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Wednesday, July 02, 2008

Alex Fine

Old New Hope
Half-Baked Record Nerd Oddities From Dennis Wilson and Droids Resurface

Three decades after their original releases, both Beach Boys drummer Dennis Wilson's 1977 stoner-pop album Pacific Ocean Blue (Epic/Legacy) and the Droids' 1978 space-disco relic Star Peace (Repress...[MORE]

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By Brandon Soderberg

The Short List

Outgrowin' The Scene

The Hold Steady, Rams Head Live!, June 27

A few weeks after the digital release of its fourth studio album, Stay Positive, the Hold Steady returned to Baltimore, the site of its second- and f... [MORE]

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Wolf Parade: At Mount Zoomer | Review by Michael Byrne

Usher: Here I Stand | Review by Al Shipley

Negativland: Thigmotactic | Review by Raymond Cummings

Sloan: Parallel Play | Review by Al Shipley

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