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Pearl Jam Make a Case for Sticking Around on 'Dark Matter'
PUBLISHED Apr 18, 2024
If we're using the long-outdated framework of criticism as consumer guide, then a review of the latest Pearl Jam record is largely irreleva...
Martha Skye Murphy's "Need" Pulses Like an Ember in Ice
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PUBLISHED Apr 17, 2024
If there's one thing you can expect from Martha Skye Murphy, it's that she'll leave you a little dizzy, your feet sliding even on solid ...
BIG|BRAVE Conjure Primordial Magic on 'A Chaos of Flowers'
PUBLISHED Apr 17, 2024
There is no other band that intersects the ecstatic and the hopeless quite like BIG|BRAVE. Their songs veer between spiritual ...
claire rousay Is Vexing and Vulnerable on 'sentiment'
PUBLISHED Apr 16, 2024
What if life was a mixtape? Rather than shared collections of beats and rhymes, claire rousay curates the sounds of objects...
Maggie Rogers's Long-Burning Fuse Finally Ignites on 'Don't Forget Me'
PUBLISHED Apr 16, 2024
If Looney Tunes taught us anything, it's that there's a long time between lighting the fuse and blowing everything to smithereens. A lot ha...
BADBADNOTGOOD Fan Baby Rose's Flame on 'Slow Burn'
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PUBLISHED Apr 12, 2024
Baby Rose has the type of instrument that immediately strikes both awe and fear — the former for its richness and its sense of having been...
'Up on Gravity Hill' Finds METZ Evolving with Uncertain Times
PUBLISHED Apr 12, 2024
There is an unwavering ferocity to METZ's work. Even when they peel back their harshness, it's hard to escape their presence...
On 'If I don't make it, I love u,' Still House Plants Make Rock Music Without Limitation
PUBLISHED Apr 11, 2024
Still House Plants' third LP If I don't make it, I love u is an engrossing testament to the musical elasticity and emotional potency ...