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Album Notes: Grateful Dead - Europe '72 and Europe '72 Vol. 2
Like any day, May 26 represents an anniversary of some sort. In this case, it's an opportunity to celebrate a tour that concluded 50 years ago and has since become immortalized on nu....
May 26, 2022 · 2 min read
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Album Notes: Support Ukraine
Please consider supporting DakhaBrakha or other Ukrainian artists. Utilize THIS GUIDE to reach other musicians in the country. Below: DakhaBrakha Live on KEXP and Tiny Desk (NP....
Mar 23, 2022 · 1 min read
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Album Notes - Black Country, New Road - Ants From Up There
Don't work out while lending your ear to Ants From Up There for the first time. That's what I did, and let's just say my opinion today is vastly different from where it resided during th....
Mar 23, 2022 · 1 min read
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Album Notes - Gang of Youths - angel in realtime.
"Go big or go home" may not be the official slogan for Gang of Youths, but it is undoubtedly their, or at least leader David Le'aupepe's, M.O. angel in realtime. wastes none setting the ....
Mar 7, 2022 · 1 min read
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Album Notes - Animal Collective - Time Skiffs
I will always remember a one John Cooper for (at least) three things: 1) The way that Brit could strike a football. Seriously, that mofo could kick. 2) The "Tamla Motown" shirt he gave....
Feb 15, 2022 · 2 min read
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Album Notes - Husbands - Full-On Monet
I was excited to stumble upon a new release from what I thought was a French group I have previously written about called Husbands. It quickly became clear that Full-On Monet, despite th....
Feb 8, 2022 · 1 min read
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Album Notes - Palace - Shoals
Since I first heard "It's Over" back in 2016, I've been fascinated by the London-based quartet Palace. While the fourth track from their debut drew me in, both So Long Forever and the 20....
Jan 28, 2022 · 1 min read
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Album Notes - Broken Social Scene - Old Dead Young: B Sides & Rarities
Color me amazed by the frequency with which Broken Social Scene has been putting out music since 2017. Schubert they are not, but for a group that dropped three albums between 2001 and 2....
Jan 24, 2022 · 1 min read
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Album Notes - Dope Lemon - Rose Pink Cadillac
We're kicking off our foray into 2022 music with an album that is straight up lazy summer vibes. As it should be, when 'tis the season for Angus Stone aka Dope Lemon, the Sydney, Austral....
Jan 17, 2022 · 1 min read
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Theon Cross - Intra-I
We're starting off 2022 with an album from this past October, one I intentionally didn't include in my "enjoyed but didn't send out" in 2021 list last week, but nothing says "Happy New Y....
Jan 7, 2022 · 1 min read
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2021 In Review
Previously, I've used the last Album Notes each year to reflect on the preceding 12 months in music. The easy take is that the return of live music was undoubtedly welcomed and served as....
Dec 30, 2021 · 3 min read
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The Beatles - Let It Be (50th Anniversary Edition)
Having written about the 50th anniversary deluxe reissues of The Beatles (White Album) and Abbey Road, I was somewhat glad that, math aside, the same treatment bestowed upon Let It Be oc....
Dec 17, 2021 · 4 min read
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