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Album Review: A Place to Bury Strangers – Hologram EP

Tim SentzJuly 15, 2021

For almost 20 years now, NYC’s A Place to Bury Strangers have carried the noise-rock torch that was relayed to them by the Jesus and Mary Chain and Joy Divisio...

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Album Review: Half Waif – Mythopoetics

Jasper WIllemsJuly 14, 2021

Mythopoetics is a record of forward momentum. Decidedly so, even. Like roots beneath a tree, these songs burrow through all obstacles and landscapes in Nandi R...

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Album Review: Dolphin Midwives – Body of Water

Chase McMullenJuly 13, 2021

Every now and again – however rarely – an artist makes a leap, an evolution, so fully realized and complete that you hardly recognize them from their prior wor...

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Album Review: Giovanni Carnuccio III – A Matter of Time

Ray FinlaysonJuly 12, 2021

If you didn't know that Giovanni Carnuccio III was a drummer, then you sure as hell will know by the end of "Requiem", the 65-second opening track to his new a...

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Album Review: Vince Staples – Vince Staples

Chase McMullenJuly 9, 2021

Vince Staples has always seen fit to do the most with the least. Even given that his relative absence was edging towards three years - an eon at the speed of ...

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Album Review: Squirrel Flower – Planet (i)

Rob HakimianJuly 8, 2021

There is an undeniable science fiction mood to both the title and cover of Squirrel Flower’s new album Planet (i) (not to mention that Adrian Utley is credited...

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Album Review: Shortparis – Yablonnyj Sad

Aleksandr SmirnovJuly 7, 2021

Shortparis, the avant-pop outfit originally from Novokuznetsk, Russia, continue their sonic experiments on their fourth LP Yablonnyj Sad ('Apple Orchard'). It’...

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Album Review: Modest Mouse – The Golden Casket

Chase McMullenJuly 6, 2021

Legacy is a hell of a thing to reckon with. For the bands that simply keep going, whether out of conviction, resolve, or simply continued enjoyment, it’s poten...

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Album Review: Alexandra Riorden – Angel City Radio

Ray FinlaysonJuly 5, 2021

A glimpse at the cover of Alexandra Riorden's debut album is enough to give you an idea of what you are getting yourself in for. The crushed red velvet curtain...

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Album Review: Izzy True – Our Beautiful Baby World

Aleksandr SmirnovJuly 2, 2021

The world has undergone many challenges of late and it never ceases to come up with new reasons to be sad and scared about the future. The climate crisis is in...

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