Articles by Owen Torrey

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  Jim James

  Uniform Clarity

  PUBLISHED Oct 5, 2018

  If Jim James' third solo record, Uniform Distortion, was a bright ball of light, chaotic and reckless, Uniform Clarity is something of an a...

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  Bad Moves

  Tell No One

  PUBLISHED Sep 18, 2018

  If you're trying to get a sense of D.C. power-pop outfit Bad Moves, look no further than the video accompanying promotional single "One Thi...

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  Active Bird Community

  Amends

  PUBLISHED Sep 12, 2018

  Active Bird Community have the kind of band formation story that could have been crafted in a writer's room for a coming-of-age film. Consi...

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  White Denim

  Performance

  PUBLISHED Aug 21, 2018

  A band are here to perform. We, the audience, are here to listen.   But White Denim won't let us off the hook that easily. On the jittery a...

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  Tirzah

  Devotion

  PUBLISHED Aug 8, 2018

  Tirzah is right here, and yet, she isn't — not quite. Leaning toward us, on the cover art for her debut album, little is clearly defined: h...

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  Spider Bags

  Someday Everything Will Be Fine

  PUBLISHED Jul 31, 2018

  In the world of Someday Everything Will Be Fine, nothing stays fixed. Like pulling into a highway gas station at 4 a.m., the latest from No...

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  Jim James

  Uniform Distortion

  PUBLISHED Jul 4, 2018

  Our age is one of dislocation, as technology gives us the weird and unprecedented ability to divide ourselves: to be here and yet there. On...

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  King Princess

  Make My Bed

  PUBLISHED Jun 25, 2018

  King Princess opens her debut EP by inviting you to watch as she makes her bed. With this gesture of trust and intimacy, the artist known o...