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NOW PLAYING: Stereolab, ‘Dots and Loops’

The Artist/Album: Stereolab, Dots and Loops (Elektra, 1997) Our Review: The zou bisou bisou of retrograde pop records, with a scatter-brained, 17-minute series of prismatic suites at its centerpiece (“Refractions in the Plastic Pulse”). Francophiles need not apply, but it certainly doesn’t hurt. Available At: Amazon · Insound · iTunes

LISTEN: Blanck Mass, “White Math”

If the song above–one-half of Benjamin John Power’s new AA single for Mexican Summer’s Software imprint–is any indication, anyone hoping for a new Fuck Buttons record sometime this year is going to have to keep holding their breath. Which is fine; we’ll take Power’s techno-tinged Blanck Mass tracks in the interim, especially as they evolve […]

LISTEN: Girls, “Forgiveness (Live on WNYU, 7.21.08)”

Via True Panther: To this day, [“Forgiveness” is] my favorite Girls song. The sentiment is so beautiful, so transcendent, crushing yet hopeful. I downloaded the whole session and cut out that track so I could listen over and over and over. It was proof that in our midst was one of the most special and […]