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Single Review: Kanye West's "Power"
Ever since the sleek, electronic-influenced Graduation, Kanye West has mostly stayed encapsulated in his own celebrity bubble, concerning himself with little other than fake friends and shutter...
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A Toast for the Douchebags: Kanye West's "Runaway"
The first words out of Kanye West's mouth after the world premiere of his new music video "Runaway" (for his upcoming album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy) were how he wanted to make a music video...
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Links for the Day: Dubya's Decision Points, Tree of Life Poster, 102-Day...
George W. Bush, a proponent of torture, admits in his memoir Decision Points that Kanye West's "doesn't care about black people" dig was the worst moment of his presidency. The Tree of Life poster was...
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Links for the Day: Brakhage's Interim, Oscar Doc Shortlist, Hickenlooper...
For Fandor, Michael Joshua Rowin looks at Stan Brakhage's debut Interim. The L Magazine has compiled the top Tweets in response to Pitchfork's 10.0 review of Kanye West's My Beautiful Dark Twisted...
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Links for the Day: Matt Remembers Jennifer, Kanye Rant, Melissa Anderson...
Matt Zoller Seitz on all the things that remind him of her. A day ago I thought Kanye West would finally win the Grammy for Album of the Year. Not so much anymore. Melissa Anderson swoons for Lillian...
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Links for the Day: Jafar Panahi Jailed, indieWIRE Critics Poll, Pitchfork's...
Shocking and terrible news, indeed. Jafar Panahi, one of our greatest filmmakers, gets jailed for six years and is banned from making films and leaving Iran for 20. The Social Network expectedly tops...
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Links for the Day: Takamine and Postlethwaite R.I.P., Republicans Hate...
Because someone has to, the Self-Styled Siren remembers Hideko Takamine. Pete Postlethwaite died yesterday at the age of 64. The actor, Oscar-nominated for In the Name of the Father, most recently...
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Links for the Day: Slant Picks Best Singles of the '90s, DGA and ASC...
Is it fair to say that many of us attach no actual "nostalgia," in the strictest sense of the word, to the singles of the 1990s? The Directors Guild of America has announced their nominees for...
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Links for the Day: Pazz and Jop Poll, César Noms, Hoberman Responds to White,...
They really couldn't find better pictures for the winners? Anyway, Kanye West and Cee Lo top the Village Voice Pazz and Jop poll's albums and singles lists, respectively. Xavier Beauvois's Of Gods and...
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Listen: Slant's Best Singles of 2010
If there was ever a year where we needed pop to do its exhilarating best, 2010 was it. Beyond escapism, pop music provided the brainpower, the emotional nuance, and most of all, the vision that the...
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Video Review: Kanye West's "All of the Lights"
As the new video for Kanye West's "All of the Lights" begins, you might doubt for a moment that you're watching a Hype Williams clip: A young child wanders down snowy streets, lensed in vérité black...
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Video Review: Katy Perry's "E.T."
The third in a trifecta of videos from pop music's current ruling harem involving some juxtaposition of sci-fi action and mythological creatures (the others being Ke$ha's superior "Blow" and Lady...
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Links for the Day: Rick Santorum for President, Patient Cured of AIDS,...
Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum on Monday became the latest Republican to formally declare for the 2012 presidential nomination. Thirty years after first AIDS cases, there is hope for a cure....
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Links for the Day: Jani Lane R.I.P., London Rioters Respect Books, Suquamish...
Jani Lane, the golden-haired former lead singer of 1980s hair-metal band Warrant, was found dead on Thursday in a hotel room in Woodland Hills, California. He was 47. So, who do you think won last...
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House Playlist: Jay-Z and Kanye West, Dirty Beaches, Four Tet, Miranda...
Jay-Z and Kanye West featuring Frank Ocean, "No Church in the Wild." Jay-Z and Kanye West have actually managed to record a song that sounds like a coke-bender: Kanye's (let's say) muse wears it on...
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Links for the Day: Grammy Nominations, Will NC-17 Rating Help or Hurt Shame,...
Even though none of his two eligible albums were nominated for Album of the Year, Kanye West still tops this year's list of Grammy nominees. Jaime Christley's Margaret petition is catching fire. More...
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Stream all 25 of Slant's Best Singles of 2011 below!
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2012 Grammy Awards: Winner Predictions
RECORD OF THE YEAR "Rolling in the Deep," Adele (WILL WIN) "Holocene," Bon Iver "Grenade," Bruno Mars "The Cave," Mumford & Sons "Firework," Katy Perry Sal Cinquemani: Predicting the top three...
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Links for the Day: Béla Tarr Interview, Jay-Z and Kanye West Will Give You...
Eric Kohn interviews Béla Tarr. Jay-Z and Kanye West's new video may cause seizures. The fight for gay marriage may hinge on Supreme Court's Anthony Kennedy. Rescued dog bites anchor on the wrong...
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Links for the Day: Learning from B Movies, First Prometheus Reviews, Charles...
Colson Whitehead on learning from B movies. Nicole Brenez on transgression- and revolt-serving Jean Epstein. The first feviews for Ridley Scott's Promethus are not great. Forfer Liberian president and...
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