MAGNET named this album one of the 60 best records of the last 10 years. A band with a back story that reads like a Chuck Palahniuk novel (male absurdity, futile ambition, adolescent maturity, acid wit, and a Pixies cover). This album makes me want to send the rich dudes in The Strokes/Rooney/Weezer/Phantom Planet to New Jersey for seven years and make them eat dirt and work McJobs until they come up with something half as wounded and inventive as "The Meadowlands." A masterwork.

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A brand-spanking-new five-song EP that runs nearly thirty minutes long. We've waited and waited and waited for this one and it was well worth it as Pinback gives us their best record yet. Just when you thought a great band couldn't get any better, they raise the bar with this. Amazing stuff. Includes the title track, the live favorite "Victorius D," new live favorite "Microtonic Wave," the ultra groovy "B," and the soul-filled instant classic "Grey - Machine."

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On their new album, Shut Up I Am Dreaming, Sunset Rubdown has evolved into a full-fledged band effort, abandoning the idiosyncrasies of lo-fi solo work yet still eschewing the allure of a polished, glossy production. Along with his bandmates, Spencer Krug (of Wolf Parade) has transformed Sunset Rubdown into a force of nature and crafted an enormous record. Rough and expansive like a thunderstorm or the whole of a canyon, Shut Up I Am Dreaming rollicks and rages in broad, sweeping gestures and tiny messages...   [ read more ]

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