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Tonight on Gossip Girl, Dan required the Art Gallery hipster Vanessa to swear on her “Simple Machines 7 inches.” I laughed at this line. Well, chuckled. Not because it was particularly funny, but because it was obviously written for me and my 30something ilk. Several years ago, a good friend off-handedly remarked that Television writing […]

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I’m not sure what to make of The Antlers (technically, Peter Silberman). They cover Magnetic Fields, Yo La Tengo, Broadcast and My Bloody Valentine, which takes massive cojones and at the same time kind of endears them to me, particularly in the way that they make those songs their own, reminding me a bit of […]

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A week ago someone asked me what I thought about Moz’s new single, “I’m Throwing My Arms Around Paris” or whatever it is called and I said it wasn’t that bad. Today, I’m throwing my indifference at Morrissey. Shrug. I really want to love this, but it feels like he’s trying too hard. Yes, I […]

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I know, I know, everybody was blogging about Fever Ray last week. I meant to post something but forgot. Fortunately, today’s marketing email from Mute reminded me that Fever Ray’s self-titled debut CD/LP is released on Mute on March 24, 2009. It is available for digital download January 13, 2009. (That’s tomorrow!) Stereogum has a […]

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