Album Reviews

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  Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak's Chemistry Is Airtight on 'An Evening with Silk Sonic'

  PUBLISHED Nov 15, 2021

  It started off as an inside joke. But even though Silk Sonic's cheeky lyrics and comedic delivery play like an SNL sketch, Bruno Mars and A...

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  Cedric Noel Confidently Asks the Tough Questions on 'Hang Time'

  PUBLISHED Nov 12, 2021

  It's difficult for an artist to remain both prolific and good at their craft, but Cedric Noel's Hang Time — coming a year after his Pattern...

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  Casper Skulls Find Beauty in Childhood Trauma on 'Knows No Kindness'

  PUBLISHED Nov 12, 2021

  Knows No Kindness finds Casper Skulls a long way from the shoegazing rock of previous material, from 2015's "King of Gold" single to 2017 d...

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  'Crawler' Is the Sound of IDLES Running on Empty

  PUBLISHED Nov 12, 2021

  Well, they've done it. Against all odds, IDLES have become… boring. What an unlikely feat! For a group of rowdy British punks who rose to p...

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  Damon Albarn Blurs Past and Present on 'The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows'

  PUBLISHED Nov 11, 2021

  What's Damon Albarn to do with a pandemic? Blur hasn't performed since a one-off gig for one of Albarn's Africa Express events in London in...

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  Summer Walker Goes Beyond the Breakup Record on 'Still Over It'

  PUBLISHED Nov 11, 2021

  Still Over It, Summer Walker's follow-up to 2019 breakthrough Over It, clearly lays out its subject matter in no subtle terms with song tit...

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  Jon Hopkins' 'Music for Psychedelic Therapy' Is a Trip

  PUBLISHED Nov 10, 2021

  The Tayos Caves of Ecuador are steeped in myth and history. Its landscape draws many seeking a special connection to its unique, natural wo...

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  Technical Kidman's Mathieu Arsenault Soundtracks Self-Discovery on Seulement's 'EX PO'

  PUBLISHED Nov 10, 2021

  EX PO, the debut album from Seulement (a.k.a. Mathieu Arsenault of Montreal's Technical Kidman), is an electronic collection of songs that...