Music Reviews
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Burial Tunes 2011-2019
Tunes 2011-2019 is a near-perfectly curated anthology of seventeen tracks—two and a half hours—spanning Burial’s output since the turn of the decade, released in conjunction with Hyperdub’s fifteenth anniversary. [Believe the Hype]
Jackson Glassey reviews... -
Coldplay Everyday Life
A flawed, but intriguing journey that brings out the band's best, and worst, tendencies.
Joe Marvilli sees Everyday Life through Coldplay eyes... -
Leonard Cohen Thanks for the Dance
The Canadian singer-songwriter's final studio album is based off of sketches, poems, and recordings that he left right up to his death in 2016.
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Bonnie "Prince" Billy I Made a Place
Returning to his Bonnie "Prince" Billy persona after six years, Will Oldham's big stride into traditional country folk feels settled and at ease.
Juan Edgardo Rodríguez reviews... -
FKA twigs MAGDALENE
On her second LP, Tahliah Barnett leafs us blown away as she branches out to deliver something truly tree-mendous.
Joe Rivers promises there are no more tree puns in the actual review... -
Foals Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost - Part 2
Foals don't even try to offer anything new on their second album of 2019.
Matthew Smith reviews... -
Itasca Spring
With her fourth album, the Los Angeles singer-songwriter shares her enlightening creative retreat, translating new ideas and thoughts through spacious acoustic ruminations.
Juan Edgardo Rodríguez reviews... -
Swans Leaving Meaning
Swans’ most recent installment in their fresh line of boundary-shoving, brain-frying, feature-film-length albums marks yet another shift in the band’s makeup.
Jackson Glassey reviews... -
Sunn O))) Pyroclasts
The experimental drone band's companion piece to 2019's Life Metal is more improvisational in design, closing the chapter on their 20-year celebration.
Juan Edgardo Rodríguez reviews... -
Cigarettes After Sex Cry
Following their lush, erotic debut, The El Paso, Texas trio's latest is lifeless this time—and the moments that descend into self-parody get taken more seriously than ever.
Ethan Gordon reviews...