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Christopher Sheridan

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MusicAlbum Review: Lazeraretto Jack WhiteA visit to the inside of Jack White’s head would be an interesting one.Christopher Sheridan · Feb 18, 2017

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MusicAlbum Review: Panama – Always EPAs electronic music continues to fill the market, it’s becoming easier with each new act to separate the wheat from the chaff.Christopher Sheridan · Jul 18, 2015

MusicAlbum Review: City States – GeographyNo two people explore loss in the same way, particularly when it comes to musicians.Christopher Sheridan · Jun 18, 2015

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MusicAlbum Review: Wild Onion Twin PeaksTo dismiss Twin Peaks simply because they share a name with an old television show beloved by some and forgotten by others would be a mistake.Christopher Sheridan · Apr 18, 2015

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MusicAlbum Review: Too Many Zoos, Fanimals EPSelf-described brass house trio Too Many Zooz has only been around since late last year, and rose to national prominence sometime in January when someone posted a video of the group performing in Union Square.Christopher Sheridan · Oct 21, 2014

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MusicAlbum Review: Tv Girl – French ExitTV Girl started as a collaboration between Brad Petering and Trung Ngo before becoming Petering’s solo act in 2013. Petering casually refers to French Exit as a solo album “Depending on how you look at it,” which is an odd line considering this follows a 15-track mixtape a couple of years ago titled The Wild, the Innocent, the TV Shuffle. The album’s Bandcamp page goes on to advertise “12 songs about lost lust, too much love and not enough.”Christopher Sheridan · Sep 12, 2014

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MusicAlbum Review: Operations – EP 1In terms of comparisons, Operators are probably closest in sounds to Handsome Furs. Not to be confused by the hard rock band of the same name, Operators sport a peppy electronic sound that splits the difference evenly among its songs between clean, exciting beats and softer, fuzzier sounds. It mostly works quite well, and with the different types of ideas and sounds Boeckner experiments with on the album, it’s exciting to anticipate what he’ll do with the next Operators release, especially if that release is enabled by the expanse and budget of a full-length album.Christopher Sheridan · Sep 10, 2014

MusicAlbum Review: The Burroughs – Self Titled EPWhether they’re starting a full-on dance contest during a show with original compositions or performing rip-roaring covers of everything from Beyonce’s “Love on Top” to the…Christopher Sheridan · Jun 26, 2014

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MusicAlbum Review: Dub Thompson – 9 SongsIt’s not easy being weird. Bands that attempt it come off as either trying too hard, or simply botch the effort to produce a product that skews too heavily in one direction:…Christopher Sheridan · Jun 24, 2014 MusicAlbum Review: Anchorage – AnchorageI don’t envy bands that have the desire to carve out a fresh niche in the music scene.Christopher Sheridan · May 15, 2014

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MusicAlbum Review: Afghan Whigs – Do to the BeastWhigs_cover_nobandIt’s been 16 years since Greg Dulli released an album under his outfit The Afghan Whigs. It’s almost baffling to consider peripherally that the last album dropped in the late 90s. Dulli has remained active under his other groups, The Twilight Singers and The Gutter Twins, but with the former starting to blur stylistic lines with his original group, Dulli felt it was time to come full circle and return to his roots with Do to the Beast, which mostly delivers exactly what Dulli followers are looking for—more dynamic, elaborate instrumentation and smoky.Christopher Sheridan · May 15, 2014 FeaturesRecreational Marijuana In Garden City Means Music and Munchies For All on 4/20“420,” pronounced “four-twenty,” has established itself quite definitively in the pop culture zeitgeist as a blanket term for all things marijuana, spawning everything from…Christopher Sheridan · Apr 10, 2014

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FilmFilm Review: NoahIf one were to compile a list of directors that would be a suitable fit for a Biblical epic, Darren Aronofsky likely wouldn’t rank very close to the top at first glance.Christopher Sheridan · Apr 9, 2014

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MusicAlbum Review: In the Whale – NateAs always, In the Whale boasts a driving, electrifying power that takes up an incredible amount of sonic space despite being composed of just two guys. The basic guitar-and-drum formula works, and while there’s nothing at all elaborate about the band’s music, it’s the earnestness with which they perform it that makes it so damn fun.Christopher Sheridan · Apr 9, 2014

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MusicAlbum Review: Musketeer Gripweed – Floods and FiresIt’s difficult to liken comparisons to Musketeer Gripweed.Christopher Sheridan · Apr 8, 2014

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MusicAlbum Review: Pandas & People – Pandas & PeopleIt’s always exciting when an existing band branches off to explore a new sound and style.Christopher Sheridan · Apr 7, 2014

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FilmFilm Review: Endless LoveGoing to the theater alone on Valentine’s Day to ironically watch Endless Love while surrounded by couples is not among the most exciting parts of my life.Christopher Sheridan · Mar 3, 2014

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MusicAlbum Review: Wildbeasts – Present TenseWith the glut of electronic artists saturating the music market in recent years, it can be frustrating to find something that doesn’t sound like the rest of the crowd.Christopher Sheridan · Mar 3, 2014

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MusicAlbum Review: Mogwai – Rave TapesMogwai has been churning out albums at an incredible rate.Christopher Sheridan · Feb 17, 2014

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MusicAlbum Review: Alcest – ShelterShoegaze is an odd musical genre, with the difference between transcendent power and boring repetition resting squarely on effective execution.Christopher Sheridan · Feb 17, 2014