2. Sunset Rubdown — Random Spirit Lover
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3. The National — Boxer
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4. The Narrator — All That To The Wall
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Rounding out my top 5 is the excellent followup to LCD Soundsystem's 2005 self-titled debut.
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Following University of Florida Quarterback Tim Tebow's historic Heisman win Saturday night, Jesus Christ, savior of the world, held a press conference in Gainesville to discuss his role in Tebow's victory. "We watched a lot of tape," Christ said.
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Justin Vernon, lead singer of the quiet and soulful act Bon Iver (definitely pronounced "Bohn Eevair"), played a short and intimate solo set at the Bowery Ballroom Friday night, where he opened for Elvis Perkins.
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One of the most basic human instincts, aside from seeking warmth and food, is making lists. We love lists.
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There's no shortage of musical opinions here at Listen In, but every once in a while we get sick of ourselves. So we turn to you, dear Newsviners, to find out what tracks you've kept on repeat on the old iPod.
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2007 saw the return of some tried and true musical veterans as well as the sophomore shots from overblogged emergent acts whose 2K5 footprints were bound to lead somewhere great.
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Yeah, yeah. He was the "voice of a generation." He was a symbol of peaceful and thoughtful social resistance. He's been the centerpiece of a Martin Scorcese documentary and a new, highly anticipated movie about his life.
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For those of us early adopters who shelled out $400 earlier this month for the highly anticipated XO laptop, there's good news: the laptops are en route to "Afghanistan, Cambodia, Haiti, Mongolia or Rwanda" and our laptops should arrive in the next 3-4 weeks, according to an emai …
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It's been exactly that amount of time since they released their latest LP, and I can say with confidence that In Rainbows is Radiohead's masterpiece, surpassing both the post-modern swagger of 1997's OK Computer and the post-apocalyptic dystopia of 2000's Kid A.
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To kick off our series, I'd like to look at the band Animal Collective. Here is a band that has released four consecutive albums that have garnered universal acclaim in independent music circles.
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So part of developing a readership, as Eric has already pointed out, is branding.
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Across the board, Pitchfork Media, a web site dedicated to music (news, features, free downloads and their infamous CD reviews) is categorically loathed across the Internet.
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If you haven't yet heard of MIT Media Lab's One Laptop Per Child initiative, chances are you haven't been paying attention.
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On September 5, 2007 at 1:20pm I was having a leisurely conversation with my cousin while we were driving back to Long Island from Upstate New York.
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And yet I am almost positive I am not. In light of today's shutdown of the popular bit torrent tracker "OiNK," a few thoughts:
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Google Video streams content via Flash, which is not supported by the iPhone. However, there is a simple workaround for playing Google Videos on your iPhone.
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It's official: Wolf Parade is officially the first-ever retroactively crowned supergroup. Let me explain.
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To the right is a graphic that I have compiled which contains the first 60 stories I have written for Newsvine. The graphic spans from January 2006, when I posted my first story, the thrilling "Scientific Rhetoric: How creationists reframed the debate," through April 2007.
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One of my most intelligent students, a senior in my AP Literature and Composition class, caught me off guard today with this statement that I overheard in passing: "I hope that by the time I die I have a complete understanding of proper English."
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Seriously. Is there anything these guys do or say that wouldn't fit perfectly — seamlessly — on the front page of The Onion? For comparison's sake, here's the lead to a "news" story from The Onion in 2002:
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I don't have much to say about this Austin, TX based indie-rock outfit. I came across them serendipitously while playing around with Mozilla's delightful new music player, Songbird.
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After much deliberation, I've come up with plan for the englsh! project, which I unofficially announced here back in February. I intend to create a social community English teachers can use to share ideas — assignments, lesson plans, electronic resources, etc.
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Parting of the Sensory! Excellent choice!
This is a great contributor to Newsvine. The only thing I don't like about him is that he looks like Syler from HEROES. *hides*
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Scoot always represents, but representin' wit' the Mouse in the tagline frickin' rocks!
2. Sunset Rubdown — Random Spirit Lover
The new CD by Ghostface Killah The Big Doe Rehab is a prime example of factory-made rap music. While the Wu Tang Clan is not usually considered mainstream because of explicit content that makes its music unplayable on airwaves, the members are definitely not underground.
In a stunning development Wednesday, political analyst Ttocs Iktub discovered the solution to the puzzle that has stymied so many weaker, inferior political analysts, namely why do Ron Paul's poll numbers online not match those off-line.
Thus far in ListenIn's music-of-2007 recap, the lists have been dominated by bands complex in either production, musicianship, or theme. While there have been moments of simplicity the trend has been toward featuring large, dynamic sounds or more fast-paced, high energy tunes.
3. The National — Boxer
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