Music Reviews
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Why Bonnie 90 in November
The Brooklyn-via-Texas quintet mixes confessional and storytelling song styles on their debut LP, pleasantly drifting from one track to the next while retaining a robust musical backbone.
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Ty Segall "Hello, Hi"
On his 14th studio album, the LA singer-songwriter makes a sharp pivot into stripped-down psychedelia with a touch of his usual flair.
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Viagra Boys Cave World
The searing third album by the Swedish post-punk renegades is a manifesto on stupidity, taking their depraved, ideologically-charged satire into more sonically adventurous territory.
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Martin Courtney Magic Signs
The Real Estate co-founder's second solo album is stately and melodically rich, attempting to hearken back to the memories that get lost over time.
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Angel Olsen Big Time
On her country-tinged sixth LP, the versatile singer-songwriter doesn't turn away from the difficult situations that led her to the present—gratified to have overcome them while embracing the inevitable growth that begins to take root.
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Dehd Blue Skies
The Chicago-based trio's latest is an explorative work, one that shifts between the bedrock sounds of their previous album and the many ways they can expand on them.
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Arcade Fire WE
On WE, Arcade Fire reconnect with the cathartic, communal spirit that made them great. While there are some misses and flaws, the album is a reminder of what you love about this band.
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Sharon Van Etten We've Been Going About This All Wrong
On her sixth full-length LP, the venerable singer-songwriter starts down the path of rebuilding her life after a period of flux.
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Spiritualized Everything Was Beautiful
On their ninth LP, Jason Pierce and his bandmates revel in the highs of being human with another orchestral masterwork that brims at every turn—that is, until the inevitable low hits.
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Jack White Fear of the Dawn
Whereas Boarding House Reach felt like a misdirection, an attempt to be experimental for the sake of seeing how far boundaries can be pushed, Fear of the Dawn allows the Nashville-based, Detroit native to mess around within more traditional songwriting sensibilities.
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