Album Reviews

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  Chat Pile Won't Look Away from the Horror on 'Cool World'

  PUBLISHED Oct 9, 2024

  In Ralph Bakshi's 'Cool World,' a femme fatale in a supposedly "created" cartoon world uses her wits and her sexuality to try and overcome...

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  Balance and Composure Are Back in Fighting Form on 'with you in spirit'

  PUBLISHED Oct 9, 2024

  When the members of Balance and Composure were on the cusp of breaking up, they already knew it was a mistake. Internal divisions...

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  Japandroids Finally Hit the Brakes on 'Fate & Alcohol'

  PUBLISHED Oct 8, 2024

  The road beckons Japandroids. In song and on stage, there's always another bar, another girl or another gig to get to. They're a screaming...

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  Caribou Is a Shapeshifter on 'Honey'

  PUBLISHED Oct 7, 2024

  It's hard to imagine improving on this year's bounty of electronic music from the likes of Four Tet, Floating Points...

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  The Smile Could Have Cut Out Some of 'Cutouts'

  PUBLISHED Oct 3, 2024

  I knew it would only be a matter of time before the Smile went through their 'Kid A' phase, but I had no idea it would be so soon. I was...

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  SOPHIE's Posthumous Self-Titled Is a Bittersweet Party

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2024

  It's been almost four years since SOPHIE's death. The experimental producer and rising avant-garde pop star was unlike anyone we'd seen...

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  Drug Church Continue Their Ascent on 'PRUDE'

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2024

  Longevity is hard to come by for most hardcore bands, and understandably so. Many struggle to harness and maintain the ethos and style...

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  Leif Vollebekk Speaks to the Past on 'Revelation'

  PUBLISHED Sep 27, 2024

  For some artists, the songwriting muse visits through acts of conscious collaboration. For Leif Vollebekk, the solitude of the...