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Calexico: Carried to Dust

Quarterstick
True to its title, Carried to Dust moves along with wraith-like grace, a haunting and beautiful drift of songs about codebreakers, gravebound ghosts, and stars that “shone in slowness.”

By: ZETH LUNDY | September 02, 2008

Randy Newman

Harps + Angels | Nonesuch
As welcome as it is to have Newman’s acerbic wit back, it remains a singular pleasure to listen to a simple, devastating ballad like “Losing You.”

By: ZETH LUNDY | August 12, 2008

The Major Labels

Aquavia | Self-released
You can play Spot the Beatles throughout this one.

By: ZETH LUNDY | August 04, 2008

Beck

Modern Guilt | DGC
It’s music for summer nights of muggy confusion and post-sunset soul searching, and when Beck takes the mic, he rocks some straight-up Shiva shit.

By: ZETH LUNDY | July 15, 2008

Ratatat | LP3

XL
It's some kind of cosmic machine music, reflecting not just a stoner’s world of internalized minimalist headbanging but an entire universe of culture, texture, and possibility.

By: ZETH LUNDY | July 08, 2008

Shearwater

Rook | Matador
To fans of the Austin band, this is all par for the beautiful but eerie course.

By: ZETH LUNDY | June 24, 2008

Elvis Costello and the Imposters

Momofuku | Lost Highway
“I’m a limited primitive kind of man,” Costello sings in “Drum & Bone,” and for better and worse, that’s the truth.

By: ZETH LUNDY | May 12, 2008

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