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Music Review: Modest Mouse’s “Strangers to Ourselves”

Filed Under: MusicApril 6, 2015 by Leigh Peterson

Modest Mouse "Strangers to Ourselves"

Modest Mouse’s long-awaited sixth studio album interweaves the crudity of their early recordings and the polish of their recent work into a powerfully eccentric opus.

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Music Review: of Montreal’s “Aureate Gloom”

Filed Under: MusicMarch 9, 2015 by Leigh Peterson

Of Montreal

Recorded in a span of three weeks after the divorce of its front man, Of Montreals’ thirteenth album safely stays within their previously charted sonic territory while often sliding into conceptual schizophrenia.

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Music Review: EMA’s ‘The Future’s Void’

Filed Under: MusicApril 18, 2014 by Leigh Peterson

EMA "The Future Void"

On her sophomore album, “The Future’s Void” EMA returns as an oracle from beyond the apocalypse of popular music.

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Mondays this April, The Hum, Manhattan Inn

Hypnocraft presents a Monday night residency dedicated to creating new music and video art, featuring first time collaborations across various genres with some of New York’s best musicians and video artists.

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Modest Mouse "Strangers to Ourselves"

Music Review: Modest Mouse’s “Strangers to Ourselves”

Modest Mouse’s long-awaited sixth studio album interweaves the crudity of their early recordings and the polish of their recent work into a powerfully eccentric opus.

Read More...
Of Montreal

Music Review: of Montreal’s “Aureate Gloom”

Recorded in a span of three weeks after the divorce of its front man, Of Montreals’ thirteenth album safely stays within their previously charted sonic territory while often sliding into conceptual schizophrenia.

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2015 Battle of the Boroughs: Brooklyn

Battle of the Boroughs: Brooklyn-March 6 in The Greene Space

WNYC and WQXR’s Battle of Boroughs pits bands from each of the city’s boroughs against each other for a chance to compete in the final Ultimate Battle. One of our favorite Brooklyn bands, Teletextile will be one of the acts representing the fair county of Kings in the Battle’s Brooklyn edition.

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Father John Misty I Love You, Honeybear

Music Review: Father John Misty’s “I Love You, Honeybear”

Father John Misty’s sophomore release is a startling investigation into the possibility of love enduring in our contemporary, inhospitable social climate.

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