Music Reviews
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Sleater-Kinney The Center Won't Hold
Following a tumultuous press cycle, the Portland trio's ninth album stomps rather than blazes, making tenuous changes to their sound with confidence and self-assurance.
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The Hold Steady Thrashing Thru the Passion
On their seventh album, the Brooklyn band make a full-length album out of a collection of singles—and, as expected, their serviceable rock n' roll goes down easy.
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Big K.R.I.T. K.R.I.T. IZ HERE
The Southern rapper's latest blends together into a balmy, gelatinous goop of trap-flavored maquettes that could’ve come from anyone.
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Prurient Garden of the Mutilated Paratroopers
Dominick Fernow's latest as Prurient, Garden of the Mutilated Paratroopers, thrives on its brevity, packing a gut-wrenching punch of dome-scorching, deafening distortion.
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Florist Emily Alone
The L.A. via Brooklyn singer-songwriter's spare third LP is open and unashamed, recorded in true isolation during a difficult period in her life.
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Kyle Craft Showboat Honey
Showboat Honey, the latest glam-rock foray from Kyle Craft, rocks, rolls, and rollicks, but fails to establish an emotional through-line.
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Thom Yorke ANIMA
Thom Yorke's third solo album finds the Radiohead frontman reaching new creative heights and releasing some of the most focused work of his solo career.
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Purple Mountains Purple Mountains
The former Silver Jews frontman returns after a decade-long absence with a new batch of woeful tales, seamlessly intertwining them with his singular perspective.
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Kate Tempest The Book of Traps and Lessons
The British poet remains in a class of her own on a beautiful, stirring third album.
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The Black Keys "Let's Rock"
The Black Keys are honest about where they stand—"Let's Rock" does rock, and it works to their advantage that they conceived their ninth album in more modest terms.
Juan Edgardo Rodríguez reviews...
