Year In Review

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  Electronic: Year in Review 2006

  PUBLISHED Mar 5, 2007

  1. Hot Chip The Warning (DFA/Astralwerks/EMI) There’s something about seeing a band in the throes of ascendance, that ephemeral moment wh...

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  Hip-Hop: Year in Review 2006

  PUBLISHED Mar 5, 2007

  1. Ghostface Killah Fishscale (Def Jam) Ten years after Ironman and six years after Supreme Clientele, Ghostface Killah is back on top of h...

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  Groove: Year in Review 2006

  PUBLISHED Mar 5, 2007

  1. Aloe Blacc Shine Through (Stones Throw/Koch) For a continent characterized by such immeasurable musical diversity and influence, to see...

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  Destination Out: Year in Review 2006

  PUBLISHED Mar 5, 2007

  Rather than trying to build one top ten list from the many disparate styles of electronic ambience, non-linear improv, experimental rock, a...

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  Metal/Hardcore: Year in Review 2006

  PUBLISHED Mar 5, 2007

  1. Converge No Heroes (Epitaph) "We just set out to make the best record we could make, with the abilities we had and the time we were all...

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  Punk: Year in Review 2006

  PUBLISHED Mar 5, 2007

  1. Fucked Up Hidden World (Jade Tree) For nearly six years since their inception, Toronto’s hardcore darlings Fucked Up have remained one o...

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  Folk/Country/Blues: Year in Review 2006

  PUBLISHED Mar 5, 2007

  1. Neko Case Fox Confessor Brings the Flood (Mint) Falling in love with Neko Case is easy. Just listen to that voice. Informed by a rich hi...

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  Pop Rock: Year in Review 2006

  PUBLISHED Mar 5, 2007

  1. TV On the Radio Return to Cookie Mountain (Interscope) Looking back at the year’s news of endless war, corrupt politicians and declining...