Music Reviews
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Orbital Wonky
Dance music veterans return with their 8th album following a comeback tour. It's like they never went away.
David John Wood relives his dancing days... -
JEFF the Brotherhood Hypnotic Nights
The Nashville sibling duo make the jump to the major leagues with Hypnotic Nights, a fuzzed-out, dumb and fun effort that avoids any significant advancements in songcraft to reincorporate their moniker to a wider audience and prove that they are still as daffy as when they started.
Juan Edgardo Rodríguez goes whoa oh oh... -
Dirty Projectors Swing Lo Magellan
Dirty Projectors' new album is less demanding than their previous work, but equally rewarding - and in short, it redefines their musical genius once again.
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Mission of Burma Unsound
The born-again rockers cement their status with their first record on Fire Records.
Forrest Cardamenis reaches for his... -
Eternal Summers Correct Behaviour
The second LP from former Roanoke, VA, duo now trio (they added a bass player) is as a consequence sonically more interesting, emotionally more encapsulating and confrontationally direct.
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Fiona Apple The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than The Driver Of The Screw And Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do
The Idler Wheel, Fiona Apple's return after seven years, is a sparse, yet scintillating effort that never holds back in pursuit of bringing big emotions to the fore.
Juan Edgardo Rodríguez reviews... -
Friends Manifest!
The Brooklyn band behind I'm His Girl release their debut album, Manifest! Continuing with their influences in new wave and dance punk, Friends charm their ways through the singles, but it's the tracks between these already beloved songs that give the band away.
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Laurel Halo Quarantine
Laurel Halo's first full-length, called Quarantine, amplifies her vocals, bringing them to the forefront. But are they exactly the change in direction she should be taking?
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Ty Segall Band Slaughterhouse
The best way to keep up with Ty Segall, if you live in Europe anyway (he won’t be touring here until late July), is to listen his records. Kind of obvious you might think.
Matt Bevington tells you some things... -
DIIV Oshin
Pretty, aquatic dream-pop from Beach Fossils and Smith Westerns associates.
Stephen Wragg diivs in...
