Album Reviews

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  Alison Goldfrapp Dives Headfirst into Pop Music on 'The Love Invention'

  PUBLISHED May 11, 2023

  In North America, Goldfrapp will be forever lumped together with the mid-'00s electroclash movement that spawned bygone acts like Fischersp...

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  Sister Ray Is Free to Be Anything on 'Teeth'

  PUBLISHED May 9, 2023

  There's something about Edmonton-born and Toronto-based songwriter Ella Coyes's voice that feels like a flag in an ardent breeze. On their...

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  Devours' Glittering 'Homecoming Queen' Welcomes You into Its Complicated Alienation

  PUBLISHED May 8, 2023

  Homecoming isn't for everyone. A heavily ritualized institutional ceremony loaded with the bombast and myth-building of parades and faux-mi...

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  Drain Somehow Exceed Expectations on 'Living Proof'

  PUBLISHED May 5, 2023

  DRAIN are undeniably at the top of their game. The Santa Cruz trio have been on the rise since releasing their debut LP California Cursed a...

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  Amos the Kid Secures His Hometown Hero Status with 'Enough as It Was'

  PUBLISHED May 4, 2023

  Walk down any street in Winnipeg with Amos Nadlersmith, better known as Amos the Kid, and someone is bound to stop you and chat. Since movi...

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  Westerman Follows Every Feeling Through on 'An Inbuilt Fault'

  PUBLISHED May 3, 2023

  On Westerman's second full-length album, the London-raised, Athens-based songwriter is questioning everything: where he's living (he moved...

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  Olivia Jean's 'Raving Ghost' Is Decadent and Dangerous

  PUBLISHED May 2, 2023

  Born in 1990, multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter Olivia Jean came up through the suburbs of Detroit, steeped in the music of the Gore...

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  Witch Prophet Explores the Vastness of Love on 'Gateway Experience'

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2023

  When you hear the horns bloom like Valentine roses on "Dreaming," you'll be left wondering how Witch Prophet will respond to her wife SUN S...