Music Reviews
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The xx I See You
I See You is a sprawling album. The English band has embraced the spectacle, yet it is not the antithesis of their previous minimalist work.
Ellis Victoria reviews... -
The Men Devil Music
The Men simply want to kick out the jams. But in doing so, does it also limit their already proven songwriting abilities?
Juan Edgardo Rodríguez reviews... -
Metallica Hardwired...To Self-Destruct
Hardwired...to Self-Destruct is an exercise in excess. It's Metallica throwing everything from their career into a blender and seeing what comes out. More often not, this leads to pummeling shredfests. If you can get through the misfires, you'll find a bunch of songs that will get you headbanging in no time.
Joe Marvilli gets hardwired... -
Martha Wainwright Goodnight City
After some electropop misfires on 2013’s Come Home to Mama, Goodnight City is less a clean slate and more an affirmation and culmination of Wainwright’s talent over the decade.
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Lambchop FLOTUS
Now closing in on 25 years, the Nashville band's twelfth album isn’t a reinvention as much as it is a calculated attempt to impose a new narrative stance on their longstanding career.
Juan Edgardo Rodríguez reviews... -
Empire of the Sun Two Vines
On their third full-length album, the Sydney, Australia duo's lush brand of global synthpop injects some much-needed blissful warmth into the alt-indie world.
Ellis Victoria reviews... -
Crying Beyond the Fleeting Gales
The Purchase, NY trio evolve from a sound chip-synthesized format to overturn the affectations of eighties stadium rock.
Juan Edgardo Rodríguez reviews... -
Various Lazarus (Original Cast Recording)
Bolstered by the actors' performances and some heavy rearrangements, Lazarus features many good to great covers of David Bowie songs. But it's the final three tracks by Bowie himself that outshine the rest of the record.
Joe Marvilli kills a little time with Lazarus... -
American Football (LP 2) American Football
On their long awaited return, seventeen years to be exact, American Football retain a calm and stately approach that undermines the wide-eyed vitality of their 1999 debut.
Juan Edgardo Rodríguez reviews... -
Deap Vally Femejism
Despite only being Deap Vally's second album, Femejism sounds like the Los Angeles duo are already running out of new ideas.
Matthew Smith reviews...
