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Lia Kuri Synthesizes Climate Crisis and Caretaking on 'Motherland'
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PUBLISHED Oct 25, 2024
I basically haven't shut up about Afternoon Bike Ride, Lia Kuri's trio with David Tanton and Éloi Le Blanc-Ringuette, since Exclaim!'s...
Laura Marling's 'Patterns in Repeat' Unites Greenwich Village and Greenwich, London
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PUBLISHED Oct 25, 2024
It's hard to make folk music in the mould of '60s/'70s singer-songwriters without sounding like mere imitation. With Halloween coming up...
Momma Capture a Mythic Muse on "Ohio All the Time"
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PUBLISHED Oct 22, 2024
"I never got Ohio / Baby, now I do," is the lyrical anchor of Momma's first new material since 2022's 'Household Name,' the lauded third...
Mk.gee Makes the Guitar Sound New Again on "ROCKMAN"
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PUBLISHED Oct 21, 2024
It's been about 70 years since electric guitar became the dominant instrument of popular music — a role it held for many generations...
Panda Bear and Cindy Lee's "Defense" Unites Two of Music's Great Pop Deconstructionists
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PUBLISHED Oct 16, 2024
On the aughts indie pop pinnacle 'Person Pitch,' Panda Bear channeled the very familiar sounds of '50s and '60s pop into something...
La Force Finds the Eye of the Storm with "protection"
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PUBLISHED Oct 2, 2024
It was befitting that the album artwork for La Force's great 2023 album 'XO SKELETON' was a black and white image of Ariel Engle covered in...
Naima Bock's 'Below a Massive Dark Land' Hides a Universe of Light
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PUBLISHED Sep 30, 2024
The title of Naima Bock's sophomore record is a bit of a misnomer — the immense, looming weight of a phrase like 'Below a Great Dark Land'...
The Dare Wants You to Free Your Ass on 'What's Wrong with New York?'
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PUBLISHED Sep 13, 2024
It's a great time in the nostalgia cycle for anyone who spent their formative horny years in skinny jeans. Sure, "indie sleaze" has...
