Articles by Anthony Boire

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  bar italia Are Out for Blood on 'The Twits'

  PUBLISHED Nov 2, 2023

  Not content with only releasing their nervy Matador debut Tracey Denim this year, bar italia venture into fuzzy, clanging britpop on their...

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  Silks' 'Pressure Waves' Is a Heavy-Hitting Psychedelic Potion

  PUBLISHED Aug 18, 2023

  On their shockingly fully-formed debut album, Silks boil a cauldron of vastly different genres into a heavy-hitting psychedelic potion. Fiv...

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  Terry Uyarak's 'Unnuaq' Offers Warmth When the Sun Cannot

  PUBLISHED Jun 20, 2023

  "When I was a little one / I remember / What we used to go through" sings Terry Uyarak in Inuktitut on "Nutaraullunga," one of the several...

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  William Prince Sounds Larger Than Life on 'Stand in the Joy'

  PUBLISHED Apr 18, 2023

  The perfected sonic palette on William Prince's latest record, Stand in the Joy, rests in the careful mix of his deep, gentle baritone with...

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  Young Fathers Are Bigger and Brighter Than Ever on 'Heavy Heavy'

  PUBLISHED Jan 31, 2023

  "I want your shield! I want your weapon!" shout Young Fathers on "I Saw," the confrontational and energetic single that encapsulates the ma...

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  The C.I.A. Work with Anxious Precision on 'Surgery Channel'

  PUBLISHED Jan 23, 2023

  If there were ever a record whose title lines up perfectly with the sonics found within, it's Surgery Channel. The sophomore record from De...

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  Ty Segall Extends a Tense Greeting on 'Hello, Hi'

  PUBLISHED Jul 21, 2022

  Ty Segall has spent more than a decade exploring new nooks and crannies of garage rock, and he has defied expectations once again. His most...

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  On 'Requiem,' Korn's Emotional Heft Comes Too Little, Too Late

  PUBLISHED Feb 3, 2022

  Despite being part of the nu metal moment, Korn's defining mood has never been anger, but absolute sadness. When they lean into it, they ma...