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1986 Was a Bad Year for Music (Part 3 of ?) – Elton John / Genesis

July 25, 2016by Marshall Gu 1 Comment

This is the third installment of a “series” where I’ll be reviewing two bad apples from 1986 per installment, none of which deserve more than one or two paragraphs each. For part 2 […]

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1980s, Pop, Rock

1986 Was a Bad Year for Music (Part 2 of ?) – Lou Reed / This Mortal Coil

July 22, 2016by Marshall Gu 1 Comment

This is the second installment of a “series” where I’ll be reviewing two bad apples from 1986 per installment, none of which deserve more than one or two paragraphs each. For part […]

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1980s, Dream Pop, Rock

Peter Gabriel – Scratch My Back

July 19, 2016by Marshall Gu 1 Comment

Peter Gabriel’s genius – already erratic by the late-70s when he began his solo career – more or less ended after 1992’s Uswith releases growing rarer and rarer. His follow-up […]

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2010s, Pop

Peter Gabriel – So

July 18, 2016by Marshall Gu 4 Comments

This is the second-best Peter Gabriel album. Reading internet comments about this album on various sites is – as always the case of reading internet comments – a tedious and […]

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1980s, Pop, Rock

Happy Anniversary: Camera Obscura – Let’s Get Out Of This Country

June 6, 2016by Marshall Gu Leave a comment

This turns ten today, which is fitting since the album, and Camera Obscura in general, and twee pop in general, are all befitting for the summer: it sounds like a […]

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2000s, Twee Pop

James Blake – The Colour in Anything

May 15, 2016by Marshall Gu 1 Comment

At times, Drake can be an impressive— Wait, I’m not reviewing the new Drake? Could’ve fooled me – this felt even more colorless (y’know, despite the title) and tedious (76 minutes […]

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2010s, Electronic, Pop

2016 Singles Round-Up – M83, Santigold, Primal Scream, Andrew Bird

March 12, 2016by Marshall Gu Leave a comment

M83 – Do It, Try It A bunch of upvoted YouTube comments tell me that “This band is all about experimentation. If you can’t appreciate new things, then you’re not […]

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2010s, Alternative Rock, Electronic, Folk, Pop

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