Album Reviews

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  Armand Hammer's 'We Buy Diabetic Test Strips' Is Conspiratorial and Commanding

  PUBLISHED Sep 27, 2023

  Armand Hammer's music sounds like a conspiracy corkboard in a shoddy Brooklyn apartment; it might seem disjointed at first, but there's alw...

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  Slow Pulp Wring Beauty from Discomfort on 'Yard'

  PUBLISHED Sep 27, 2023

  Slow Pulp had humble beginnings. Started by three childhood friends — guitarist Henry Stoehr, drummer Teddy Mathews and bassist Alex Leeds...

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  Blonde Redhead Are Inquisitive and Inviting on 'Sit Down for Dinner'

  PUBLISHED Sep 27, 2023

  Blonde Redhead invite you to share a meal on Sit Down for Dinner. Kazu Makino and twin brothers Amedeo and Simone Pace return with the band...

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  Pkew Pkew Pkew Are Easy to Root for on 'Siiick Days'

  PUBLISHED Sep 26, 2023

  Siiick Days sees Toronto's Pkew Pkew Pkew making tongue-in-cheek reference to a certain pandemic from recent history. Although COVID-19 sti...

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  Wilco Arrive on New Shores with 'Cousin'

  PUBLISHED Sep 26, 2023

  Bringing something new to the table after nearly three decades is never an easy task, nor is it the safe option. But with the help of a new...

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  Animal Collective Find New Life on 'Isn't It Now?'

  PUBLISHED Sep 26, 2023

  At their best, Animal Collective deconstruct pop forms and ecstatically regurgitate them in inspired spurts, alive with ideas that resist n...

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  Luge's 'I Love It Here, I Live Here' Takes Their Complexity to New Heights

  PUBLISHED Sep 25, 2023

  Look no further than the title: Luge isn't messing around about messing around. On their fourth full length release (not counting some Band...

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  Will Butler + Sister Squares Stake Their Claim on Their Self-Titled Record

  PUBLISHED Sep 22, 2023

  Life is a constant stream of shit, but sometimes getting beaten down can lead to a hot streak. Food, flowers, and psychedelics flourish whe...