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Crocodiles

Published March 25, 2009 at 12:00 a.m.

The duo of Charles Rowell and Brandon Welchez may have infinite street cred for cutting their teeth in fractured art-punk act the Plot To Blow Up The Eiffel Tower, but the duo's latest project, Crocodiles, has more in common with the Beatles than anything on Revelation Records. Despite the ...

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Rural Alberta Advantage

Published March 25, 2009 at 12:00 a.m.

As might be expected from their band's name, the members of the Rural Alberta Advantage grew up in the Canadian province of Alberta. What the trio cultivated from such a chilly (and at times isolated) existence is an unselfconscious sound, one that's devoid of artifice or trends ... Hometo ...

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New York State of Mind

Published March 19, 2009 at 7:33 a.m.

(Aside: Due to their advertisement in Tradition Field, I am currently enjoying a Land Shark Lager. If you want a Corona without spending the extra two bucks for an import or just want to support Jimmy Buffett, I say go for it. Just let it be known, it’s not as good as a Corona especially [ ... ] ...

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March Madness

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Published March 19, 2009 at 2:01 a.m.

So, after lengthy deliberation, intense research, and rigorous study, I have determined the following: I have absolutely no idea what is going to happen [in the NCAA tournament] this year. Here's what I do know (or at least what I hope I know): ...

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Animal Collective

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Published March 18, 2009 at 12:38 p.m.

Baltimore-based post-psych innovators deliver more ecstatic, harmony-drenched avant pop in support of their latest album, 'Merriweather Post Pavilion' ...

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Domestic Disturbance

Published March 18, 2009 at 12:00 a.m.

You and I are men of the world. You, of course, understand the complications that arise when your chauffeur is found dead in your home, and your chambermaid is sprawled unconscious on the floor next to the deceased. Now imagine she's nude and holding a pistol — let me know when you've stopped ...

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ALL THAT JAZZ

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Published March 18, 2009 at 12:00 a.m.

Consider the 10th annual Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival —a month-long, multi-venue affair presented by the Central Brooklyn Jazz Consortium—to be the musical equivalent of the locavore food movement. In large part, it’s a celebration of heritage musicians deserving of more atten ...

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The old switcheroo

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Published March 12, 2009 at 7:22 a.m.

Exactly what will Toyota build at the Blue Springs, Mississippi plant whose construction is now on hold due to the current economic situation.Bloomberg reports that Toyota may be reconsidering building the Prius there and could easily switch the plant to another vehicle (exterior construction is about 90% done, the interior remains empty).“It’s conceivable that something [ ... ] ...

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Raphael Saadiq

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Published March 11, 2009 at 12:00 a.m.

For all the posturing on erstwhile Tony! Toni! Tonè! and Lucy Pearl crooner Raphael Saadiq's latest solo release, The Way I See It , from the monochromatic Blue Note send-up cover photo to the thick-rimmed, vintage spectacles he's sporting in i, the Sam Cooke-and-Motown-fashioned soul c ...

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Snow Patrol

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Published March 6, 2009 at 12:05 p.m.

Gary Lightbody's unstoppable Irish crew hit east London's enormodome with their self-consciously sensitive and anthemic, student-friendly indie-pop tuneage, as typified by latest single, 'If There's A Rocket Tie Me To It' ...

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