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  1. Reviewed

    Magnetic Fields
    Distortion (Nonesuch)
    By Annie Zaleski
    Published: January 16, 2008

    The earliest albums released by the Magnetic Fields (particularly 1995's Get Lost ) featured burbling synth-pop in the vein of OMD and Soft Cell, long before such new-wave influences were...

  2. Hear This

    The Energys: hot-wired Japanese punk explodes in S.F.
    By Annie Zaleski
    Published: September 26, 2007

    Morrissey has turned from a gangly egghead into a debonair crooner without losing his self-deprecating wit: At his birthday show in May, the suit-clad singer gestured to himself and dryly said,...

  3. Reviewed

    PJ Harvey
    White Chalk (Island)
    By Annie Zaleski
    Published: September 19, 2007

    Sometimes the simplest music is the most affecting. So it goes with PJ Harvey's new studio album, White Chalk , which often feels like a sequel to Björk's Vespertine . Absent are the...

  4. Hear This

    French electro-rock luminary Richard Pinhas graces the States
    By Annie Zaleski
    Published: June 27, 2007

    A friend once described the National as the ideal band to spin when you're alone and wallowing in misery. It's a fair assessment: Matt Berninger's deep drawl and the band's velvety piano-folk...

  5. Hear This

    Two! Hyped! Bands! In! One! Week!
    By Annie Zaleski
    Published: May 30, 2007

    Hold Steady frontman Craig Finn describes his band's brand of verbose, guitar-driven splendor as "classic rock with a small ‘c'." It's apt shorthand for the hedonistic-but-literate sprawl...

  6. Reviewed

    Björk
    Volta (Atlantic)
    Annie Zaleski
    Published: May 16, 2007

    While her flamboyant outfits might never be polite, Björk's last few albums certainly were. The ice-crystal percussion and melodies on Vespertine were stunning but mannered, like an...

  7. Reviewed

    Modest Mouse
    We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank (Epic)
    Annie Zaleski
    Published: March 21, 2007

    Ex-Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr knows a little something about dealing with strong-willed vocalists (ahem, Morrissey), so it's no surprise that his contributions to the poppiest Modest Mouse record...

  8. Music

    It Was a Year Of ...
    Well, lots of things, actually
    By Annie Zaleski
    Published: December 20, 2006

    In case you haven't been paying attention, we're here to remind you that it's that time again. As December gets tossed away like so many holiday cocktail napkins, we critics are busy making our...

  9. Year End

    Marrying the Mainstream
    White men learned to dance, and the emoting was as thick as the eyeliner on the year's best pop-rock records.
    By Annie Zaleski
    Published: December 15, 2004

    In 2004, the line between indie and mainstream rock disintegrated even faster than Britney Spears's quickie Vegas marriage. Vinyl obsessives mingled with white-hat-wearing fratheads at Modest Mouse...

  10. Music

    Special Delivery
    How Story of the Year went from delivering pizzas to dishing out the rock
    By Annie Zaleski
    Published: September 29, 2004

    For those creative types facing indifferent audiences in half-filled dives while trying to make it big with their bands, day jobs are a necessary evil. The members of the hard-edged quintet Story...

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