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Dear Readers,As we write this, we know we’ve failed you. If you were here with us earlier this week, you would’ve noticed a couple posts covering a local concert. Yesterday, the PR firm True Believer (http://www.truebelieversbelieve.com) contacted us to remove the photo of one of their clients from our site. We have taken down the posts relating to the concert entirely. Here are the facts: we had a photo pass as per headliner; the photo of the artist was not compromising and was, quite frankly, mediocre (at best); and the review of the musician (the opener, not the headliner) was negative. After repeated requests toRead More →

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Sufjan Stevens – Carrie & LowellAsthmatic Kitty Records-out now4.5 / 5 Stylistically, Sufjan Stevens’ seventh studio full-length falls somewhere between Michigan and Illinois: it takes Michigan‘s somber mood, a quieter, more introverted desperation than that album’s more externalized search. It takes not Illinois’ lush orchestration, but its polish, its perfectionism and completion. Add acoustic guitar, piano, and Stevens’ soft vocals, and the result is an achingly beautiful album about life and loss, death and ghosts. Yes, we gave high marks to his previous “Age of Adz,” but quite frankly, if we could take that back and give them all here, we would do that inRead More →