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MGMT

MGMT - Time to Pretend
In a world flooded with Internet-ese - seriously becomes srsly, oh really o rly - management becomes MGMT, a 21st century band with a lot of 1970s leanings. The duo, Andrew Vanwyngarden and Ben Goldwasser, from Connecticut, write psychedelic songs and have seizure-inducing videos and web site (but do check […]

Saul Williams

Saul Williams - Black History Month
Saul Williams - Sunday Bloody Sunday
Saul Williams - List of Demands (Reparations)
Radiohead made a big splash recently because of their truly alternative way of providing their album, In Rainbows, via download where the listener gets to decide how much to pay. The move to cut the middleman created an incredible […]

Girl in a coma

Girl in a Coma - Road to Home
Girl in a Coma - Clumsy Sky
Girl in a Coma - In the Background

Girl in a Coma - or if the Smiths were punk girls. Some of the melodies by this three-girl ensemble are reminiscent of Moz and company - they certainly don’t deny the influence (see name) […]

Addendum

Blonde Redhead - Publisher
Blonde Redhead - The Dress
Blonde Redhead - Top Ranking
2007 would like to posthumously claim Blonde Redhead’s 23 as part of Zeina’s Top Whatever of 2007.
I admit. I didn’t actually get the album until the start of 2008, but I had been meaning to do so before that! If intentions count for anything.
23, […]

Charlotte Gainsbourg

Charlotte Gainsbourg - The Songs That We Sing
Charlotte Gainsbourg - af607105
Daughter of French legend Serge Gainsbourg and 60s British It-girl Jane Birkin, Charlotte Gainsbourg would need no introduction in France or the UK. But she’s remained a more mysterious figure here in the US.
Charlotte has starred in numerous movies on both sides of the […]