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Album Review: Gum Country – Somewhere

Tim SentzJune 23, 2020

It’s been a minute since we’ve heard anything from The Courtneys. The mid-2010s lo-fi surf rock band dropped two very good LPs, with a decent-sized gap between...

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Album Review: Run The Jewels – RTJ4

Tim SentzJune 9, 2020

The entire world is burning. It has been for some time, but right now there seems to be a sea change occurring as a result of the latest run of racial injustic...

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Album Review: Ohmme – Fantasize Your Ghost

Tim SentzJune 8, 2020

Chicago’s art-rock duo Ohmme, comprised of Macie Stewart and Sima Cunningham, spent their debut album Parts harnessing their roots and influences into a splash...

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Album Review: Hinds – The Prettiest Curse

Tim SentzJune 4, 2020

Abandoning the lo-fi aesthetic is usually a turning point for a band. This sudden adjustment is methodical and often results in a loss or gain of fandom and cr...

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Album Review: Woods – Strange To Explain

Tim SentzMay 25, 2020

From 2009 to 2014, Woods were on fire. The lo-fi freak/psych folkers landed at the tail end of the decade, when the high marks set by Deerhunter, No Age, Fleet...

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Album Review: Ka – Descendants of Cain

Tim SentzMay 8, 2020

Over the course of seven albums, Brownsville, NYC rapper Ka has explored everything under the moon and done it with analogies galore. On his last record (as He...

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