Album Reviews

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  Tomberlin's Truth Is Gospel on 'i don't know who needs to hear this…'

  PUBLISHED Apr 27, 2022

  While characteristically unassuming on the surface, i don't know who needs to hear this… is quietly assured in the fact that someone does n...

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  Girlpool Plunge into the Personal on 'Forgiveness'

  PUBLISHED Apr 27, 2022

  "You leave me crying in the fucking rain / I want you." These lines are flung at the listener upon entering Girlpool's self-titled EP that,...

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  Pusha T and Pharrell Shine on 'It's Almost Dry' — but It's a Shame About Ye

  PUBLISHED Apr 25, 2022

  The tale of Terrence Thornton a.k.a. Pusha T's rap career has two clear and distinct chapters.  The first was his time as one half of Clips...

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  Samantha Savage Smith's 'Fake Nice' Shows Real Growth

  PUBLISHED Apr 21, 2022

  On her third album, Calgary's Samantha Savage Smith digs into the liminal space between inner doubts and outer life. Wrapped up in swirling...

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  Georgia Harmer Does Her Musical Lineage Proud on 'Stay in Touch'

  PUBLISHED Apr 21, 2022

  You don't get to choose your family, but Georgia Harmer leans into the mythos of her musical genealogy with the kind of effortless candour...

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  Spiritualized's 'Everything Was Beautiful' Lives Up to Its Name

  PUBLISHED Apr 21, 2022

  Spiritualized fans were likely saddened when bandleader J. Spaceman (a.k.a. Jason Pierce) revealed that 2018's And Nothing Hurt might be th...

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  Patrick Watson Turns a New Page on 'Better in the Shade'

  PUBLISHED Apr 20, 2022

  Literature has often been a source of inspiration for music: think of David Bowie's loose take on George Orwell's 1984 (Diamond Dogs) or Ne...

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  Let's Eat Grandma Keep Twinning on 'Two Ribbons'

  PUBLISHED Apr 19, 2022

  There are these riveting videos online of Let's Eat Grandma performing "Donnie Darko," a meandering, 11-minute epic from their 2018 sophomo...