Does André 3000’s ‘New Blue Sun’ Signal a New Dawn for Musical Expression?

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Fans of both Outkast and André 3000 have been begging for new music from the duo’s idiosyncratic cofounder. And in late November with New Blue Sun – his first album of new music in 17 years – André 3000 delivered. Sort of.  Though it’s probably not exactly what we’d all been pining for, André 3000’s flute-forward, ambient, instrumental album is …

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Crate Diggin’ | Re: Reissues

The JME team proudly explores the least pretentious of music purchases: the vinyl reissue.

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Original pressings. You know, those sonic talismans capable of bestowing impenetrable cool on whomever has the (substantial) means to remove them from whence they are displayed –– proudly on a shelf behind the counter at most record stores. But, as a wise man once said: Cool is for corpses. Or, in this case, record collectors with disposable income.  For most crate …

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