Music Reviews
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Sharon Van Etten epic Ten
The celebration of Sharon Van Etten's epic loses much of what makes the original great, but there are moments of revelation in these covers.
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Royal Blood Typhoons
On their tenacious third LP, the Brighton, UK duo lay down a danceable groove and stick by it—fusing pulverizing, pedal-driven fuzz over four-on-the-floor beats.
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SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE ENTERTAINMENT, DEATH
Getting lost in the Philadelphia trio's intersecting ideas is essential to the experience of their fourth album—and once you dive deeper into the hallucinatory lyrical content, you begin to get a better sense of their singular vision.
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Chad VanGaalen World’s Most Stressed Out Gardener
On his 8th album, the Calgary-based singer-songwriter plays to, and about, the cosmic through synthscapes and extraterrestrial effects. The result is a palpable push and pull that feels particularly of the moment, when a year-long pandemic’s end is in sight yet there’s still plenty to lose sleep over.
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Dry Cleaning New Long Leg
Led by singer Florence Shaw's droll, yet captivating monologues, the London post-punk quartet's push and pull between instruments and vocals gives their debut album its seductive tension. [Believe the Hype]
Gabbie Nirenburg reviews... -
Floatie Voyage Out
Voyage Out—the Chicago quartet’s debut—feels like a warm, 29-minute shot of hazy indie pop by way of math rock, equally comforting and a little claustrophobic.
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Esther Rose How Many More Times
The New Orleans-based artist brings you a tear, or two, for your beer on her third, and best, album to date.
Mark Moody reviews... -
Middle Kids Today We're the Greatest
On their second LP, the Sydney, Australia trio write pristine pop-rock songs that go down easy and have a lot of heart—even if they haven't quite found a way to articulate their sudsy emotions with deft intention and control.
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Baby Boys Threesome
With Baby Boys, a trio that Jake Luppen of Hippo Campus threw together with guitarist Nathan Stocker and fellow Minnesota creative Caleb Hinz, there seems to be a deliberative attempt to get out of their boring indie-pop comfort zone.
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Tigers Jaw I Won't Care How You Remember Me
On their sixth LP, the Scranton, Pennsylvania quartet continues to chug along with admirably dependable songs.
Ethan Gordon reviews...
