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Review: Scott Pilgrim the Video Game Soundtrack

Game soundtracks typically thrive on the nostalgia of having grown up playing a game where all of the atmosphere and musical cues where communicated through the beeps and boops.  The best video of these game soundtracks are seminal works, demonstrating the ability for musicians to accomplish more and more within such a confined medium.  When [...]

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Scott Pilgrim vs. Your Ears

If Scott Pilgrim were real, and if I were a girl, and the soundtrack to this movie was the mix-tape he made to get into my pants, he scored.

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ALL CAPS: A Band to Watch (and listen to)

One of my favorite hobbies used to be discovering local bands. Their music was about things I knew and buying CDs directly from the artists made many of them treasured possessions. Lately it seems my “local” has now really spread into the screen I find myself loving more and more internet-based bands.

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A Four Man Wolfpack: Our Review of Wolf Parade’s “Expo 86″

There is something in my DNA that makes me severely susceptible to songs getting stuck in my head. These are sometimes called “earworms” and can happen from a song you absolutely love or absolutely despise (ie, Limp Bizkit’s “Nookie”). Back in 2005, I heard a song that I still find myself randomly singing to myself. [...]

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She & Him Volume Two

The indie rock duo of Zooey Deschanel and M Ward return with their sophomore album She & Him Volume Two. Unlike some artists’ in their second time around, She & Him stick to their formula and out-do themselves at their own game.

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