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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.