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Dec 31st
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Dear Mark,
Thank you for posting a link to this song. It has made the end of the year that much...
Dec 31st
Coming to terms with Underminers,...
My resolution for 2009 is thus: disassociate myself from toxic friendships. There are others of...
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Dec 31st
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Dec 31st
Download BLK JKS "Mystery" EP for free.
Dec 30th
Refinery29’s Top 20 albums of the year list also...
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This is my last one and it’s a slow burner. It is haunting, brooding and at times...
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Speaking of Mr. Murphy, one of my favorite LCD Soundsystem songs is “Freak Out/Starry...
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I am currently going through the archives of The...
Dec 30th
I hear that you and your band have sold...
I hear that everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
Dec 29th
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Dec 29th
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“Mystery” is overwhelmingly lush, disturbing in its beauty. This song! My reaction is...
Dec 29th
AFRICAN HEADCHARGE: BLK JKS are out to map...
Dec 29th
Zana Bayne’s favorite necklace
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“Lakeside” by BLK JKS
Dec 28th
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Look at those bangs. Those boots!
Dec 28th
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“Lakeside” is a layered wonder. I’m still trying to figure it out along with the...
Dec 28th
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Dec 28th
Once I heard a rumor that “Arianna Stern” is not a real...
Dec 28th
Chicago, America's most segregated big city
Dec 28th
I just renewed my license on Friday.
At 17 years old, I crashed my mother’s car into a lightpole in residential Lombard. It toppled...
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Although Gawker likes to comment on the decline of print media (which I’ve always felt was...
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“Say What You Feel” by caUSE Co-MOTION
Say what you feel, it’s okay, no one will...
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I’ve created a new Tumblr site where I’ll essentially be discussing things that I...
Dec 27th
george: Installation #43 Just Selena
Dec 26th
Ezra Koenig of Vampire Weekend's blog in...
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I told my mother that she used to listen to this song when I was younger, and I got in trouble as a...
Dec 26th
What is with all of these people getting...
Stop that shit! And stop posting your “good news” on Facebook. EDIT: Just removed a...
Dec 26th
So this was Christmas.
My sister gave me a series of DVDs including Can’t Hardly Wait. I’ve watched it twice...
Dec 26th
A knuckle-to-knuckle fist bump, or “dap,” traditionally...
Dec 25th
Vote for Marshall (extrafirmhold), especially...
Dec 25th
Young Muslims Build a Subculture on an Underground Book
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Dec 24th
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“Dance Wiv Me” by Dizzee Rascal featuring Calvin Harris
Everything Calvin Harris...
Dec 24th
An immediate +follow: The Joseph...
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New Ariel Pink!
“Can’t Hear My Eyes” by Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti
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Dec 24th
Earlier this year, I interviewed Tram Nguyen of Apparatchik....
Dec 24th
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“Life of Birds” by These Are Powers
I am extremely excited for their next album, to be...
Dec 24th
Interview: Martine Syms and Marco Kane...
Dec 23rd
Tumblr IRL
I began thinking about the fact that with most people I know, Tumblr is like this secret world that...
Dec 23rd
I just saw The Dark Knight for the first...
It was good.
Dec 23rd
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Dec 23rd
“You also can’t underestimate the opportunity for white...”
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— TV on the Radio: 2008’s...
Dec 23rd
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Dec 23rd
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“Santa Claus Go Straight to the Ghetto” by James Brown
This was the first audio post I...
Dec 23rd
Garbage Dress: ZACH IN MONOCHROME WITH AN ACCENT OF RED
Dec 23rd
Hell on Earth:
the mall. If you’re unconvinced, just spend 6 hours there trying to jump off the balcony...
Dec 23rd
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Dec 22nd
Josh Diamond of Gang Gang Dance lists his favorite records...
Dec 22nd
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Speaking of Chic, this is the Todd Terje edit of “I Want Your Love,” one of my favorite...
Dec 22nd
The Monocle Review 2nd edition [Monocle]
Dec 22nd
Me: You don’t really want this, do you? Mom: Girl,...
Dec 22nd
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Shara Worden of My Brightest Diamond covers Nina Simone and sounds spectacular. About to re-listen...
Dec 21st
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Came home for the night an hour ago and this song came up on shuffle while riding the bus....
Dec 21st
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Dec 21st
I have one more album of the year for Monday to round out...
Dec 21st
Everything about Marnie Stern is unreal, a lesson in...
Dec 20th
Sometimes, you tell yourself something...
Like: “I do know what I want to do with my life,” OR “I’m okay with the...
Dec 20th
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“Think Twice” by The Detroit Experiment
This was also on the playlist last night and it...
Dec 19th
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The dream jacket is like a suit of armor to...
Dec 19th
Chicago-based Golden Birthday began in 2006 and tonight...
Dec 19th
Untitled, 2003
Styrofoam Cups, Hot Glue
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Dec 19th
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The sound system at Scarlet, I’ve learned, is perfect. Last night, the DJ catered to my wants...
Dec 19th
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“Here Come the Warm Jets” by Brian Eno
Dec 18th
What does it mean to be young and British in...
Dec 18th
The cover of the Dazed and Confused “Teenage...
Dec 18th
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Even though this is a mens jacket, I would...
Dec 18th
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Although Marnie Stern doesn’t see herself as a “Woman in rock” in the way that...
Dec 17th
There is no “Saturdays” on In Ghost Colours and that’s okay,...
Dec 17th
From the Maison Martin Margiela exhibit in Antwerp
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Two-Parent Black Families Showing Gains
Dec 17th
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Kool and the Gang - She’s Fresh
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Cildo Miereles Missao/Missoes How to Build a...
Dec 16th
“Is dance music dead? That’s a fashion question. I...”
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— James Murphy of LCD...
Dec 16th
Ann Demuelemeester interview for Dazed Digital
Dec 16th
Here’s a strange confession: I haven’t listened to this...
Dec 16th
I made a start looked back just once....
-“Prime” by Marnie Stern
Dec 16th
"American Boy" by Estelle is #10 on...
Dec 16th
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Dec 16th
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“The Crippled Jazzer” by Marnie Stern
If you weren’t quite aware, I’m going...
Dec 16th
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Dec 16th
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Spectacular eyes.
Dec 16th
So, I’m not going to go and say that Youth Novels is a...
Dec 16th
I just finished interviewing Perry and...
Both were extremely nice and forthcoming with their answers. This was the last interview I’ll...
Dec 15th
Bad combinations 001: Bottle of wine,...
So apparently I said this to a friend during my senior year: You’re fucking pathetic. Who are...
Dec 15th
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“The Package is Wrapped” by Marnie Stern
This is my favorite song from her latest album...
Dec 14th
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Dec 14th
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“Prime” by Marnie Stern
He was devoid of plus.
(I think that might be my favorite...
Dec 14th
Rejected cover images for the January 2009...
Dec 14th
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Richly layered, it’s not complicated so much as it is a conundrum. The song was originally...
Dec 14th
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Dec 12th
I created this playlist as part of a gift for a party...
Dec 12th
And then this happened.
It was unexpected and wonderful all...
Dec 12th
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Dec 12th
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“Teen Angst” by M83 When I think of this, I think of winter.
Dec 12th
I think we should jump on the piano no...
Dec 12th
Declaration calling for the global...
Dec 11th
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GPOYNST - gratuitous photo of your new shoes...
Dec 11th
From a journal entry marked March 27, 2008 on the Beach...
Dec 11th
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“So Bored” by Wavves
It’s similar to a lot of stuff out right now, especially...
Dec 11th
Hedi Slimane took to the streets of London, seeking the...
Dec 11th
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A preview of the spectacular Patrick Wolf’s latest album, Battle, set for release on his own...
Dec 10th
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Dec 10th
My write-in category vote was Best Manic...
Dec 10th
So obviously this would be one of my favorite albums from...
Dec 10th
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“Der Koenig” by Palms
It’s Midnight in Honolulu is probably one of the most...
Dec 10th
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Dec 9th
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Dec 9th
Zana’s “Signature Jacket”
Dec 9th
Chicago politics never let me down. Just...
Dec 9th
I produced a guest mix for Brooklyn Radio and you can stream...
Dec 9th
What I loved most about Hercules and Love Affair (not just...
Dec 8th
Can someone please explain the following...
Coldplay The Wire (I feel like only white people who live in the city, and Barack Obama, like this...
Dec 8th
My mother keeps on pressuring me to cut my bangs.
Dec 8th
Lykke Li Style Icon 2008
Dec 8th
Lykke Li Style Icon 2008
Dec 8th
Jessie Evans
Dec 8th
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“Scientist of Love” by Jessie Evans
I see what you’re doing there, Jessie Evans,...
Dec 8th
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In an interview with XLR8R, Cut Copy chose “Happy House” by The Juan MacLean as the best...
Dec 8th
Proximity Magazine Issue #003 Release Party
The Family...
Dec 7th
The Dance were a completely brilliant New York-based band of...
Dec 7th
Today is my Tumblr anniversary!
Exactly one year today, I began this mutant blog at a different job and during a different time in...
Dec 7th
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“The Thief” by The Raveonettes (from the Beauty Dies EP)
Lush and warm, this song is...
Dec 7th
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Qui êtes vous, Polly Maggoo?
Dec 7th
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“New Materiology” by The Barcelona Pavilion
Remember them?
Dec 7th
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“Never Going Down” by A Place to Bury Strangers
Current thought: Yes, I am 21 now, but...
Dec 6th
I love Tumblr because people create sites...
Dec 6th
LOOKBOOK.nu: Black on Black
Dec 6th
Getting over myself:
December 2007 journal entry: I’m sorry, but when I graduate, I will not be moving back home....
Dec 5th
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So then this guy showed up on The Sartorialist and I was all...
Dec 5th
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Dec 5th
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Included in the FACTION mix for Dazed Digital, I’ve been searching everywhere for HTRK’s...
Dec 4th
Faction have played host to the likes of Services, HTRK,...
Dec 4th
The New York Times plus lace tights?
Dec 4th
And as a sidenote:
I don’t have any problem with “year end” lists. Everybody reads them, everybody...
Dec 4th
Other favorite albums of the year listed here: Santogold by...
Dec 4th
Slideshow of Cate Blanchett for...
Cate Blanchett for Interview If reading on your dashboard, open the page to view the images....
Dec 4th
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One year ago, my favorite current album was Smoke by White Williams. According to my iTunes (which...
Dec 4th
Heave, 2008
Kate McGwire
Dec 4th
This is my new favorite tumblr.
Dec 4th
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M83 - Lower Your Eyelids to Die with the Sun
Dec 3rd
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“Snowfall soon” (detail)
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Dec 3rd
Thoughts on St. Dymphna by Gang Gang Dance are here via...
Dec 3rd
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Barrett sparked a discussion on the most...
Dec 3rd
Contact, Contact, just sweet remember...
Dec 3rd
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Taking a break from trying to sum up my thoughts on new music from 2008, I started thinking about...
Dec 2nd
Read my thoughts on Santogold as one of the Top 20 Albums of...
Dec 2nd
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This Recording Counts Down The Top 20...
Dec 2nd
The Pitchfork 500 Daft Punk: “One More Time”
Dec 2nd
"I could never wear what you wear,...
THAT IS NOT A COMPLIMENT, UNDERMINER!
Dec 2nd
Through this Sunday, December 7, you can download...
Dec 1st
Wait! There's a Golden Filter tumblr?...
Dec 1st
Zana in her natural habitat (and wearing Alexander Wang,...
Dec 1st
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“The Constellations” by FanDeath
Just now jumping on the FanDeath bandwagon (though I...
Dec 1st
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Once again, the work of Phillip Toledano:
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Dec 1st
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“Herpes Simplex” by Rosa Yemen
The singing is no wave, reverby,...
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