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Animal Collective

Merriweather Post Pavilion (Domino)

By Michael Gallucci
Jan 15, 2009

On 2007's Strawberry Jam, experimental noise-making weirdos Animal Collective glided on the outskirts of dreamy indie-pop. The band's ninth album, Merriweather Post Pavilion, is still frolicking in the clouds, skimming the surface of Beach Boys-style harmonies and contemporary psychedelia. But it's also a total mindfuck, a record so enamored of...
The Hush Sound, The Cab

Monday, August 11, at The Door

By Michael Gallucci
Aug 7, 2008

A couple of years ago, The Hush Sound was just another boy-girl emo band from Chicago. The four kids, all barely out of their teens, did the usual bump-and-grind with the industry: They released a couple of albums, they made videos, they toured, they almost broke up. All of this...
Tough Breaks

Presenting the best breakup albums of all time

By Michael Gallucci
Jun 12, 2008

On last year's Under the Blacklight, Rilo Kiley's Jenny Lewis and Blake Sennett celebrated the end of their relationship. The one-time couple called it quits just before recording the indie-pop band's fourth album, which documents the breakup in songs like "Silver Lining" and, um, "Breakin' Up" ("Ooh, it feels good...
Robyn

Robyn (Konichiwa/Cherrytree/Interscope)

By Michael Gallucci
May 29, 2008

Way back in 1996, Robyn reached the Top 10 with "Do You Know (What It Takes)." She followed it up a year later with another big hit, "Show Me Love." And then she disappeared. This comeback album by the thin-voiced but spunky singer, who's now 28, was originally released three...
The Best Albums of 2008, So Far...

Just over three months into 2008 and we're already fussing over which albums will make our year-end best-of lists

By Michael Gallucci
Apr 17, 2008

Hard to believe that 2008 is already four months old. It seems that only yesterday we were counting the days till our New Year's Day hangover would subside. As we take stock of some of the past three months' hits (Jack Johnson catches his biggest wave), misses (maybe it's time...

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