Album Reviews

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  Japandroids Finally Hit the Brakes on 'Fate & Alcohol'

  PUBLISHED Oct 8, 2024

  The road beckons Japandroids. In song and on stage, there's always another bar, another girl or another gig to get to. They're a screaming...

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  Caribou Is a Shapeshifter on 'Honey'

  PUBLISHED Oct 7, 2024

  It's hard to imagine improving on this year's bounty of electronic music from the likes of Four Tet, Floating Points...

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  The Smile Could Have Cut Out Some of 'Cutouts'

  PUBLISHED Oct 3, 2024

  I knew it would only be a matter of time before the Smile went through their 'Kid A' phase, but I had no idea it would be so soon. I was...

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  SOPHIE's Posthumous Self-Titled Is a Bittersweet Party

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2024

  It's been almost four years since SOPHIE's death. The experimental producer and rising avant-garde pop star was unlike anyone we'd seen...

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  Drug Church Continue Their Ascent on 'PRUDE'

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2024

  Longevity is hard to come by for most hardcore bands, and understandably so. Many struggle to harness and maintain the ethos and style...

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  Leif Vollebekk Speaks to the Past on 'Revelation'

  PUBLISHED Sep 27, 2024

  For some artists, the songwriting muse visits through acts of conscious collaboration. For Leif Vollebekk, the solitude of the...

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  Mustafa Takes a Profound Journey on 'Dunya'

  PUBLISHED Sep 27, 2024

  'Dunya,' Mustafa's full-length debut, roughly translates from Arabic to "the world in all its flaws." And to be sure, there is an entire...

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  Alan Sparhawk's 'White Roses, My God' Finds the Light in Grief

  PUBLISHED Sep 25, 2024

  There's no wrong way to grieve, but things can get complicated when there's an audience for your grief. It's particularly tough when said ...