January 31, 2018

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The Royal They - "Foreign Being" | Album Review

January 31, 2018

Reviews

The Royal They - "Foreign Being" | Album Review

The personal and the political isn’t the only contrast The Royal They explore over the course of Foreign Being. Hutt’s voice is simultaneously delicate and powerful, and every syllable in every song drips with emotion.

January 30, 2018

by: Emma Shepard

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Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Fever To Tell" (Deluxe Remastered Edition) | Album Review

January 30, 2018

by: Emma Shepard

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Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Fever To Tell" (Deluxe Remastered Edition) | Album Review

On Fever To Tell (Deluxe Remastered), we get an intimate glimpse into Yeah Yeah Yeahs humble beginnings alongside their energetic and iconic debut album.

January 29, 2018

by: andrew hertzberg

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The Gold Web - "Acidchrist Superspice & The Candyboys" | Album Review

January 29, 2018

by: andrew hertzberg

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The Gold Web - "Acidchrist Superspice & The Candyboys" | Album Review

Acidchrist Superspice & The Candyboys is certainly a concept album; the tracks all bleed into one another, including the ultimate track back into the first. While dripping in plenty of glam- and psych- heyday RIYLs, it is instantly catchy.

January 26, 2018

by: Mike LeSuer

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Mind Spiders - "Furies" | Album Review

January 26, 2018

by: Mike LeSuer

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On Furies, the dizzying one-of-us trances the group would occasionally achieve on previous releases have morphed into a hearty electronic pulse, which engulfs several of the album’s eight tracks.

January 25, 2018

by: Jonathan Marty

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Uranium Club - "The Minneapolis Uranium Club Band Live At Arci Taun!" | Album Review

January 25, 2018

by: Jonathan Marty

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Uranium Club - "The Minneapolis Uranium Club Band Live At Arci Taun!" | Album Review

Given their quiet mystique, the news of a live album excited many fans of their rowdy, smartass brand of rock and roll. Thankfully, The Minneapolis Uranium Club LIVE at Arci TAUN!, a document of the band playing a compact 40-minute set in the small town of Fidenza in Northern Italy, perfectly showcases what makes Uranium Club such a unique group.

January 23, 2018

by: julie smitka

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Shopping - "The Official Body" | Album Review

January 23, 2018

by: julie smitka

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Shopping - "The Official Body" | Album Review

On The Official Body, Shopping remain vibrant and succinct in conveying their frustrations for the sake of solidarity and expression, and they prioritize having fun while doing it.

January 22, 2018

by: Max Freedman

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Water From Your Eyes - "All A Dance" | Album Review

January 22, 2018

by: Max Freedman

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Water From Your Eyes - "All A Dance" | Album Review

All a Dance, the band’s sophomore LP following an album and two EPs released in 2017, seems intent on destroying the line between post-punk and dance music with a smirk and a wink.

January 19, 2018

by: Dylan Pennell

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Porches - "The House" | Album Review

January 19, 2018

by: Dylan Pennell

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Toted as “a conscious effort in minimalism and honesty” and the “immediate sensations” of frontman Aaron Maine, the album not only wrestles with the raw wounds of his own internal conflicts, but also the detritus of love lost.

January 17, 2018

by: Jonathan Bannister

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Keep - "For Your Joy" | Album Review

January 17, 2018

by: Jonathan Bannister

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Dreams vs reality, disappointments, things not always being what they seem, what qualifies as a life worth living, the end, these are the things that occupy the album’s mind.

January 16, 2018

by: jen bender

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Date Stuff - "Date Stuff" | Album Review

January 16, 2018

by: jen bender

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Date Stuff - "Date Stuff" | Album Review

Black and Bernasconi demonstrate predictable unpredictability, executed neatly and skillfully with each turn of phrase. Somehow, knowing that this feeling of uncertainty can be transformed into something as beautiful and interesting as this EP is a comfort.

January 15, 2018

by: Jasmine Bourgeois

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Dove Lady - "E" | Album Review

January 15, 2018

by: Jasmine Bourgeois

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The intense chemistry between the two is palpable. They aren’t afraid to experiment or be loud; they make noises that are weird and fun. Jumping between punk, surf, and math rock with hints of jazz and drone, this EP is truly experimental in all senses of the word.

January 12, 2018

by: Kenny Ramos

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Shamir - "Revelations" | Album Review

January 12, 2018

by: Kenny Ramos

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Revelations was released by Father/Daughter Records and sounds more like a lo-fi indie album than what we’re accustomed to, but don’t think for a second Shamir’s songwriting is any less potent when no longer accompanied by big-time producers.

January 11, 2018

by: corey sustarich

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Flight Habit - "Glorified Hill Myna" | Album Review

January 11, 2018

by: corey sustarich

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Flight Habit - "Glorified Hill Myna" | Album Review

Glorified Hill Myna is beautiful in its simplicity and smart in its reservation. There is no attempt at over-explaining or complicating these songs. The parts of each one are laid bare and stacked to create an ethereal ten song album full with sincerity.

January 10, 2018

by: Jorge Velez

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Fire Is Motion - "Still, I Try" | Album Review

January 10, 2018

by: Jorge Velez

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Fire Is Motion - "Still, I Try" | Album Review

If this five-song release is any sign of what may come next, listeners should be excited as Adrian Amador and his collective of musicians continue to work through the minutia of daily living; offering love and community as a means of real human progress.

January 9, 2018

by: Myles Dunhill

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Cup - "Hiccup" | Album Review

January 9, 2018

by: Myles Dunhill

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Fused with the raw vigorous immediacy of searing garage punk, there is most certainly a primal component to Cup that easily transposes those formative experiences of making sense of the world and then dishing it back out onto itself.

January 8, 2018

by: Kyle Shaffer

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Metz - "Strange Peace" | Album Review

January 8, 2018

by: Kyle Shaffer

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Strange Peace is an album that pushes so hard at a band’s own boundaries, while sounding so firmly rooted and comfortable in its own skin.

January 5, 2018

by: joe thomas

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Profligate - "Somewhere Else" | Album Review

January 5, 2018

by: joe thomas

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Profligate - "Somewhere Else" | Album Review

When Somewhere Else is harrowing, it's quietly harrowing. When it does make use of all-out dissonance, it does so in a way that feels measured.

January 4, 2018

by: jacob dempsey

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Midnight Sister - "Saturn Over Sunset" | Album Review

January 4, 2018

by: jacob dempsey

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Midnight Sister - "Saturn Over Sunset" | Album Review

Saturn Over Sunset presents itself with such an accessible creation of funky and danceable tracks. You’re entranced within its elastic movements jumping throughout the mystical ambience of its subject matter; LA.

January 3, 2018

by: julie smitka

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OCS - "Memory Of A Cut Off Head" | Album Review

January 3, 2018

by: julie smitka

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OCS - "Memory Of A Cut Off Head" | Album Review

Memory Of A Cut Off Head reintroduces a quieter form of Oh Sees who have opted for acoustic instruments and prioritized subtle psych-pop in place of their recent garage-rock psychedelia.

January 2, 2018

by: jacob dempsey

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Red Death - "Formidable Darkness" | Album Review

January 2, 2018

by: jacob dempsey

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Red Death - "Formidable Darkness" | Album Review

With its face-paced tempo that also breaks into a slower more hardcore stylistic work, Formidable Darkness, is a good album for those looking to interact with a genre making a swift comeback.