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Album Review: Helena Deland – Someone New

Grady PennaOctober 16, 2020

After her 2016 inaugural EP, Drawing Room, Canadian musician Helena Deland decided on an unorthodox approach to releasing her music. She chose to break up her ...

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Album Review: Sufjan Stevens – The Ascension

Grady PennaSeptember 25, 2020

In the five years between Sufjan Stevens’ heart-wrenching masterpiece Carrie & Lowell and now, we haven’t heard a lot from him. Sure, he’s kept busy – rele...

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Album Review: Lomelda – Hannah

Grady PennaSeptember 4, 2020

In the daily swirl of misinformation, social media anonymity, and public officials outright lying on a national scale, honesty is starting to feel like a rare ...

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Album Review: Kate Bollinger – A word becomes a sound EP

Grady PennaAugust 27, 2020

With only a handful of tracks to her name, singer-songwriter Kate Bollinger has already carved out a nice little niche for herself in the crowded world of indi...

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Album Review: Cut Copy – Freeze, Melt

Grady PennaAugust 21, 2020

It’s no surprise that, after nearly 20 years, Australian synth-pop act Cut Copy would want to shake things up again. After a break-out debut album and an even ...

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Album Review: Madeline Kenney – Sucker’s Lunch

Grady PennaAugust 3, 2020

The cover art for Sucker’s Lunch, the third album from Oakland singer-songwriter and producer Madeline Kenney, shows the performer surrounded by a delectable a...

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Overlooked 2020: Underappreciated albums from January to June

Kyle Kohner, Andy Johnston, Rob Hakimian, Josh Sand, Ray Finlayson, Lauren Mullineaux, Emma Bauchner, Ana Leorne, Tim Sentz, Chase McMullen, Gareth O'Malley and Grady PennaJune 29, 2020

Every year there are more and more releases vying for your attention – and that's not just in music. What's more, the quality is pretty much great all across t...

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Album Review: Jessie Ware – What’s Your Pleasure?

Grady PennaJune 29, 2020

Jessie Ware’s music career has had its share of ups and downs. Her debut album was a dance-pop wonder that catapulted her to the forefront of the scene, but it...

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Album Review: Photay – Waking Hours

Grady PennaJune 15, 2020

Evan Shornstein’s work as Photay has always been admirable for his uncanny ability to make alien textures and off-kilter melodies sound warm and familiar. His ...

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Album Review: Moses Sumney – græ

Grady PennaMay 14, 2020

Moses Sumney thrives in the in-between. The 28-year-old’s music has always defied concrete definition, and Sumney seems totally fine sinking further into the i...

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