Album Reviews

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  Marnie Stern Returns Guitars Blazing on 'The Comeback Kid'

  PUBLISHED Nov 2, 2023

  Marnie Stern spent the better part of a decade serving as a beacon of exuberance, vigour and complexity in rock music. Not content to rely...

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  Jockstrap Are Chopped to Bits on 'I<3UQTINVU'

  PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2023

  In the world of '80s sci-fi movies, misguided attempts were often made to imagine what music might sound like a century or two in the futur...

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  Drop Nineteens Have Lost Their Thorns on 'Hard Light'

  PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2023

  Whether shoegaze's enduring cross-generational appeal and TikTok meme-ability had anything to do with Drop Nineteens reactivating and dropp...

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  Black Pumas Are a Vibe on 'Chronicles of a Diamond'

  PUBLISHED Oct 31, 2023

  Black Pumas' sophomore album Chronicles of a Diamond fuses Motown, neo-soul and East Coast hip-hop into a blend so sonically and universall...

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  King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard Are at Their Freakiest Frequency on 'The Silver Cord'

  PUBLISHED Oct 27, 2023

  In January 2019, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard tricked us into believing they were releasing an electronic album. The music video for...

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  Ragana Find Light in the Depths with 'Desolation's Flower'

  PUBLISHED Oct 26, 2023

  Fans of a particular style of heavy music have likely had Ragana — the metal duo of the mononymous Maria and Coley — on their radar for sev...

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  The Mountain Goats Keep Their Mythology Alive with 'Jenny from Thebes'

  PUBLISHED Oct 25, 2023

  As on long-running cable TV, recurring characters are always welcome on Mountain Goats albums. And just like the crowd-pleasing stunt episo...

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  The Kills Look to Better Days on 'God Games'

  PUBLISHED Oct 25, 2023

  It's been a long and winding road to God Games. Alison Mosshart and Jamie Hince's pared-down blues-rock was forged in the peppermint wake o...