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Gong Gong Gong & Mong Tong - "Mongkok Duel" | Album Review

Gong Gong Gong & Mong Tong - "Mongkok Duel" | Album Review

Self-described as “an imagined soundtrack for a lost kung fu film,” Mongkok Duel brings the two groups together in an experiment that draws on elements of garage punk, krautrock and, perhaps most importantly, 70’s funk, a critical aesthetic in so many martial arts exploitation films.

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ALBUM OF THE WEEK: Wendy Eisenberg - "Viewfinder"

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ALBUM OF THE WEEK: Wendy Eisenberg - "Viewfinder"

Viewfinder is an album built on contrasts - the differences between what’s seen and what is, demonstrated through eclectic and often bewildering improvisations. There’s so much virtuosity on display, but it’s all in service of creating a sound with a constantly shifting restlessness.

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ALBUM OF THE WEEK: Feeling Figures - "Everything Around You"

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ALBUM OF THE WEEK: Feeling Figures - "Everything Around You"

The eleven track LP is a tight, fully distilled "representation of their boundless, idiosyncratic approach to guitar-based music," and one that benefited from being sat on a touch longer. Even that feels like it doesn't fully get at what makes Everything Around You so interesting.

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ALBUM OF THE WEEK: MEMORIALS - "Memorial Waterslides"

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ALBUM OF THE WEEK: MEMORIALS - "Memorial Waterslides"

Memorial Waterslides arrives in immaculate shape, a complex art pop record that slinks, grooves, sputters and squawks, and yet still glows with a humble charm. The brightest pop moments of the record leave sunspots in our mind, as MEMORIALS craft essential and inescapable songs.

Local H - "Whatever Happened To P​.​J. Soles? (20th Anniversary Remaster)" | Album Review

Local H - "Whatever Happened To P​.​J. Soles? (20th Anniversary Remaster)" | Album Review

The band has released nine studio albums, P.J. Soles was the fifth among them in 2004. This record made its way back to earth at exactly the right moment. The news cycle and tumultuous election season almost did us in, but here come Local H making sure everyone’s cool.