April 7, 2026

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Oh Dang - "Big Dogs" | Album Review

April 7, 2026

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Oh Dang’s Big Dogs finds the New Orleans project balancing bright, good-time melodies while acknowledging hardship in a heartfelt manner without getting too bogged down in melancholia.

April 6, 2026

By: Alex Hanse

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Wendy Eisenberg - "Wendy Eisenberg" | Album Review

April 6, 2026

By: Alex Hanse

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Wendy Eisenberg - "Wendy Eisenberg" | Album Review

Wendy Eisenberg’s latest is informed by formal jazz training and nearly a decade’s worth of improvisational playing. Their self-titled finds the master guitarist exploring love, the self, and life, showing that there’s no one way to do it, so long as you try.

April 2, 2026

By: Brett Abrahamsen

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Nina Nastasia - "Seaside Recordings" | Album Review

April 2, 2026

By: Brett Abrahamsen

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Nina Nastasia - "Seaside Recordings" | Album Review

Nina Nastasia’s Seaside Recordings is a haunting and sepulchral collection, full of poignancy and anguish. The New York artist portrays someone afflicted by an unfathomable loss, yet her approach is one of stoic composure.

April 1, 2026

By: Jess Makler

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EXEK – "Prove the Mountains Move" | Album Review

April 1, 2026

By: Jess Makler

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EXEK – "Prove the Mountains Move" | Album Review

EXEK’s seventh album and first for DFA, Prove the Mountains Move is a masterpiece of post-punk clarity. It’s the feeling of knowing your way around in the dark, of taking in the world with new eyes, of the nostalgia of a moment before it’s ended.

April 1, 2026

by: Louis Pelingen

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Ulrika Spacek - "EXPO" | Album Review

April 1, 2026

by: Louis Pelingen

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Despite the heavy tone EXPO unravels, the growth that Ulrika Spacek showcased on their latest record is exponential, only blossoming their potential as one of the most intriguing art rock bands that continuously digs into their sound and concept, album after album.

March 27, 2026

by: John Brouk

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Dimples - “Obscure Residue” | Album Review

March 27, 2026

by: John Brouk

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Dimples - “Obscure Residue” | Album Review

On Dimple’s newest record, Greg Hartunion and Colby Nathan exchange the atmospheric and space-filled experiments of their 2022 record Soul Chateau in favor of a dense, oozing fog of hushed melodies sung over grooving tempos.

March 25, 2026

by: Kris Handel

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Lala Lala - "Heaven 2" | Album Review

March 25, 2026

by: Kris Handel

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Heaven 2 carries a chaotic beauty that fully acknowledges the frailties of human nature. Lala Lala are daringly unafraid to tackle the dangers of the modern world by working through questions that arise through the intense intimacy of their music.

March 24, 2026

by: Kris Handel

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Scout Gillett - "Tough Touch" | Album Review

March 24, 2026

by: Kris Handel

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Scout Gillett - "Tough Touch" | Album Review

Scout Gillett’s Tough Touch chronicles the experience of a touring musician and the constant sense of change road life entails. Tough Touch is a passionate and fiery snapshot of the places and memories that have been left behind.

March 23, 2026

by: Devin Birse

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Bill Callahan - "My Days of 58" | Album Review

March 23, 2026

by: Devin Birse

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Bill Callahan - "My Days of 58" | Album Review

My Days of 58 is an intimate and deeply human work, one reflective and varied yet full of personality. It’s not merely a late career highlight for Bill Callahan, but a testament to the importance and brilliance of the songwriter and his oeuvre.

March 20, 2026

By: Brett Abrahamsen

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Nick Cave & Warren Ellis - "The Death Of Bunny Munro" | Album Review

March 20, 2026

By: Brett Abrahamsen

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Nick Cave & Warren Ellis - "The Death Of Bunny Munro" | Album Review

Warren Ellis and Nick Cave’s The Death Of Bunny Munro is perhaps the greatest album either of them have made since Skeleton Tree, and it’s imbued with a similar sense of tragedy. This is a haunting and poignant work, and it reaffirms their mastery of film score ambience.

March 19, 2026

by: Khagan Aslanov

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Brandon López - "Nada Sagrada" | Album Review

March 19, 2026

by: Khagan Aslanov

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Brandon López - "Nada Sagrada" | Album Review

New York-based bassist and composer Brandon López gathers the best avant-garde musicians in the city for nada sagrada. Even removed from the spontaneity of witnessing them live, the sheer power of the group can be felt at every turn.

March 16, 2026

By: Jess Makler

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Mandy, Indiana - "URGH" | Album Review

March 16, 2026

By: Jess Makler

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Manchester/Berlin-based Mandy, Indiana reflect the vicious, fragmented state of the world on their latest, standing with solidarity and rage as they chronicle systemic failure amidst deeply personal pain.

March 12, 2026

By: Attila Peter

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Jackie West - "Silent Century" | Album Review

March 12, 2026

By: Attila Peter

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Jackie West - "Silent Century" | Album Review

Jackie West‘s sophomore effort Silent Century is alive, honest, and inspired. West’s sense of intimacy that characterized her debut is intact, but Silent Century is bolder and even more expansive than its predecessor.

March 11, 2026

by: Chris Coplan

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Game Set Match - “Game Set Match” | Album Review

March 11, 2026

by: Chris Coplan

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Game Set Match - “Game Set Match” | Album Review

Game Set Match’s self-titled EP defines that laissez-faire approach to life and art in a way that’s hugely interesting. Even across a four-song, nine-minute offering, Game Set Match’s musical scope proves especially hyper-focused.

March 10, 2026

by: Devin Birse

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MPTL Microplastics – "Sod In Heaven" | Album Review

March 10, 2026

by: Devin Birse

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MPTL Microplastics – "Sod In Heaven" | Album Review

MPTL Microplastics’ Sod In Heaven is an album emerging deep from the mud of the English consciousness. A primordial stew of the odd and uncanny that lies hidden underneath English culture's well-manicured lawn.

March 9, 2026

by: Nick Levi

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Annabelle Chairlegs - "Waking Up" | Album Review

March 9, 2026

by: Nick Levi

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Annabelle Chairlegs - "Waking Up" | Album Review

Austin-based band Annabelle Chairlegs arrives with their third full-length studio album, and it may well be their most assured yet. Waking Up is a record where emotional depth meets the distinctive vocals of Lindsey Mackin and the production instincts of Ty Segall — the result being a well-balanced, full-course serving of good old garage rock.

March 6, 2026

by: Kris Handel

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Arbor Labor Union - "Out To Pasture" | Album Review

March 6, 2026

by: Kris Handel

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Arbor Labor Union - "Out To Pasture" | Album Review

Out to Pasture is a fuzzy and wild trip down some exciting avenues, and Arbor Labor Union add some new tricks to their formula that add quite a bit of delight for the audience.

March 5, 2026

By: Jess Makler

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Itchy & the Nits – "Greetings from Itchy & the Nits" | Album Review

March 5, 2026

By: Jess Makler

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Itchy & the Nits – "Greetings from Itchy & the Nits" | Album Review

Following their scrappy debut EP and two years touring across the US, EU, and Japan, the Nits have amplified the charm and crisped up production. Greetings From is rife with hits and slam-danceable classics.

March 4, 2026

by: Will Yarbrough

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Angel Du$t - "Cold 2 The Touch" | Album Review

March 4, 2026

by: Will Yarbrough

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Angel Du$t - "Cold 2 The Touch" | Album Review

Since forming in 2013 from the shards of his previous band Trapped Under Ice, Angel Du$t has not only evolved, but revolved around Justice Tripp. By turning up the heat, Angel Du$t set a high bar that no one can touch.

March 2, 2026

By: Kurt Orzeck

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Cat Power - "Redux (The Greatest 20th Anniversary)" | Album Review

March 2, 2026

By: Kurt Orzeck

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Cat Power - "Redux (The Greatest 20th Anniversary)" | Album Review

Redux is not a redo of The Greatest. It’s a three-track EP on which Marshall and a cadre of friends who toured with her in support of The Greatest way back when. Cat Power is the real deal, and she’s achieved what every artist aspires to: letting their work speak for itself.