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Album Review: The Smashing Pumpkins – Cyr

John WohlmacherNovember 27, 2020

Billy Corgan has never made a bad record in his entire life. Yet, two decades after the dissolution of The Smashing Pumpkins (and their unlikely but inevita...

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Album Review: Liturgy – Origin of the Alimonies

Todd DedmanNovember 26, 2020

This is how Liturgy were always destined to end up – producing a work of such complete and utter, bewildering wonderment. But nobody expected it to be this goo...

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Album Review: The Darcys – Fear & Loneliness

Ray FinlaysonNovember 26, 2020

If you want to see a clear shift in style and mood from a band, then The Darcys are a perfect example. Just compare the monochromatic album covers of their fir...

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Album Review: Grand Pax – Wavey EP

Conor LochrieNovember 26, 2020

The singer-songwriter and producer Grand Pax - real name Annie Pax - belongs to London. Born and raised in Kentish Town and educated at Goldsmiths, the city an...

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Album Review: Luke Abbott – Translate

Todd DedmanNovember 25, 2020

Let's be clear: listening to Translate will bring great reward but also a huge sense of annoyance. The positives come from the music and the wonderful cosmic j...

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Album Review: Kali Uchis – Sin Miedo (del Amor y Otros Demonios) ∞

Seb GrechNovember 25, 2020

When it was announced that Kali Uchis’ new album would be almost entirely in Spanish, it’s likely that a large number of her fans felt disappointed. Kali’s spa...

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Album Review: 2 Chainz – So Help Me God!

Ethan ReisNovember 25, 2020

The public may underestimate how relaxed 2 Chainz is. His Nardwuar interview from a few years ago makes this extremely apparent (“Yes, I enjoy real estate,” he...

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Album Review: Megan Thee Stallion – Good News

Brody KennyNovember 24, 2020

Although Good News is Megan Thee Stallion's first full-length album, it doesn’t feel like a debut. Arriving in the wake of several releases and countless show-...

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Album Review: Keeley Forsyth – Photograph EP

Michael CyrsNovember 24, 2020

It's simple to assign adjectives to Keeley Forsyth’s sound. It’s stark, gothic, minimal, and ghostlike. But, anyone who gave this year’s debut album Debris mor...

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Album Review: Jesu – Terminus

Todd DedmanNovember 24, 2020

Terminus is the first Jesu LP in seven years, though in that time Justin Broadrick has been busy with resurrecting Godflesh, as well as releasing ground-judder...

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