Oumou Sangare: Singing Her Praises

July 3rd, 2009

Sangare is that rare traditional musician capable of transforming into a modern artist without sacrificing an ounce of authenticity. Seya is the Malian singer's first album of new songs in more than five years, and it features "Iyo Djeli": a praise song to Djekani Djeli, "an old and wise griot woman of the 1960s."

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July 3rd, 2009

Galaxie 500 Stays Home For ‘Fourth Of July’

July 3rd, 2009

On the Fourth of July, there are many who love America, but — believe it or not — hate fireworks. Galaxie 500's Dean Wareham may feel the same way, but his hermit anthem "Fourth of July" sure does sound like fireworks going off in blurry slow-motion.

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July 3rd, 2009

tracknine: Country Disappeared

July 2nd, 2009
From the new Wilco (The Album), this track contains some of the band s most poignant cultural observations. Wake up will you It s so much worse than we feared There s nothing left here The country has disappeared It s a lament against what has happened ...

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tracknine: You Are My Face

July 2nd, 2009
Though Sky Blue Sky might be my least favorite of the band s efforts, this track, along with the much better known "Impossible Germany" , are two standouts. It was the slow grow for meOmicron a song that I kept coming back to. When Nels Cline kicks in wi ...

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tracknine: She s A Jar

July 2nd, 2009
One of the best songs Wilco has ever written, yet seemingly mainly by hard core fans. I still get chills every time it starts, even after 10 years. %2014Ken Coomers metronome-style drumming is the backbone and Tweedy s vague and twisting lyrics are enough ...

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editorspicks: Wilco (The Album)

July 2nd, 2009
Wilco Will Love You Baby! Wilco s 7th studio album instantly feels like a sort of greatest hits, except that its 11 songs are brand spanking new. Each track feels like it existed in a past life on one of the band s previous albums- and for a band t ...

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Eels: A World Of Futile Yearning

July 2nd, 2009

Mark Oliver Everett's dusky croon radiates futile yearning in "In My Dreams," which finds our hero praising a perfect love. Everett does a tremendous job of infusing his every word with doubt, disappointment and unrequited desire.

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July 2nd, 2009