Album Reviews

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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...

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  Tomb Mold's 'The Enduring Spirit' Is an Unstoppable Ascension

  PUBLISHED Sep 22, 2023

  Death metal is metal's most overbearing and blunt subgenre. Often depicting cruelty, violence, disease and cynicism, the genre has a reputa...

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  KEN Mode Are Cold, Brutal and Somehow Inviting on 'Void'

  PUBLISHED Sep 22, 2023

  There are many ways people deal with trauma, with pain, with isolation. Some retreat into themselves; others search for company and connect...

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  'Tim: Let It Bleed Edition' Captures the Replacements as Clearly and Boldly as Fans Could Hope

  PUBLISHED Sep 21, 2023

  Though music fans have every right to be cynical about remixed and remastered reissue campaigns, few such releases feel as startling and mi...

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  Teenage Fanclub Continue to Do What They Do on 'Nothing Lasts Forever'

  PUBLISHED Sep 21, 2023

  There are certain bands who seem almost unbothered by how music has evolved over time, existing in a sort of peaceful stasis in the niche t...

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  Chappell Roan Gets Hot, Heavy and Heartbroken on 'The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess'

  PUBLISHED Sep 20, 2023

  Chappell Roan likes to get down, in every sense of the phrase. On her very danceable debut album, The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess,...

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  Loraine James Preserves Love's Artifacts on 'Gentle Confrontation'

  PUBLISHED Sep 20, 2023

  With every album, one gets the sense that Loraine James has discovered new facets of herself, however big or small they may be. "I really c...

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  yeule Is Beginning to Heal on 'softscars'

  PUBLISHED Sep 20, 2023

  You could be forgiven if you'd assumed that electronic musician yeule was just the latest upgrade in the music industry's quest to build a...