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Fade
Yo La TengoHoboken's finest at the top of their game
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Lonerism
Tame ImpalaAustralian psych-rockers keep getting better.
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An Awesome Wave
Alt-J2012's most exciting debut album.
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New York Drawings
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Indecision
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More Baths Less Talking
Nick HornbyBook Criticism without the pretentious fluff.
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My Heart Is an Idiot
Davy RothbartLife on the road with your heart on your sleeve.
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Holy Motors
Leos CaraxOne of the most tenderly outlandish films in recent memory.
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Argo
Ben AffleckAffleck's best film yet.
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Seven Psychopaths
Martin McDonaghSmarter than its premise implies.
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Butter
Jim Field SmithInventive small-town satire with lots of surprises.
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Rineke Dijkstra: A Retrospective
Rineke DijkstraArtful awkwardness at the Guggenheim.
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Sharon Hayes: There’s So Much I Want to Say to You
Act, now.
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This American Life
Ira GlassAn exhilarating and expansive look at American life.
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Ghosts in the Machine at The New Museum
We, robot.
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