ZETH LUNDY | September 02, 2008

Randy Newman

Harps + Angels | Nonesuch
As welcome as it is to have Newman’s acerbic wit back, it remains a singular pleasure to listen to a simple, devastating ballad like “Losing You.”

By: ZETH LUNDY | August 12, 2008

The Major Labels

Aquavia | Self-released
You can play Spot the Beatles throughout this one.

By: ZETH LUNDY | August 04, 2008

Beck

Modern Guilt | DGC
It’s music for summer nights of muggy confusion and post-sunset soul searching, and when Beck takes the mic, he rocks some straight-up Shiva shit.

By: ZETH LUNDY | July 15, 2008

Ratatat | LP3

XL
It's some kind of cosmic machine music, reflecting not just a stoner’s world of internalized minimalist headbanging but an entire universe of culture, texture, and possibility.

By: ZETH LUNDY | July 08, 2008