Northern State, 'Can I Keep This Pen?' (Ipecac)
Post-major label, New York rap gals sing for their supper.
By Phoebe Reilly 09.24.07 3:00 AM
By immediately bragging about their superlative mic skills and overall fly-ness on this third album, the ladies of Northern State prepare us for a hip-hop record similar to their first: goofy, Beastie Boys-style bravado with an erudite twist.
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Jill Cunniff, 'City Beach' (The Militia Group)
Breezy, low-key tunes from former Beastie confrere.
By Phoebe Reilly 03.27.07 3:00 AM
On her languid solo debut, Jill Cunniff suggests we "start the century again at a slower pace." The former Luscious Jackson frontwoman is obviously nostalgic for a time -- the mid-'90s, to be exact -- when it was somehow possible for a shambling all-girl funk band from New York to have a gold record.
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Spray Anything
The most talented creators of American graffiti paint the town
By Phoebe Reilly 05.14.04 3:00 AM
The most talented creators of American graffiti paint the town
red (and other colors) in Autograf
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Forever Young: Alexis Bledel
Confronting teen immortality in Tuck Everlasting,
Gilmore Girl Alexis Bledel plays a role she knows all too
well
By Phoebe Reilly; Spin Staff 07.23.03 3:00 AM
Confronting teen immortality in Tuck Everlasting,
Gilmore Girl Alexis Bledel plays a role she knows all too
well
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Northern State Start the Party
Northern State
Dying in Stereo
(Startime)
Dying in Stereo
(Startime)
By Phoebe Reilly; Spin Staff 07.15.03 3:00 AM
Pills, Thrills, and Bellyaches
She bitches, she broods, she has her roommate committed, but
Michelle Williams is still the sanest person in Prozac
Nation
By Phoebe Reilly; Spin Staff 06.26.03 3:00 AM
She bitches, she broods, she has her roommate committed, but
Michelle Williams is still the sanest person in Prozac
Nation




