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MIKAEL WOOD

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The Cinematic Orchestra

Ma Fleur | Domino
Though Ma Fleur repays close listening with an assortment of sonic riches, the album fades into beige room noise with very little encouragement.
By MIKAEL WOOD  |  September 17, 2007

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Erin McKeown: Lafayette

Signature Sounds
Give some of the credit to her crack back-up band, who move effortlessly between head-nodding hip-hop grooves and hopped-up big-band shuffles.
By MIKAEL WOOD  |  September 12, 2007

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Quirk-pop?

The Aliens and Mystery Jets
The Beta Band never really made an album you could listen to from beginning to end.
By MIKAEL WOOD  |  September 19, 2007

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Blaqk audio

Cexcells | Interscope
Blaqk Audio is Davey Havok and Jade Puget of AFI doing an ’80s-inspired synths-and-beats version of the emo-inflected goth-rock.
By MIKAEL WOOD  |  September 05, 2007

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Mark Olson

The Salvation Blues | HackTone
The album shimmers with the sort of musical detail that keeps woe-is-me songwriting from sounding (entirely) like a pity party.
By MIKAEL WOOD  |  August 28, 2007

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Owning it

Matt Sharp learns to take the Rentals seriously
When Matt Sharp reassembled the Rentals last year after a half-decade hiatus, he didn’t do it out desperation.
By MIKAEL WOOD  |  August 21, 2007

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VHS or Beta

Bring On the Comets | Astralwerks
The wordless, minute-long opener “Euglama,” though — that’s worth digging.
By MIKAEL WOOD  |  August 20, 2007

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Bishop Allen

The Broken String | Dead Oceans
It’s like a ride within a ride.
By MIKAEL WOOD  |  August 14, 2007

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Mae

Singularity | Capitol
Virginia Beach–based Mae play catchy, pretty pop-rock perfect for kids whose parents won’t let them wear their Death Cab for Cutie T-shirts to Sunday school.
By MIKAEL WOOD  |  August 07, 2007

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Shivaree

Tainted Love: Mating Calls and Fight Songs | Zoe
The singer’s devotion to devotion defines the material.
By MIKAEL WOOD  |  July 30, 2007

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Sister act

The unconventional rise of Tegan and Sara
There’s nothing conventional about Tegan and Sara.
By MIKAEL WOOD  |  July 30, 2007

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Silverchair

Young Modern | Eleven
This thing is quite a feast.
By MIKAEL WOOD  |  July 23, 2007

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Matt and Kim

Matt and Kim | iheartcomix
Not unlike a bottled Frappuccino, Matt & Kim’s homonymous debut is better than no Matt & Kim at all.
By MIKAEL WOOD  |  July 17, 2007

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Travis

The Boy with No Name | Epic
Travis defy the very concept of surprise; their tasteful, tuneful guitar pop is about comfort and safety and always knowing what’s happening next.
By MIKAEL WOOD  |  July 10, 2007

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Dolores O’Riordan

Are You Listening? | Sanctuary
Dolores O’Riordan won a place in alt-rock history for her yodel-streaked vocal stylings, not her penetrating insights.
By MIKAEL WOOD  |  July 02, 2007

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The Go

Howl on the Haunted Beat You Ride | Cass
Fear not, Nuggets heads: on their new long-player, Jack White’s old bandmates in the Go sound as if they hadn’t heard a note of music made since 1972.
By MIKAEL WOOD  |  June 26, 2007

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Ozma

Pasadena | About a Girl
I wonder whether Ozma didn’t title their new album after their suburban Los Angeles home base as a way of distinguishing themselves from Weezer.
By MIKAEL WOOD  |  June 19, 2007

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Folk heroics

Or, how M. Ward became such a big deal
“Why is he such a big deal right now?” a friend asked with some exasperation earlier this month when I mentioned that I had a phone date with M. Ward. M. Ward, "To Go Home" (mp3)
By MIKAEL WOOD  |  June 19, 2007

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Mr. Lonely

Marilyn Manson goes deep
Marilyn Manson’s Eat Me, Drink Me is the first record in that’s made me want to hang out with the guy rather than gawk at him from afar.
By MIKAEL WOOD  |  June 12, 2007

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Rufus Wainwright

Release the Stars | Geffen
Despite Rufus Wainwright’s intentions, Release the Stars could be his most lavishly appointed disc yet.
By MIKAEL WOOD  |  June 11, 2007
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