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Album Review: Cults – Host

Lauren MullineauxSeptember 17, 2020

"Trials", the opening track and second single from Cults' latest album Host, swaggers into view with a bass line that skulks along like the charismatic invader...

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Second Look: The Divine Comedy – Absent Friends

Lauren MullineauxSeptember 16, 2020

Your memory is a powerful thing, but there’s no denying that we often lack the ability to render clear images of the past and that’s where a smell, a sight, a ...

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Album Review: The Front Bottoms – In Sickness & In Flames

Lauren MullineauxAugust 25, 2020

The Front Bottoms' records are simple and warm and fun; they wrap you up in their rich and welcoming world. The duo of Brian Sella and Mat Uychich are consiste...

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Album Review: Dehd – Flower of Devotion

Lauren MullineauxJuly 24, 2020

There's something incredibly straightforward about Chicago trio Dehd. Their songs fly with the crow on the most direct path to your strongest emotions. Musical...

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Album Review: The 1975 – Notes On A Conditional Form

Lauren MullineauxMay 27, 2020

Reinvention is nothing new for The 1975; they wear identities like hashtags, and it’s this understanding of modern culture that has allowed them to invade disp...

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Album Review: Hayley Williams – Petals For Armor

Lauren MullineauxMay 15, 2020

Petals For Armor, Hayley Williams’ debut solo record, begins with the tense and breathy “Simmer”, a gritted-teeth statement of the emotions we often let overru...

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Album Review: Austra – HiRUDiN

Lauren MullineauxMay 4, 2020

It is baffling that Austra are not on top of the world. Katie Stelmanis has been delivering consistently big beats and sing along hooks for years, and her late...

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