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Lead Photo CD review: Boards of Canada’s ‘Tomorrow’s Harvest’

Spencer Patterson | Wed, Jun 12, 2013 (5:02 p.m.)

The Scottish duo delivered its best material in more than a decade.

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Lead Photo Black Sabbath makes a surprisingly strong return with ‘13’

Josh Bell | Wed, Jun 12, 2013 (4:54 p.m.)

"The album has a surprising integrity and heaviness."

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Lead Photo CD review: Queens of the Stone Age’s ‘…Like Clockwork’

Annie Zaleski | Wed, Jun 5, 2013 (5:20 p.m.)

This one's a deviation from the QOTSA norm, which hurts a little.

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Lead Photo CD Review: Vampire Weekend’s ‘Modern Vampires of the City’

Smith Galtney | Wed, May 15, 2013 (4:54 p.m.)

These vampires open with a ballad. Don't be alarmed.

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Lead Photo Escape the Fate powers past turmoil on album No. 4

Annie Zaleski | Wed, May 15, 2013 (4:47 p.m.)

Despite lineup changes, the band's Ungrateful shows little stress.

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Lead Photo Country music roundup: Checking in on the state of twang

Josh Bell | Wed, May 8, 2013 (4:49 p.m.)

Natalie Maines, Pistol Annies and Lady Antebellum. Which one earned four stars?

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Lead Photo CD Review: Deerhunter’s ‘Monomania’

Spencer Patterson | Wed, May 8, 2013 (3:44 p.m.)

Raw and unfussy, Monomania rocks like it should.

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Lead Photo CD review: Phoenix’s ‘Bankrupt!’

Annie Zaleski | Wed, Apr 24, 2013 (4:07 p.m.)

It's hard look at Phoenix's latest as anything more than a disappointment

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Lead Photo CD review: The Flaming Lips’ ‘The Terror’

Smith Galtney | Wed, Apr 24, 2013 (4:03 p.m.)

Good luck ever getting to the bottom of this disc

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Lead Photo CD Review: The Knife’s ‘Shaking the Habitual’

Annie Zaleski | Wed, Apr 10, 2013 (5:18 p.m.)

Less a collection of linear songs than a series of seething rhythmic sculptures.

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Lead Photo CD Review: Kurt Vile’s ‘Wakin on a Pretty Daze’

Spencer Patterson | Wed, Apr 10, 2013 (5:14 p.m.)

Album-of-the-year potential?

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Lead Photo CD Review: Paramore’s ‘Paramore’

Josh Bell | Wed, Apr 10, 2013 (4:21 p.m.)

This might be Paramore's most ambitious work to date.

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Lead Photo Caravels album ‘Lacuna’ finds the Las Vegans creatively focused

Annie Zaleski | Wed, Apr 3, 2013 (8:03 p.m.)

The record is energetic and meticulous, arranged to maximize dynamic contrast and emotional impact.

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CD review: Coastwest Unrest’s ‘High Times on Lowly Streets’

Andrea Domanick | Wed, Apr 3, 2013 (6:06 p.m.)

The record shines with confidence, cementing Coastwest Unrest as a band that’s here to stay.

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Lead Photo CD review: The Strokes’ ‘Comedown Machine’

Smith Galtney | Wed, Mar 27, 2013 (6:15 p.m.)

It ain't no Abbey Road.

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A&E

In love at EDC? Now you can get married at the festival
Add Electric Daisy Carnival to the list of unique ways to wed in Las Vegas. EDC organizer Insomniac has teamed up with the Viva Las Vegas Wedding Chapels to give festival attendees the chance to wed at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway this weekend.
Strip Scribbles: Holly’s new wedding date; Jonas Brothers video; Trump’s new (and …
Reality television’s Holly Madison, who now calls Vegas home, has settled on Sept. 10 for her California wedding to “baby daddy”Pasquale Rotella, the promoter of this weekend’s giant Electric Daisy Carnival here.
Miss USA no match for NBA Finals; Donald Trump explains moving his …
The 51 glamorous girls of Donald Trump’s Miss USA pageant Sunday at Planet Hollywood were outscored and outpointed in the TV ratings war by the San Antonio Spurs and Miami Heat.

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Cocktail of the Week Jun 12, 2013
by Sabrina Chapman

The Lion’s Tail cocktail at Embers is a spicy classic reimagined for summer

Refreshing, peppery and adventurous; those are the words that instantly come to mind upon first sip of the Lion’s Tail ($9) at Embers Grille & Spirits. This vintage cocktail, which ...
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