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From the Beginning [Original recording remastered]
The Australia Ensemble Plays Schubert
Schumann: Symphonie No. 4; Dvorák: Symphonie No. 8
Slonice: Slo Beats + Nice Sounds
Thicker Than Water [Explicit Lyrics] [Soundtrack]
The Complete Village Vanguard Recordings, 1961 [Live] [Original recording remastered]
Schumann: Fantasie In C, Op.17/Schubert: Sonate In B, D.960
The Oneness of II Minds in Unison
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New York City's Lower East Side has always attracted bohemian freaks looking to shock the world, but with EVOL (Love spelled backwards)--their third album after a live tape and several EPs--Sonic Youth finally figured a way to make their skronk count. Combining alternate guitar tunings with nearly linear songwriting, SY proved they could harness their energy into a combustible engine. The multititled closer, "Expressway to Yr. Skull" (or "Madonna, Sean, and Me"), is pure apocalyptic beauty, while "Shadow of a Doubt" succeeds by being more subdued and suggestive. --Rob O'Connor