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Album Review: Drive-By Truckers – Welcome 2 Club XIII

John Amen·June 7, 2022

Drive-By Truckers’ 2004 release The Dirty South blended political commentary and historical fiction, frequently referencing the now-mythologized 1977...

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Album Review: 700 Bliss – Nothing To Declare

Jasper WIllems·June 6, 2022

Nothing To Declare, the Hyperdub-released debut LP of 700 Bliss, strikes as an impact event. From the relics...

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Album Review: Horsegirl – Versions of Modern Performance

Tim Sentz·June 3, 2022

You’d be hard pressed to find a band more readily groomed for success than Chicago’s Horsegirl. Three years...

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Album Review: Sister Ray – Communion

Ray Finlayson·June 2, 2022

Music is storytelling as much as it’s cathartic therapy for Ella Coyes. As Sister Ray, they hone a...

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Album Review: fanclubwallet – You Have Got To Be Kidding Me

Ray Finlayson·June 1, 2022

For Hannah Judge to sound like she’s in her own world makes sense. Her breakthrough 2021 EP, Hurt Is...

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Album Review: Just Mustard – Heart Under

Tim Sentz·May 31, 2022

To stand out in an overcrowded genre like shoegaze isn’t easy. There are hundreds of bands out there...

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Album Review: Wilco – Cruel Country

John Wohlmacher·May 30, 2022

During their three decade long career, Wilco have experienced and achieved pretty much everything to qualify as Olympian...

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Album Review: Otoboke Beaver – Super Champon

Ray Finlayson·May 30, 2022

Fun and fury transcend language, which is all to the benefit of Japanese quartet Otoboke Beaver – but...

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Album Review: Dehd – Blue Skies

Tim Sentz·May 27, 2022

Chicago trio Dehd know a thing or two about adaptation. The surf-punk threesome has honed their brand of...

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Album Review: Thomas Dollbaum – Wellswood

John Amen·May 26, 2022

With his debut, Wellswood, singer-songwriter and poet Thomas Dollbaum revels in wistful melodies and thorny atmospherics, his compelling...

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