Articles by Paul Blinov

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  Peach Kelli Pop

  Which Witch

  PUBLISHED Apr 20, 2018

  Peach Kelli Pop's Which Witch may be brief — none of its six tracks crack the two-minute mark, with the whole thing clocking in under seven...

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  Freak Heat Waves

  Beyond XXXL

  PUBLISHED Apr 3, 2018

  The perpetual weirdos of Freak Heat Waves are getting stranger. Their previous album, 2015's Bonnie's State of Mind, played around with pos...

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  Holy Wave

  Adult Fear

  PUBLISHED Mar 28, 2018

  If you close your eyes, you can picture the haze and the light show. On their third full-length, Austin's Holy Wave continue to surf on dre...

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  Miesha and the Spanks

  Girls Girls Girls

  PUBLISHED Mar 19, 2018

  "Can't find something to fight for / I guess we'll fight for fun" goes a particularly telling line on Miesha and the Spanks' Girls Girls Gi...

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  Scenic Route to Alaska

  Tough Luck

  PUBLISHED Mar 5, 2018

  Scenic Route to Alaska know the measure of a good hook. Tough Luck is full of them: catchy riffs cascade across its runtime without relent,...

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  Gwenno

  Le Kov

  PUBLISHED Feb 28, 2018

  Fewer than a thousand people in the world can speak Cornish. One of them, Gwenno Mererid Saunders, has proven adept at crafting exquisite,...

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  Human Music

  Human Music

  PUBLISHED Feb 23, 2018

  After 2014's How's It Goin'? and 2015's Sup, Human Music turn that line of questioning inwards for their self-titled third record. The Winn...

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  Loma

  Loma

  PUBLISHED Feb 12, 2018

  It's difficult to pin down Loma's self-titled debut: pulling members from Shearwater and Cross Record, the album finds a newly crafted trio...