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Top Ten Albums of 2017

December 31, 2017October 14, 2022 Dan Seeger

I’ve rarely felt so detached from the prevailing music culture as I did in 2017. I don’t necessarily think that’s a bad thing. It’s not only that my resounding obliviousness of the songs that stormed the pop charts (I wouldn’t … Continue reading Top Ten Albums of 2017

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The New Releases Shelf — Colors

November 29, 2017November 29, 2017 Dan Seeger

Even as I’ll admit that I’m fairly detached from up-to-the-minute music scene scuttlebutt, it seems to me there’s a surprising lack of enthusiasm or even basic interest around the release of Colors, the new album by Beck. This is an … Continue reading The New Releases Shelf — Colors

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The New Releases Shelf — Masseduction

November 9, 2017November 9, 2017 Dan Seeger

  Of the wondrous “New York,” the lead single off Masseduction, Annie Clark recently said it was the first entry from her swath of creations under the name St. Vincent that she listened to and believed it could be someone’s … Continue reading The New Releases Shelf — Masseduction

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The New Releases Shelf — Lotta Sea Lice

November 2, 2017November 3, 2017 Dan Seeger

There’s plenty to like about the music of Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile, but I honestly don’t know that it would have ever occurred to me that the pair would make dandy collaborators. While they both exhibit an arch cleverness … Continue reading The New Releases Shelf — Lotta Sea Lice

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The New Releases Shelf — Sleep Well Beast

October 24, 2017October 24, 2017 Dan Seeger

Since the release of Sleep Well Beast, the seventh studio album from the National, the commentary has settled into two camps. There are those who insist that the album represents a serious modification of the band’s sound, pushing into intriguing … Continue reading The New Releases Shelf — Sleep Well Beast

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The New Releases Shelf: American Dream

October 17, 2017October 17, 2017 Dan Seeger

I mean, no one really thought there would never be another LCD Soundsystem album, right? For all the anguish and wistful valedictory celebration that accompanied the announcement of LCD Soundsystem’s farewell, back in 2011, the dissolution of James Murphy’s triumphant … Continue reading The New Releases Shelf: American Dream

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The New Releases Shelf: A Deeper Understanding

October 10, 2017October 11, 2017 Dan Seeger

I readily concede that at this melancholy moment there’s a greedy desire to hear echoes of Tom Petty just about everywhere. But, whenever I now cycle back to A Deeper Understanding, the new album from the War on Drugs, I … Continue reading The New Releases Shelf: A Deeper Understanding

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The New Releases Shelf: Painted Ruins

September 21, 2017September 22, 2017 Dan Seeger

In the best way, Grizzly Bear makes music that nags at me. Although there’s the occasional track that is immediately arresting — “Yet Again,” from 2012’s Shields, for example — but my predominant experience with the group’s music is one … Continue reading The New Releases Shelf: Painted Ruins

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The New Releases Shelf: Dark Matter

August 30, 2017 Dan Seeger

In November, Randy Newman will turn seventy-four years old. Despite his advancing years, he sounds exactly the same as he always has in his latest full-length release, Dark Matter, his eleventh studio album. That’s not a testament to virile youthfulness … Continue reading The New Releases Shelf: Dark Matter

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The New Releases Shelf: Everything Now

August 21, 2017 Dan Seeger

When I first heard songs from Reflektor, the fourth album from Arcade Fire, I was left a little cold. The long run-up to that album, the Montreal band’s follow-up to the surprise Grammy winner The Suburbs, doled out songs one … Continue reading The New Releases Shelf: Everything Now

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