Album Reviews

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  Protomartyr March Toward Love on 'Formal Growth in the Desert'

  PUBLISHED Jun 5, 2023

  On Formal Growth in the Desert, Protomartyr's Joe Casey takes the band in a direction it's never gone before: toward love. The band's sixth...

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  aja monet's 'when the poems do what they do' Is a Roadmap to Somewhere Greater

  PUBLISHED Jun 5, 2023

  In a 2017 interview with gal-dem, aja monet said, "I don't share things for you to understand or feel me, I'm sharing something so that we...

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  Youth Lagoon Finds His Voice Again on 'Heaven Is a Junkyard'

  PUBLISHED Jun 5, 2023

  Before Youth Lagoon was put on hiatus, Trevor Powers' dream pop project was defined by its ethereal intangibility. It possessed a sound and...

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  Godflesh Creep Toward the Light on 'Purge'

  PUBLISHED Jun 5, 2023

  Six years have passed since we last heard from industrial metal legends Godflesh; while many things have changed in that period, the Englis...

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  McKinley Dixon Manifests a Different Future on 'Beloved! Paradise! Jazz!?'

  PUBLISHED Jun 2, 2023

  Through her cutting and renowned Beloved Trilogy, author Toni Morrison cradled beautiful multitudes within her many captivating and boundle...

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  Thantifaxath Plunge into the Depths on 'Hive Mind Narcosis'

  PUBLISHED Jun 2, 2023

  Hive Mind Narcosis is an album of dueling identities. On the one hand, the album features bleak and cold elements of black metal. On the ot...

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  Bob Dylan Illuminates New Corners of His Music on 'Shadow Kingdom'

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2023

  When Bob Dylan's black-and-white film Shadow Kingdom emerged in 2021, depicting Dylan and a band performing select songs from his back cata...

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  Bully Finds Softness in the Feedback on 'Lucky for You'

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2023

  Over the course of three albums, Alicia Bognanno has proven her talent for crafting hooky, driving melodies that amplify, rather than mask,...