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2007 Stories by Garrett Kamps

• Band of Horses' Second Act

  published October 2, 2007

  In March of 2006, little-known Seattleites Ben Bridwell and Mat Brooke rechristened themselves Band of Horses and quietly put out a record called... More >>

• Time Waits for One Man

  published August 21, 2007

  For a guy who bemoaned the demands and expectations of increased exposure on his last album, Aesop Rock has since been one surprisingly ambitious... More >>

• Imperfect Sound Forever

  published August 7, 2007

  A sprinkler system in a thunderstorm." That's Andrew Broder, that's the music he makes as Fog, those are his own words. In the five years since... More >>

• Stars' In Our Bedroom After the War

  published July 24, 2007

  To anyone still mewling about how the download smote the album, meet the definitive, indisputable rebuttal: Stars' In Our Bedroom After the... More >>

• Justice's †

  published July 10, 2007

  You know what makes Daft Punk so rad? No one knows what they look like. Don't get me wrong—it's way cool that they dress up like astronauts... More >>

• Cinematic Orchestra's Ma Fleur

  published June 26, 2007

  Some folks say Cinematic Orchestra play acid jazz, a/k/a downtempo, a/k/a middling, vanilla sushi beats. This stems from an association with the... More >>

• Fridge's The Sun

  published June 19, 2007

  Though electronic music royalty, Kieran Hebden likes him some drums. Real drums–not machines. His past handful of solo records as Four Tet... More >>

• The heart of rock 'n' roll is still beating
  

  published May 15, 2007

  When Maroon 5 arose fully formed out of the ashes of Kara's Flowers (four-fifths of the members are graduates) in late 2001, it was clear that... More >>

• More tough talk from America's catchiest badasses

  published May 8, 2007

  You go to war with the army you have, not the army you want, right? Well, guess what: Linkin Park is the army we have. Linkin Park is our best... More >>

• No Limit to Our Love

  published April 24, 2007

  Parents and children! Democrats and Republicans! Dogs and cats! Rejoice! For here we have a record for everyone! If you don't like Leslie Feist's... More >>

• Nickelback U.K.

  published April 17, 2007

  Fact: Denizens of the U.K. are completely inept at gauging the artistic merit of their pop groups. A band can't just be the Biggest—it also... More >>

• The Defiant Bleatings of the Blah-Blah Sisterhood

  published April 3, 2007

  Bubble, bubble, toil and trouble—that's what Bianca Cassady sings like: as if she's conjuring. But her lyrics aren't Shakespeare. "Life is... More >>

• Anthemic Canucks Raise The Terror Alert

  published February 27, 2007

  Two and a half years after the Arcade Fire burst onto the scene at CMJ, frontman Win Butler is still scared shitless. "I don't wanna work in a... More >>

• Pop Music of the Future

  published February 13, 2007

  Avril Lavigne "Girlfriend" From The Best Damn Thing Holy shit. Actually, think about those two words for a... More >>

• How to Be an American Idiot

  published January 30, 2007

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• Faux '70s Yawps for Analog Simpletons

  published January 16, 2007

  Vietnam give new meaning to the phrase, "I was in the shit." Here we have four bearded, longhair types from Brooklyn (sigh), who live in, like,... More >>