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First Impressions: The Suburbs

Our first listen through Arcade Fire’s latest opus is not an auspicious one as the band’s fabled tension and passion is all but absent.

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Duran Duran: Redux

Staffer Jason Lent examines the newly re-packaged Duran Duran as well as the band’s place in pop music history.

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The Peculiar Genius Of John Cage

Seminal avant-gardist John Cage continually defied music conventions throughout his career, and we’ve decided to spotlight it.

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First Impressions: High Violet

Brooklyn rockers The National released our third favorite album of the decade in Boxer, so how does its follow-up fare?

First Impressions: The Wild Hunt

Kristian Matsson aka The Tallest Man On Earth delivers his sophomore full-length and SOTS feels he’s struck gold again.

First Impressions: Have One On Me

Joanna Newsom’s latest venture is consistently pretty, but even that quality becomes tiresome after 2 hours.

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First Impressions: Transference

A SOTS listening party was thrown for Spoon’s Transference earlier this week. These are our initial thoughts. Fuck Brian.

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Honorable Mentions Of 2009

It’s never possible to include every staffer’s favorites on year-end lists. Honorable mentions are there to highlight these gems.

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Top Albums Of 2009: #1

Bill Callahan’s latest record sees him swatting Cohen comparisons away by brushing his music with as much sonic as lyrical clout.

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Top Albums Of 2009: #10-2

Albums 25 through 11 of SOTS’ year-end list feature some of the most exciting purveyors of underground rock music today.

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Top Albums Of 2009: #25-11

It’s been a busy time at Sun On The Sand lately, so only now are we getting to the best records released in the past year. Enjoy.

Top Albums Of The Decade: Honorable Mentions (Part 2)

Here’s the second half of our decade’s honorable mentions, with strong efforts in jazz, post-hardcore, indie, and hip hop alike.

Grrrl Power

The Spice Girls pulled the wool way over mainstream eyes in the 90s. Luckily, Sleater-Kinney is there to call them out on their bullshit.

Top Albums Of The Decade: Honorable Mentions (Part 1)

There isn’t always enough room in the democratic voting process to feature personal favorites, so we’re highlighting a few now. Enjoy.

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Albums Of The Decade: #1 – Funeral

Arcade Fire’s highly acclaimed debut is one of the most cathartic and captivating rock ‘n’ roll records of all time, let alone the past decade.