All posts from 31 August 2007

The third album for the Long Island-based all-female retro-rap trio is their first since departing from their major-label deal. While “Can I Keep This Pen?” further showcases Northern State’s fondness for jokey but literate, early Beastie Boys-styled raps, it also branches out into other genres, and finds the trio singing on several cuts (think Luscious […]

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“30 Year Low” represents the final album for the current lineup of The Mendoza Line, the Brooklyn indie-rock/alt-country outfit led by co-songwriters Timothy Bracy and Shannon McArdle. The reason for the band’s breakup? Bracy and McArdle were in the midst of divorce proceedings while this album was being recorded. Naturally, there are numerous Blood On […]

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