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PLAYLIST: Belle & Sebastian
Earlier this month, Spectrum Culture debuted a new type of feature called PLAYLIST. The idea is simple enough: make a playlist (with mix tapes and CDs becoming so unfortunately passé) centered around...
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PLAYLIST: Jay-Z
Welcome to PLAYLIST, a re-occurring feature where our staff creates a playlist (with mix tapes and CDs becoming so unfortunately passé) centered around one artist or band with a deep catalog. For each...
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PLAYLIST: Pink Floyd
In 1994, the night before I took the SAT, my friends and I drove down to Veterans Stadium on the outskirts of Philadelphia. Pink Floyd was in town to promote The Division Bell, the band’s second...
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PLAYLIST: The Mountain Goats
Welcome to PLAYLIST, a reoccurring feature on Spectrum Culture where our staff creates a playlist (with mix tapes and CDs becoming so unfortunately passé) centered around one artist or band with a...
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PLAYLIST: The Cure
“Fire in Cairo” from Three Imaginary Boys (1979) No, “Fire in Cairo” is not a political song, though its explosive refrain of “F-I-R-E-I-N-C-A-I-R-O” is received like the rallying cry of an enraptured...
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PLAYLIST: The Beatles
This year, the Beatles’ catalog will appear on remastered 180-gram vinyl, making their stereo vinyl debut on November 13th. It’s hard to believe that the Beatles’ earliest recordings are soldiering on...
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PLAYLIST: David Bowie
This time around we decided to pick the best of the legendary David Bowie. It wasn’t easy. Many of Bowie’s songs could easily be the best song. Classics such as “Ziggy Stardust” and “Station to...
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PLAYLIST: Depeche Mode
Our last entry was in July with the eccentric country collective Lambchop, so this time we went in a completely different direction and chose a true icon of electronica: Depeche Mode. Between the...
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PLAYLIST: The Kinks
A long time has passed since Spectrum Culture published its PLAYLIST feature. No, we haven’t gone into hibernation. Instead, we’ve spent the past year buried in the Kinks discography, listening and...
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Playlist: Jack White
For this feature, we are tasked to pick the best song from each album in an artist or band’s discography. There can be only one winner. We are confident this is the best of the Jack White, album by...
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