Music Reviews
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Jamie XX In Colour
The famed English producer's debut full-length effort finds a perfect balance between being a statement on rave culture itself and reveling in sincere, in-the-moment exhilaration and emotion.
Brad Hanford reviews... -
Goatsnake Black Age Blues
Goatsnake’s first LP in fifteen years, Black Age Blues impresses.
Sean Caldwell reviews... -
Communions Communions EP
The Danish four piece's latest EP embraces the jangly, bittersweet gloom of eighties new wave, a noticeable contrast in sound from the impenetrable noise of their labelmates on outré label Posh Isolation.
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The Vaccines English Graffiti
The West London foursome's third effort borrows eighties nostalgia in an effort to move away from their mod-pop punk beginnings.
Juan Edgardo Rodríguez reviews... -
Waxahatchee Ivy Tripp
Waxahatchee's music is undoubtedly sincere and unclichéd, but her lyrical opacity and musical simplicity make this a difficult album to relate to.
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Lady Lamb the Beekeeper After
For her sophomore album, Lady Lamb the Beekeeper takes experimental structures and places them alongside some of the best, most direct songs of her career so far.
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The Tallest Man on Earth Dark Bird Is Home
Dark Bird Is Home is an improvement over the Tallest Man on Earth’s Shallow Grave, as it breaks out of his established musical palette just when it began to feel as if he had nothing else to offer.
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Joanna Gruesome Peanut Butter
The Cardiff noise pop's follow-up to Weird Sister rests upon its contradictions with tart arrangements that are lean and immediate, though prove to be exhausting when listened to in its entirety.
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Blur The Magic Whip
The English veterans release their first studio album in 12 years.
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Mumford & Sons Wilder Mind
Mumford & Sons are back with a new album! And it doesn't feature any barn-stomping whatsoever!
Andrew Ciraulo is a hootin' and a hollerin'...
