The MindersBest The Minders Albums Ranked

Down in Fall - EP

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6.6

“The Minders seem to have divorced themselves somewhat from the Elephant 6 collective since last year's singles compilation, *Cul de Sacs and Dead Ends*. Or perhaps E6 has distanced themselves from the Minders: no logos on the package, no Robert Schneider production. So, perhaps thankfully, out go my extended comparisons of prominent Elephant 6'ers to their counterparts in '60s pop music. On *Cul ”

Golden Street

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5.8

“Elvis Costello has said that pop music isn't an elephant charging directly at you; it's more like water, running unpredictably in all directions. What he means, I think, is that the current of popular culture doesn't flow in a straight line; it rolls into little tributaries and unpredictable whirlpools without any regard to what we'd like its direction to be. With all the late-60's hero-worship go”