Album Reviews

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  Even by Weezer Standards, 'SZNZ: Autumn' Is Incoherent

  PUBLISHED Sep 23, 2022

  My deepest sympathies to any Weezer completists out there. At this point, the band's output is a bit like the fantasy tabletop RPGs they on...

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  The Comet Is Coming Seek Rapture in Rhythm on the Cosmic 'Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam'

  PUBLISHED Sep 22, 2022

  Since their debut, the Comet Is Coming has flipped the script on what a jazz trio can muster. Comprised of Shabaka Hutchings (sax and shaku...

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  KEN mode Reach Their Apex on the Molten 'NULL'

  PUBLISHED Sep 21, 2022

  KEN mode never lets up and never stops innovating with their sound. Even after creating music for more than 20 years, the Winnipeg four-pie...

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  Makaya McCraven's Illuminating 'In These Times' Is a Crate Digger's Paradise

  PUBLISHED Sep 21, 2022

  Anyone familiar with the work of Makaya McCraven has an idea of what to expect from In These Times, his 2022 full-length effort for contemp...

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  Alex G Finds Comfort in Confession on the Divine 'God Save the Animals'

  PUBLISHED Sep 20, 2022

  Most artists with nine full-length albums to their name have either settled into a comfortable groove or slowly fizzled out of relevancy —...

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  Status/Non-Status Wander Inward with 'Surely Travel'

  PUBLISHED Sep 20, 2022

  WHOOP-szo spent roughly a decade playing the DIY Canadian music scene before releasing their 2019 debut album, Warrior Down. Filled with fr...

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  The Wonder Years Find Defiance in Defeat on 'The Hum Goes on Forever'

  PUBLISHED Sep 20, 2022

  For more than a decade, the Wonder Years' mission statement has been to take their personal struggles with deep-felt pain and turn them int...

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  Badge Époque Ensemble Expand Their Compositional Horizons on 'Clouds of Joy'

  PUBLISHED Sep 15, 2022

  Not unlike the meteorological namesake of Clouds of Joy, their third full-length album, Badge Époque Ensemble have taken a handful of diffe...