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July 17, 2012

Dirty Projectors – Swing Lo Magellan

It would be hard to review Swing Lo Magellan without mentioning the more accessible and laid back approach the band has taken. Continue reading

December 13, 2011

Samantha Savage Smith – Tough Cookie

Samantha Savage Smith chronicles a tale of wrecked love on Tough Cookie, and despite it obviously being the result of a painful and poisonous relationship, I couldn’t be happier to have this album in my collection. Continue reading

November 8, 2011

Taking Medication – Prescribed Nonsense

if the rheostatics, primus, the residents, ween, grateful dead, frank zappa, new model army, mahogany frog, pink floyd (early era), king crimson, servotron, devo and wall of voodoo all got together and had a bastard son. then if that bastard son started a band. taking medication is that band. this album has something in it that fans of all those would find something to enjoy here. it is all over the map musically. from acoustic numbers to slightly extended drones. odd vocals, mentions of time machines, robots, archaeology; this is a quirky record for quirky people. (Oak Apple Records, oakapplerecords.com) c.frsn