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The Avalanches
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Patching in audio logos and advertising dialog without interrupting the dreamlike sampledelic flow, the Australian band’s new album summons nostalgia for the era of truly mass media
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British folk-rock legend Richard Thompson sneeringly releases another album that reveals the complex nature of the human condition
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No Bad Memories
All these jingles, disk-drawer sounds, error parps and proprietary signatures might be the first elements they’ve used we can all relate to directly. Just another route to joyous shared experience
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