Music Reviews
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Mimicking Birds Layers of Us
The Portland trio’s latest further expands upon their decorous prog-folk by taking a more urgent effort to claim responsibility for how we live. It’s an ambitious undertaking, but Lacy handles these theoretical concerns with his usual naturalistic style.
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Black Rebel Motorcycle Club Wrong Creatures
Eight albums in, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club continue to provide a perfectly balanced amalgamation of rock history on Wrong Creatures. Their mission was always to coexist and not to form a common unity with their peers, after all, and they wear their influences with ease.
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U2 Songs of Experience
With the world in turmoil and personal crises shaking them to their core, U2 fights the darkness with some of their most uplifting and effortless songs in recent memory.
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Bjork Utopia
Utopia’s idyllic voyage eases Björk triumphantly out of Vulnicura’s thorny darkness, where endurance is a necessary attitude that is central to her patient story arc.
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Gun Outfit Out of Range
The Los Angeles-via-Olympia band is in many ways a maturation from 2015’s Dream All Over, an almost spiritual musical experience which chronicles their connectedness with simple and earthy pleasures.
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Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile Lotta Sea Lice
Two of indie's sharpest lyricists team up to discuss friendship and breakfast on an overwhelmingly charming collaboration.
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Julien Baker Turn Out the Lights
Julien Baker's second album is an exploration of mental illness, addiction and self-worth. Through cresting melodies and fearless, cathartic lyrics, she navigates her pain to find a measure of hope.
Joe Marvilli follows Julien Baker's journey of struggle and healing... -
John Maus Screen Memories
The synth-pop savant propels the masses into an apocalyptic party on Screen Memories.
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Alex Lahey I Love You Like a Brother
Alex Lahey's debut album is an upbeat powerhouse of sharp lyrics and memorable tunes. She takes well-worn topics of love and puts her own unique, wonderful spin on them.
Joe Marvilli bounces around to Alex Lahey's kinetic energy... -
St. Vincent Masseduction
Masseduction is another confident step towards cult supremacy for Annie Clark, where she deliberately entices without thinking about the danger of exposing too much of herself.
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