Articles by Paul Blinov

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  Foxtrott

  Meditations III

  PUBLISHED Oct 3, 2018

  As the culminating piece of Foxtrott's Meditations I-II-III LP — released as a sequence of EPs over the year — Meditations III finds Marie-...

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  We Are the City

  At Night

  PUBLISHED Oct 3, 2018

  We Are the City's At Night finds the Vancouver three-piece joyfully embracing rough edges without worrying about sanding them into perfecti...

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  Coheed and Cambria

  The Unheavenly Creatures

  PUBLISHED Oct 2, 2018

  After an album away from their long-running sci-fi narrative, Coheed and Cambria return to the Amory Wars saga with The Unheavenly Creature...

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  JOYFULTALK

  Plurality Trip

  PUBLISHED Aug 22, 2018

  What a trip. On JOYFULTALK's second album, Jay Crocker and Shawn Dicey meld electronic sounds into curious alignments, coaxing compelling s...

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  Foxtrott

  Meditations II

  PUBLISHED Aug 7, 2018

  On Meditations II, Foxtrott's Marie-Hélène L. Delorme inlays her inner reflections into orbits of synth and groove.   Not that rhythm-led c...

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  Liars

  1/1

  PUBLISHED Jul 17, 2018

  For all of the unpredictable offerings Liars have made over the past 18 years —as skittering dance punks, witchy glitchers, esoteric rhythm...

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  Stella Donnelly

  Thrush Metal

  PUBLISHED Jun 21, 2018

  On Thrush Metal — Stella Donnelly's potent debut, now seeing a slightly expanded re-release in North America after scooping up a swath of W...

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  Gruff Rhys

  Babelsberg

  PUBLISHED Jun 5, 2018

  Gruff Rhys's decades-long career has been built out of oddball musical turns — for one, having Paul McCartney's guest spot on a Super Furry...