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Lambrini Girls Have Big Cunt Energy on 'Who Let the Dogs Out'
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PUBLISHED Jan 10, 2025
It's pretty prophetic of Brighton's Lambrini Girls to drop 'Who Let the Dogs Out' on the day that man south of the border conclusively...
Morgan Nagler Is Resolute on Solo Debut "Cradle the Pain"
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PUBLISHED Jan 9, 2025
Sometimes, I know there's a strong chance I'm going to like a song based on its title alone. "Cradle the Pain" is one such title that...
Ethel Cain Steps Further from the Light on 'Perverts'
PUBLISHED Jan 7, 2025
There was a moment when Hayden Anhedönia was poised to break big. 'Preacher's Daughter,' her sprawling 2022 debut full-length...
'Music from the Merch Desk (2016 - 2023)' Has Perfect Playlist Fodder for All Types of Aphex Twin Fan
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PUBLISHED Jan 6, 2025
I tend to prefer fairly nice-sounding electronic music over punishing beats, so even though Aphex Twin's recent two-and-a-half-hour...
"Windows" Could Be girlpuppy's "Silver Springs"
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PUBLISHED Jan 2, 2025
"Glass houses cliché," I type into the Google search bar, amazingly unable to remember the exact verbiage of a phrase that has always...
'A Complete Unknown' Offers the Same Old Side of Bob Dylan
Directed by James Mangold
PUBLISHED Jan 2, 2025
Biopics, particularly music biopics, often follow a hollow recipe that, in recent years, has begun to sour, with a slew of derivative...
Take That, Biopics! 'Better Man' Bests the Formula
Directed by Michael Gracey
PUBLISHED Dec 25, 2024
What makes 'Better Man' a distinctive music biopic among the seemingly endless sea of the subgenre is not the fact that director Michael...
The Weather Station Is Shadowboxing Herself on "Body Moves"
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PUBLISHED Dec 16, 2024
On "Body Moves," Tamara Lindeman is shadowboxing, dodging the swings and fakeouts of a form in rebellion. The latest taste of the luminous...
