Album Reviews

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  Antichrist Siege Machine Are Relentless Explorers on 'Vengeance of Eternal Fire'

  PUBLISHED Apr 18, 2024

  War metal, bestial black, blackened death metal: these are all apt generic descriptors for Richmond, Virginia's 'Antichrist Siege Machine'...

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  Pearl Jam Make a Case for Sticking Around on 'Dark Matter'

  PUBLISHED Apr 18, 2024

  If we're using the long-outdated framework of criticism as consumer guide, then a review of the latest Pearl Jam record is largely irreleva...

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  claire rousay Is Vexing and Vulnerable on 'sentiment'

  PUBLISHED Apr 16, 2024

  What if life was a mixtape? Rather than shared collections of beats and rhymes, claire rousay curates the sounds of objects...

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  Maggie Rogers's Long-Burning Fuse Finally Ignites on 'Don't Forget Me'

  PUBLISHED Apr 16, 2024

  If Looney Tunes taught us anything, it's that there's a long time between lighting the fuse and blowing everything to smithereens. A lot ha...

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  'Up on Gravity Hill' Finds METZ Evolving with Uncertain Times

  PUBLISHED Apr 12, 2024

  There is an unwavering ferocity to METZ's work. Even when they peel back their harshness, it's hard to escape their presence...

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  Nia Archives Is Pure Electricity on 'Silence Is Loud'

  PUBLISHED Apr 11, 2024

  Over the last few years, Nia Archives has been pushing the boundaries of what jungle can be. From sharing her early songs and remixes ...

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  Drahla Mine the Depths on the Anxious 'angeltape'

  PUBLISHED Apr 9, 2024

  You wouldn't know it from Luciel Brown's cold and inert delivery, but an intense anxiety binds Drahla's seedy and seemingly despairing ...

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  Flung's 'All Heartbeat' Flutters with Possibility

  PUBLISHED Apr 8, 2024

  Kashika Kollaikal — otherwise known as Flung — found the inspiration for her third album, All Heartbeat, while trapped overnight in the Se...