Most compilations are very bad. Bad compilations usually happen because they were never intended to stand as proper albums. A band (hopefully) enters the studio with a set of ideas, songs, and common vision. But compilation compilers rarely use that criterion when selecting songs. Often the intention is to make an anthropological statement, documenting a scene or a style of music--think of punk or dance or reggae collections. Sometimes the point is simply to cram a lot of well-known artists onto one CD. Th...   [ read more ]

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It may come as something as a surprise, initially, that Star Time International Presents Supercuts features absolutely no tracks from the label's small but perfectly formed roster, which includes Brendan Benson, the Walkmen, the Natural History, and Northern State. However, the same quality that defines the label's signed bands also applies to this compilation, which, although it was culled from the piles of demos sent to Star Time, plays like a very solid set of indie rock radio progr...   [ read more ]

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