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Writers - Emerson Dameron
Features
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2008: Emerson Dameron
Dusted’s Emerson Dameron shuns the standard rankings and reflects on a turbulent year in music. Read this feature...
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2009: Emerson Dameron
Dusted senior writer Emerson Dameron compliments his annual yule-tide screed with a more standardized look back at the year in music. Read this feature...
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2010: Emerson Dameron
Dusted senior staffer Emerson Dameron devotes his 2010 feature to one man: Syl Johnson. Read this feature...
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2011: Emerson Dameron
Go South, Jung Man!: The Complex Spiritual Dimensions of Chris Brown’s “Wet the Bed.” Read this feature...
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Jandek On Corwood: Defiant Ambiguity and Psychological Projection
Emerson Dameron gets intimate with the ever elusive Jandek via the documentary Jandek on Corwood. Read this feature...
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A Few Sac-Ripping Cassettes of 2006 (Emerson Dameron)
Dusted's Emerson Dameron catches up with some of his favorite recordings of the past year. Read this feature...
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Aardvark Taint (Emerson Dameron)
Dusted's Emerson Dameron looks back at the year in...uhh...something Read this feature...
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Be a College Radio Messiah
Emerson Dameron teaches the new batch of college radio DJs to fish. A slightly different version of this article appears in Airwaves, the alumni magazine for WUOG-FM, the University of Georgia's student-run station. Read this feature...
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Destined: (VxPxC)
Dusted's Emerson Dameron sorts through the gigabytes of music made by Los Angeles trio (VxPxC). Read this feature...
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Emerson Dameron’s Top Ten 50 Cent Beefs of 2007
If you thought Fiddy's only public tiff this year was an industry-saving stunt with Mr. West, think again. Read this feature...
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In Defense of Nihilism: The Jesus Lizard Reissues
Emerson Dameron kneels before the Temple of Yow and thanks Touch and Go for bringing back Pure, Head, Goat, Liar and Down at the moment we need them most. Read this feature...
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Intergalactic Planetary
Space Is the Place, Sun Ra's confusing and amusing answer to A Hard Day's Night, finally hits DVD. Read this feature...
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Mac McCaughan Keeps the Ice Off His Wings
Dusted shakes down the indie rock Renaissance man behind Portastatic, Superchunk and Merge Records. Read this feature...
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Now How Much Would You Pay?
Consumers line up to take a swing at music industry price fixing. Read this feature...
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Staying Alive Ain’t What It Used To Be
Dusted senior writer Emerson Dameron tells it like it is. Read this feature...
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The Floppy Shall Rise
Emerson Dameron picks at Offbeat: Thirteen Music Based minimum.movies, a DVD collection of short films that fit on 3.5" floppy disks. Read this feature...
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Reviews
Artist: Acid Mothers Temple & The Cosmic Inferno Album: Iao Chant From the Cosmic Inferno Label: Ace Fu Review date: Oct. 28, 2005 Read This Review
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Promises, Promises
Artist: American Analog Set Album: Promise Of Love Label: Tigerstyle Review date: Jul. 8, 2003 Read This Review
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Artist: American Music Club Album: Love Songs For Patriots Label: Merge Review date: Oct. 13, 2004 Read This Review
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Artist: Leona Anderson Album: Music to Suffer By Label: Trunk Review date: Aug. 26, 2010 Read This Review
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Artist: The Angels of Light Album: The Angels of Light Sing "Other People" Label: Young God Review date: Mar. 8, 2005 Read This Review
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Depression Goes To Town
Artist: The Black Heart Procession Album: Amore Del Tropico Label: Touch and Go Review date: Oct. 20, 2002 Read This Review
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Artist: Brother JT Album: Maybe We Should Take Some More? Label: Birdman Review date: Jun. 10, 2002 Read This Review
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Artist: Brother JT3 / The Brian Jonestown Massacre Album: Hang In There, Baby / ...And This Is Our Music Label: Drag City Review date: Nov. 21, 2003 Read This Review
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Artist: Buck 65 Album: This Right Here Is Buck 65 Label: V2 Review date: Jan. 4, 2005 Read This Review
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Artist: Robert Callender Album: Le Musee de L'Impressionnisme Label: Fallout Review date: Aug. 14, 2006 Read This Review
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Artist: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Album: Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! Label: Anti- Review date: Apr. 14, 2008 Read This Review
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Artist: Chancha Via Circuito Album: Rio Arriba Label: ZZK Review date: Mar. 30, 2011 Read This Review
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Ragamuffin Years
Artist: Junior Delgado Album: Original Guerilla Music Label: Sound Boy Review date: Jun. 16, 2003 Read This Review
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Miami's On The Scene, Just In Case You Didn't Know It
Artist: Diamond Ice Album: Funk 4 Da Trunk Label: Metatronix Review date: May. 8, 2003 Read This Review
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Artist: DMBQ Album: The Essential Sounds From The Far East Label: Estrus Review date: Oct. 18, 2005 Read This Review
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What's Good About New Jersey and Human Suffering
Artist: East River Pipe Album: Garbageheads On Endless Stun Label: Merge Review date: Sep. 3, 2003 Read This Review
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Artist: East River Pipe Album: We Live In Rented Rooms Label: Merge Review date: Apr. 1, 2011 Read This Review
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Should-Be Hit of the Year
Artist: Electronicat Album: 21st Century Toy Label: Disko B Review date: Aug. 12, 2003 Read This Review
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Artist: Eyeless In Gaza / Martyn Bates Album: Plague of Years / Your Jeweled Footsteps Label: Sub Rosa Review date: Feb. 16, 2007 Read This Review
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Artist: Firewater Album: Songs We Should Have Written Label: Jetset Review date: Mar. 1, 2004 Read This Review
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The Real Sleaze
Artist: The Flash Express Album: Introducing the Dynamite Sound of the Flash Express Label: Hit It Now! Review date: Sep. 17, 2003 Read This Review
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Artist: Gang Wizard Album: Byzantine Headache Label: Load Review date: Feb. 1, 2007 Read This Review
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Artist: Gesellschaft Zur Emanzipation Des Samples Album: Circulations Label: Faitiche Review date: Jun. 26, 2009 Read This Review
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Artist: Rick Moody and One Ring Zero / Neil Hamburger Album: Rick Moody and One Ring Zero / Great Moments at Di Presa's Pizza House Label: Isota / Drag City Review date: May. 2, 2005 Read This Review
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Artist: Harvey Milk Album: Courtesy And Goodwill Toward Men Label: Relapse Review date: Oct. 25, 2006 Read This Review
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Artist: Robyn Hitchcock and the Venus 3 Album: Goodnight Oslo Label: Yep Roc Review date: Feb. 18, 2009 Read This Review
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Artist: Hollywood, Mon Amour Album: Hollywood, Mon Amour Label: PIAS Review date: Mar. 3, 2009 Read This Review
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Artist: J. Spaceman / Sun City Girls Album: Mister Lonely: Music From a Film by Harmony Korine Label: Drag City Review date: Jul. 1, 2008 Read This Review
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Artist: Scarlett Johansson Album: Anywhere I Lay My Head Label: Rhino Review date: May. 19, 2008 Read This Review
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Artist: The Juan MacLean Album: The Future Will Come Label: DFA Review date: Apr. 9, 2009 Read This Review
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Repetition: Pop Music's Beating Heart
Artist: Kaada Album: Thank You For Giving Me Your Valuable Time Label: Ipecac Review date: Apr. 30, 2003 Read This Review
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Artist: Kashmere Stage Band Album: Texas Thunder Soul: 1968-1974 Label: Now-Again Review date: Nov. 30, 2011 Read This Review
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Artist: Lafayette Afro-Rock Band Album: Darkest Light: The Best of Lafayette Afro-Rock Band Label: Strut Review date: Feb. 2, 2009 Read This Review
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Artist: Herschell Gordon Lewis Album: "The South's Gonna Rise Again" b/w "Moonshine Mountain" Label: Smog Veil Review date: Mar. 29, 2004 Read This Review
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Artist: The Mendoza Line Album: Full of Light and Full of Fire Label: Misra Review date: Nov. 8, 2005 Read This Review
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Artist: Raz Mesinai Album: Resurrections for Goatskin Label: Tzadik Review date: Sep. 25, 2003 Read This Review
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Sputtering Scandinavian Soul
Artist: Múm Album: Finally We Are No One Label: FatCat Review date: Aug. 19, 2002 Read This Review
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Artist: New Build Album: Yesterday Was Lived and Lost Label: Lanark Review date: Apr. 2, 2012 Read This Review
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Artist: Old Time Relijun Album: 2012 Label: K Review date: Sep. 8, 2005 Read This Review
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Soothing Sounds for Reluctant Man-and-Womanchildren
Artist: OST Album: Kes Label: Trunk Review date: Sep. 16, 2002 Read This Review
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The Slow Redemption of Disco
Artist: The Parallax Corporation Album: Cocadisco Label: Disko B Review date: Dec. 8, 2002 Read This Review
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Artist: Mike Patton Album: The Solitude of Prime Numbers Label: Ipecac Review date: Feb. 24, 2012 Read This Review
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With Extra Cheese
Artist: Britta Phillips & Dean Wareham Album: L'Avventura Label: Jetset Review date: May. 29, 2003 Read This Review
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Pure Will, Without the Burden of Intellect
Artist: The Piranhas Album: Erotic Grit Movies Label: In the Red Review date: Mar. 25, 2003 Read This Review
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Artist: The Posies Album: Every Kind of Light Label: Ryko Review date: Jul. 27, 2005 Read This Review
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Smirking at the Spectre
Artist: Rubber City Rebels Album: Pierce My Brain Label: Smog Veil Review date: May. 11, 2003 Read This Review
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Artist: Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx Album: We’re New Here Label: XL Review date: Mar. 1, 2011 Read This Review
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Artist: Six Organs of Admittance Album: Asleep on the Floodplain Label: Drag City Review date: Feb. 22, 2011 Read This Review
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Artist: Spectrum Meets Captain Memphis Album: Indian Giver Label: Birdman Review date: Jun. 19, 2008 Read This Review
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Artist: Sun Araw & M. Geddes Gengras Meet The Congos Album: Icon Give Thank Label: Rvng Intl. Review date: Apr. 9, 2012 Read This Review
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Artist: Sun City Girls Album: Napoleon & Josephine: Singles, Volume Two Label: Abduction Review date: Apr. 21, 2009 Read This Review
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Artist: Swans Album: My Father Will Guide Me Up a Rope to the Sky Label: Young God Review date: Sep. 20, 2010 Read This Review
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Artist: The Ted Taylor Organsound Album: Hymns A’Swingin’ Label: Trunk Review date: Jun. 1, 2009 Read This Review
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Artist: Jimi Tenor / Tony Allen Album: Inspiration Information 4 Label: Strut Review date: Nov. 11, 2009 Read This Review
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This Is Our Muzak
Artist: Thievery Corporation Album: The Richest Man In Babylon Label: ESL Review date: Oct. 28, 2002 Read This Review
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Time Keeps On Blippin'
Artist: Tipsy Album: Tipsy Remix Party! Label: Asphodel Review date: Nov. 24, 2002 Read This Review
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Artist: V/A Album: Dope And Glory: Reefer Songs Of '30s & '40s Jazz Label: Trikont Review date: Jun. 29, 2002 Read This Review
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Artist: V/A Album: A Boy Named Sue: Johnny Cash Revisited Label: Trikont Review date: Jul. 18, 2002 Read This Review
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Artist: V/A Album: Hits and Misses: Muhammad Ali and the Ultimate Sound of Fistfighting Label: Trikont Review date: Jun. 9, 2004 Read This Review
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Writhe Against The Machine
Artist: V/A Album: The Bip-Hop Generation v.5 Label: Bip-Hop Review date: Oct. 7, 2002 Read This Review
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Identifying Characteristics of Political Hip-Hop
Artist: V/A Album: Africa Raps Label: Trikont Review date: Nov. 27, 2002 Read This Review
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Turn the Daylight Black
Artist: V/A Album: Black & Proud, Vol. 1 & 2 Label: Trikont Review date: Mar. 26, 2003 Read This Review
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Artist: V/A Album: Hot Women: Women Singers from the Torrid Regions of the World Label: Kein & Aber Review date: Feb. 8, 2004 Read This Review
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Artist: V/A Album: Discovered, Covered: The Late, Great Daniel Johnston Label: Gammon Review date: Nov. 17, 2004 Read This Review
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Artist: V/A Album: An Anthology of Noise & Electronic Music Volume 3 Label: Sub Rosa Review date: Apr. 13, 2005 Read This Review
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Artist: V/A Album: Discovered: A Collection of Daft Funk Samples Label: Rapster Review date: Nov. 27, 2007 Read This Review
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Artist: V/A Album: Disco Not Disco: Post Punk, Electro & Leftfield Dance Classics 1974-1986 Label: Strut Review date: Jan. 14, 2008 Read This Review
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Artist: V/A Album: Controversy: Classic Covers of Prince Label: Rapster Review date: Feb. 11, 2008 Read This Review
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Artist: V/A Album: Well Deep: Ten Years of Big Dada Recordings Label: Big Dada Review date: Apr. 11, 2008 Read This Review
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Artist: V/A Album: Disco Italia: Essential Italo Disco Classics 1977-1985 Label: Strut Review date: May. 27, 2008 Read This Review
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Artist: V/A Album: Where’s the Beat? Live in the WFMU Studios Label: WFMU Review date: Oct. 15, 2008 Read This Review
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Artist: V/A Album: Mind Expanders, Vol. 1: In Seach of the Orgiastic, Flashtastic, Psychspastic Groove Label: Past & Present Review date: Apr. 20, 2009 Read This Review
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Artist: V/A Album: Music Inspired by the Film Scott Walker: 30 Century Man Label: Lakeshore Review date: May. 5, 2009 Read This Review
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Artist: V/A Album: Daniel Haaksman presents Funk Mundial Label: Man Review date: Jun. 25, 2009 Read This Review
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Artist: V/A Album: Well Hung: Funk Rock Eruptions From Beneath Communist Hungary, Vol. 1 Label: B-Music Review date: Aug. 11, 2009 Read This Review
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Artist: V/A Album: Can You Dig It?: The Music and Politics of Black Action Films Label: Soul Jazz Review date: Nov. 30, 2009 Read This Review
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Artist: V/A Album: Black Dynamite / Music Track from the Picture Black Dynamite Label: Wax Poetics Review date: Jan. 12, 2010 Read This Review
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Artist: V/A Album: Forge Your Own Chains: Heavy Psychedelic Ballads and Dirges 1968-1974 Label: Now-Again Review date: Feb. 12, 2010 Read This Review
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Artist: V/A Album: California Funk: Rare Funk 45s from the Golden State Label: Now-Again Review date: Aug. 25, 2010 Read This Review
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Artist: V/A Album: Viva Negativa!: A Tribute to the New Blockaders Vol. III Label: Important Review date: Jan. 7, 2011 Read This Review
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Artist: Jean-Claude Vannier Album: Histoire de Melody Vannier (Mixed by Andy Votel) Label: B-Music Review date: Oct. 1, 2009 Read This Review
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Artist: Gary Verkade/Steve Nelson-Raney Album: Improvisations For Organ And Saxophone Label: Penumbra Review date: Jun. 30, 2002 Read This Review
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Artist: The Walker Brothers Album: Take It Easy With the Walker Brothers Label: Water Review date: Jun. 23, 2008 Read This Review
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Artist: Weevie Album: Nighty-Night: Deep Soul In Dub Label: Stoic Review date: Mar. 8, 2004 Read This Review
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Artist: Wicked Witch Album: Chaos: 1978-86 Label: EM Review date: Jan. 14, 2009 Read This Review
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Artist: WZT Hearts Album: Threads Rope Spell Making Your Bones Label: Carpark Review date: Oct. 26, 2007 Read This Review
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Artist: Yellow Swans Album: Psychic Secession Label: Load Review date: Jun. 7, 2006 Read This Review
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Of Brains and Manners
Artist: John Zorn Album: Chimeras Label: Tzadik Review date: May. 15, 2003 Read This Review
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