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Music News

Remix newbie Todd Rundgren reworks Lindstrom's new single

By Stewart Mason

First-time remixer has the goods.

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Music News

The Rapture remixed

By Anna Graizbord

“Sail Away” gets remixed away.

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Music News

Rick Rubin “ruins” Justice for the better

By Anna Graizbord

Rubin amps up On’n’on.

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Culture News

Critical Mob expands

By Anna Graizbord

News and Features now part of the Critical Mob website.

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Music List

The 60 Critical Songs Of 2011

By Stewart Mason

To my mind, the single has always been pop music… >>

Music List

The 30 Critical Albums of 2011

By Stewart Mason

The phrase that kept popping up as I was editing… >>

Music Review

Psycho Tropical Ballet Pink

Swahili Blonde

Joyous polyrhythms supporting a newfound pop sensibility.

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Music Review

Scintilli

Plaid (band)

Half skittering dance beats, half meditative instrumentals.

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Music Review

The Stepkids

The Stepkids

Modernist psychedelic soul from Connecticut.

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Music Review

Parodia Flare

Tropics (band)

British producer's Fender Rhodes-driven electronic shimmer.

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Music Review

The Golden Age of Apocalypse

Thundercat

Late night indie electronica.

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Music Review

Omega La La

Rubblebucket

Charming summer dance-party fun.

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Music Review

Shangri-La

YACHT

Cultish duo rethinks heaven, hell, dance-punk.

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Music Review

It's All True

Junior Boys

Elegant dance pop for the smart set.

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Music Review

Eye Contact

Gang Gang Dance

Indie experimentalists face the mainstream with grace.

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Music Review

Solar

Rubik (band)

Summery pop joy from Finland.

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Music Review

Smother

Wild Beasts

Just as beastly, but much less wild.

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Music Review

Jump into the Gospel

Jump into the Gospel

NYC indie up-and-comers debut.

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Music Review

The Boy Who Knew Too Much

Mika

Apparent one-hit-wonder surprises on his superior second album.

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Music Review

Body Talk

Robyn

Another 2010 Robyn release? Sure, why not?

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Music Review

Rolling Blackouts

The Go! Team

Playful Brits make up for lost time.

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TV & Film Review

Black Swan

Darren Aronofsky

Aronofsky transforms a timeworn tale into a brilliant directorial showcase.

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Music Review

All Day

Girl Talk

How has he not gotten sued yet?

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TV & Film Review

Fish Tank

Andrea Arnold

A raw, but delicate, look at an English teen’s life.

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TV & Film Review

Catfish

Ariel Schulman

A sad and compelling glimpse into the darker side of… >>

Music Review

The Boxer

Kele

Bloc Party frontman's listless electronica experiment.

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Music Review

Spiders

Space (band)

Gloriously odd retro-groovy Britpop.

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Music Review

MAYA

M.I.A.

M.I.A. sounds bored...and boring.

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Music List

Industrial Revolution

By T. Cole Rachel

As electronic music continued to stretch out in weird new… >>

Music Review

Further

The Chemical Brothers

Dance music duo regain their groove.

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Music Review

LP4

Ratatat

Brooklyn dance-rock duo stuck on repeat.

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Music Review

Crystal Castles (II)

Crystal Castles

Surprisingly fun, tuneful follow-up to an abrasive debut.

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Music Profile

The Suburbs

By Stewart Mason

The first link between dance-pop and hardcore.

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Music Review

Subiza

Delorean

Summer 2010's go-to party record.

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Music List

Can You Feel It?: Essential House

By T. Cole Rachel

Depending on who you ask, house music either started in… >>

Music Review

This Is Happening

LCD Soundsystem

James Murphy might be out of ideas.

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Music Review

WHB

We Have Band

London electro trio make long-awaited full-length debut.

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Music Review

Swim

Caribou

One foot on the dancefloor, one in the chill-out room.

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Music Review

Ultraviolet

Kid Sister

Surprisingly accomplished pop infatuated with goofy jokes and '80s culture.

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Music Review

The ArchAndroid

Janelle Monae

Lady Gaga's got nothing on her.

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Music Profile

Janelle Monae

By Stewart Mason

Afro-Futurist mythology meets smart pop songcraft.

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Music Review

Head First

Goldfrapp

Break out the neon jumpers and party like it's 1984.

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Music List

Critical New Romantics: All the Young Dudes

By Jim Allen

In the early '80s, a flamboyant, fashion-conscious crop of bands… >>

Music Review

This Is Still It

The Method Actors

Athens, Georgia's masters of minimalism.

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Music Review

Two Dancers

Wild Beasts

Dramatic romantics take it down a notch.

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Music Review

The Liberty Singles

Classix Nouveaux

Synth hooks, post-disco dance-rock beats, and pure-pop sensibilities

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Music Review

One Life Stand

Hot Chip

This time around, Hot Chip make your heart swell instead… >>

Music Review

LP (Discovery)

Discovery

Vampire Weekend and Ra Ra Riot members create smooth jams… >>

Music Profile

Sparks

By Stewart Mason

Singularly inventive duo with one of rock's most varied catalogues.

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Music Review

Altogether Now (Birds Bees Flowers Trees)

Patrick & Eugene

Whimsical trad-jazz meets bouncy dance grooves.

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Music Profile

The Chemical Brothers

By T. Cole Rachel

The progenitors of Big Beat.

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Music Profile

The Wolfgang Press

By T. Cole Rachel

One of the least 4AD-like of the 4AD bands.

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Music Review

Hands

Little Boots

Early '80s synth pop in a thoroughly modern pure-pop context

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Music Profile

Little Boots

By Stewart Mason

Singer-keyboardist Victoria Hesketh cheekily updates classic early '80s synth pop

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Music Review

Ray Guns Are Not Just The Future

The Bird And The Bee

A fizzy, intoxicating fusion of '60s sunshine pop, bossa nova… >>

Music Profile

The KLF

By Stewart Mason

Innovative duo often dismissed as smart-alecky provocateurs.

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Culture Profile

Critical Mob

Critical Mob is a discovery site, an editorial-driven, team-curated effort… >>