Articles by Mackenzie Herd

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  King Krule

  The OOZ

  PUBLISHED Oct 16, 2017

  It's been four years since the last King Krule album. The artist did drop 2015's A New Place 2 Drown under his birth name, Archy Marshall,...

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  NRBQ

  Happy Talk

  PUBLISHED Oct 16, 2017

  NRBQ return in 2017 with Happy Talk, a five-song EP that marks the band's first release since 2016's retrospective box set High Noon: A 50-...

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  Deer Tick

  Deer Tick Vol. 1 / Deer Tick Vol. 2

  PUBLISHED Sep 13, 2017

  It's been four long years since the release of Deer Tick's 2013 LP Negativity, an intermission in which lead singer and primary lyricist Jo...

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  Amy Schumer

  The Leather Special

  PUBLISHED Jul 14, 2017

  Warranted or not, Amy Schumer has become one of the most scrutinized comedians in popular culture. That is why it comes as such a disappoin...

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  Algiers

  The Underside of Power

  PUBLISHED Jun 21, 2017

  Algiers' latest album was formulated while the band was in diaspora, spread out between London, New York and Atlanta and experiencing the w...

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  Chastity Belt

  I Used to Spend So Much Time Alone

  PUBLISHED May 31, 2017

  Seattle's Chastity Belt made a splash in 2015 with their sophomore full-length release Time to Go Home, whose goofy, sex-positive lyrics an...

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  Mike Birbiglia

  Thank God For Jokes

  PUBLISHED May 26, 2017

  If there is one standup special that should be considered required viewing in 2017, it is Mike Birbiglia's Thank God for Jokes. In our age...

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  Sean Rowe

  New Lore

  PUBLISHED Apr 7, 2017

  If 2014's Madman found Sean Rowe leaving behind the capriciousness of young manhood, then 2017's New Lore is Rowe's official adoption of gr...