Album Reviews

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  Hunting Face the Pain on 'You've Got Love (But It Even Tears You Apart)'

  PUBLISHED Nov 8, 2022

  While initially hopeful, it's difficult to stay dancing to much of Hunting's You've Got Love (But It Even Tears You Apart) — what begins as...

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  Christine and the Queens' 'Redcar et les adorables étoiles (prologue)' Is Pure Id

  PUBLISHED Nov 8, 2022

  We throw around the word "reinvention" a lot. An artist changes a hairstyle, takes the jump from rock to rap, or drops a syllable from thei...

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  Thanks to 21 Savage, 'Her Loss' Is a Win for Drake Fans

  PUBLISHED Nov 7, 2022

  If you've ever listened to Andre 3000 speak about making music, it becomes immediately apparent why Outkast would never work without Big Bo...

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  Phoenix Party Like It's 2009 on 'Alpha Zulu'

  PUBLISHED Nov 4, 2022

  What's the opposite of indie sleaze? Indie wholesomeness? Whatever it is, that's what Phoenix are: an aughts indie throwback with all of th...

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  King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard Continue to Do It All, and Then Some, on 'Changes'

  PUBLISHED Oct 28, 2022

  Amputate your truth and get ready to groove a bit, 'cause King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard is back with their 24th album — and fifth of...

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  Lee Paradise Throws a Party with 'Lee Paradise & Co.'

  PUBLISHED Oct 27, 2022

  For The Fink, his second release under his Lee Paradise moniker, Dan Lee (Hooded Fang, Phèdre), had a vision — create a soundscape for the...

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  girlpuppy Confronts Herself on 'When I'm Alone'

  PUBLISHED Oct 26, 2022

  Allowing yourself to be vulnerable isn't as easy as all those sad songs make it seem. Bearing your big, scary emotions to the world is cath...

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  Dazy's Noisy 'OUTOFBODY' Is Full-Tilt Power Pop

  PUBLISHED Oct 26, 2022

  Dazy, the bedroom power-pop alter-ego of James Goodson, released a compilation of his early EPs and singles last year called MAXIMUMBLASTSU...