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Album Review: Flock of Dimes – Head of Roses

Jeremy J. FisetteApril 5, 2021

“How can I explain myself?” That’s the question that introduces Jenn Wasner’s new album under her Flock of Dimes alias. It’s an interesting one, especially ...

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Second Look: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – B.R.M.C.

Ana LeorneApril 5, 2021

When neo-psychedelia re-emerged brightly from the ashes in the early 10s, there was already an undercurrent that had been running strong for over a decade, fee...

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Album Review: Godspeed You! Black Emperor – G_d’s Pee AT STATE’S END!

Todd DedmanApril 2, 2021

We live on a planet of increasing political polarisation, populist nationalism and an emerging acceptance of ‘othering’ based on fear and unjustified stigma. N...

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Album Review: Death From Above 1979 – Is 4 Lovers

John WohlmacherApril 2, 2021

I remember the day Death From Above 1979 broke up. Man, what a fucked day in 2006… There was this immediate sense of loss, of unfulfilled ambition and missed c...

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Album Review: Noga Erez – KIDS

Jasper WIllemsApril 2, 2021

We all remember handicrafts back in elementary school, right? We were handed a stack of newspapers and magazines, an empty piece of paper and a lot of sticky g...

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Album Review: The Antlers – Green to Gold

Tim SentzApril 1, 2021

This album was not supposed to exist. On a cool Autumn afternoon back in 2017, three years after their previous album, The Antlers’ social media implied that i...

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Album Review: Tune-Yards – sketchy.

Jeremy J. FisetteApril 1, 2021

Alongside the liner notes included with the vinyl edition of Merrill Garbus’s 2009 debut album as Tune-Yards, Bird-Brains, there’s a little card that reads (a...

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Album Review: Real Estate – Half A Human EP

Carlo ThomasApril 1, 2021

In 2021, it’s easy to take Real Estate for granted. Since their hazy yet poignant 2009 self-titled debut, the New Jersey-based band has released albums at a re...

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Album Review: IU – LILAC

Chase McMullenMarch 31, 2021

What a difference four years can make. When Korean superstar IU, real name Lee Ji-Eun, released her last studio album Palette in 2017, she was somewhat on the ...

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Album Review: Ben Howard – Collections From The Whiteout

JT EarlyMarch 31, 2021

Contrasts can be as jarring and brutal as life itself – and singer-songwriter Ben Howard is an excellent study in such transformations. From his summery 2011 d...

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