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The Microphones – The Glow Pt. 2

May 16, 2018by Marshall Gu Leave a comment

When I first heard The Glow Pt. 2, I likened it to Neutral Milk Hotel’s output: moments like Phil Elverum belting out “I took my shirt off in the yard” after […]

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2000s, Folk

Grandaddy – The Sophtware Slump

April 5, 2018by Marshall Gu 2 Comments

Reading reviews of The Sophtware Slump would be a lot easier if you did not have to read sentences like “easily the equal of OK Computer” (The Independent), and even two decades later, […]

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2000s, Indie Rock

3 Album Reviews: Sparklehorse

August 9, 2017by Marshall Gu 4 Comments

Sparklehorse – Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot (1995) – C+ I remember discovering Sparklehorse by word of mouth back in 2009, and I remember falling in love with a few gems within his discography: […]

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1990s, 2000s, Indie Rock

3 Album Reviews: Jay-Z and Nas in the 2000s

July 18, 2017by Marshall Gu 3 Comments

Jay-Z – The Blueprint (2001) – A It really was a blueprint. Not just of things to come but rather because within the album’s 64 minutes, The Blueprint covers a […]

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2000s, Hip-Hop

3 Album Reviews: Jay-Z in the Early 2000s

July 6, 2017by Marshall Gu 4 Comments

The Black Album (2003) – A- I think I speak for all of us when I say that we were entertained, Jay-Z. I mean, how could you not be? The […]

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2000s, Hip-Hop

Jay-Z – The Blueprint 3

July 5, 2017by Marshall Gu 2 Comments

Wherein Jay-Z’s rapping takes a dark turn for the worst. He does fine on opener “What We Talkin’ About”, but I expect significantly more beat-wise from a combined team of […]

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2000s, Hip-Hop

3 Album Reviews: Girls and Guitars (Jay Som, Laura Marling, Grouper)

June 30, 2017by Marshall Gu 2 Comments

Jay Som – Everybody Works (2017) – B+ Starts off just fine, with “Lipstick Stains” drifting in and out of focus; washes of acoustic guitar and horns providing ballast to […]

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2000s, 2010s, Folk, Indie Rock

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