Music Reviews
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Purity Ring Shrines
Shrines is the dream pop album that I—and I suspect, many others—have been waiting for all year. Canadian duo Purity Ring has created a work that grows with each listen. After a slew of acclaimed singles and 4AD, the hype for this debut is quite high, but it delivers.
Forrest Cardamenis goes to the... -
Reptar Body Faucet
A generic album of pop/post-punk bilge. Sigh.
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Rufus Wainwright Out of the Game
Rufus Wainwright releases a 70's MOR album. Must try harder.
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Ice Choir Afar
Revisionist history be damned, Ice Choir makes us all remember that we loved 80's music.
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Fang Island Major
Reliably rousing riff-heavy anthems from the crossroads of indie/classic rock, Fang Island as ever sound like "everyone high-fiving everyone".
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Beak> >>
While it hardly tries to reinvent the genre, The second album from Geoff Barrow's side project Beak> offers a chilling, engaging, and surprisingly more accessible take on krautrock that's sure to impress.
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Heavenly Beat Talent
Beach Fossils bassist John Péna returns to his pre-Fossils moniker to explore sensual ideas, beat-laden impulses and caressing echoes of emotion.
Matthew Bevington explains... -
Nude Beach II
By reconstructing and neatly cataloging their influences for us, Nude Beach have created an album that's as much a testament to their musical heroes as it is a monument to our own.
Joshua Pickard opens the door to his music collection to review... -
Baroness Yellow & Green
The latest effort by the Savannah-based sludge outfit possesses an overabundance of great ideas, but unfortunately falls victim to the crushing weight of its own ambition.
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The Antlers Undersea
A year after another brilliant LP, The Antlers have returned with a thought-provoking and enjoyable EP.
Forrest Cardamenis dives...
