Music Reviews
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Matana Roberts Coin Coin Chapter 3: River Run Thee
The latest by the experimental jazz musician supplements the raspy doggedness of her saxophone with a down-trodden cornucopia of tape collage, spoken-word passages, and terse singing.
Joseph Moore reviews... -
The Decemberists What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World
Four years after the release of their most commercially successful record, The Decemberists are back with another album of literary folk-pop.
Mark Davison reviews... -
Menace Beach Ratworld
The latest band to come out of the thriving Leeds rock scene, Menace Beach bring with them a helter-skelter of snarling fuzz in the form of a zesty debut LP. Ratworld wears its influences brazenly on its sleeves, but its execution is impressive, presenting an odd bird view of a world that is ostensibly its own.
Carl Purvis reviews... -
Bob Dylan Shadows In The Night
Like the best of the 20th century music it celebrates, Shadows In The Night is both sad and glorious, proving to be an ingenious follow-up to 2012's Tempest.
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Father John Misty I Love You, Honeybear
J. Tillman becomes one of the great diarists of our generation in I Love You, Honeybear, possessing a keen, merciless intelligence within a sophisticated melodic sensibility.
Juan Edgardo Rodríguez reviews... -
Mount Eerie Sauna
Phil Elvrum's latest double-LP as Mount Eerie is an otherworldly landscape complete with a rich climate and dense atmosphere, but Phil, our lonesome, wandering guide, never fails to keep a strong human warmth burning at its core.
Peter Quinton reviews... -
Natalie Prass Natalie Prass
The Nashville artist manages to harken back to the fluid funk of 1970s R&B and chamber-pop without falling into the trappings of derivation or heightened melodrama.
Joseph Moore reviews... -
H Hawkline In The Pink Of Condition
The eccentric Cardiff songwriter teams up with partner/producer Cate Le Bon on his full-length debut, in which he manages to justify his odd behavior with heaps of whimsical charm.
Juan Edgardo Rodríguez reviews... -
The Dodos Individ
The latest by the veteran San Francisco duo seems restless and agitated, where anxious rumination and energized self-doubt plague the subject matter that materialized on 2013's Visiter.
Joseph Moore reviews... -
Twerps Range Anxiety
The Melbourne foursome's latest is a deeply considered listen, one that relinquishes the audacious idiosyncrasies of Underlay EP in favor of a more scrupulous and intrinsic approach.
Juan Edgardo Rodríguez reviews...
