Real Emotional Trash: none of the above, unfortunately

21Mar08

Real Emotional Trash isn’t “jams” and it isn’t Stephen Malkmus’ usual songful shtick in disguise, either.  Neither of which would be definitively good or bad. It’s art-rock, which major mold-breakers like Arcade Fire and minor ones like Of Montreal have forced me to admit isn’t definitively bad, either. It’s in fact pretty close to the [...]

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