Category: Album Reviews
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Recommended EP: Channel Tres – ‘Real Cultural Shit’
On his first release since signing with RCA Records, the Compton house artist’s whole creative concept comes together crystal clear without flaw.
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Recommended Album: Model/Actriz – ‘Dogsbody’
A certain tension that once existed in more graphic detail between a carnal love story and the devastation it leaves when its broken into pieces is reawakened in the physical arrest of the Brooklyn noise-rockers’ debut album.
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Recommended Album: shame – ‘Food for Worms’
Less wired by angst-driven post-punk and the wave of UK artists that sprung up in tandem, the third studio effort from Shame is driven by sonic and personal ambitions that redefine neural pathways.
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Recommended Album: Caroline Polachek – ‘Desire, I Want To Turn Into You’
The most whole of Polachek’s journey to date where she focuses her powers as a romantic auteur through production-perfect transcendental pop.
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Recommended Album: Kelela – ‘RAVEN’
The experimental R&B songwriter’s sophomore effort simmers into a new form of matter by reclaiming her own personhood, resulting in a dualistic aura.
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Recommended EP: crushed – ‘extra life’
The debut EP from the duo of Weekend’s Shaun Durkan and Temple of Angels’ Bre Morrell is a recommended mood for all your oxytocin needs.
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Recommended Album: Yo La Tengo – ‘This Stupid World’
When the latest from the venerable indie rockers unfurls, it’s extraordinarily beautiful against this earthly mess in typical Yo La Tengo form.
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Recommended Album: Paramore – ‘This Is Why’
The curtains in the room may be drawn and it may reveal dimmer color waves, but Paramore’s elder emo status continues to create sophisticated flourishes from where they stand today.
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Recommended Album: Big Laugh – ‘Consume Me’
The debut album from the Milwaukee hardcore band has them barely hanging onto the ledge, and it’s exactly where they want to be.
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Recommended Album: M(h)aol – ‘Attachment Styles’
The sophomore effort from the Dublin post-punk band circulates the kind of mania that only comes from living through the same tired shit daily, but creates a different end result by sheer willpower.
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