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Aalok Bala Revels in Nature and Contradiction on EP 'Sacred Mirror'
Electronic musician Aalok Bala knows the night is not a simple mirror, "silver and exact"; it phases and echoes back, alive, sacred.
26 Oct 2020
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Clipping Take a Stab at Horrorcore with the Fiery 'Visions of Bodies Being Burned'
Clipping's latest album, Visions of Bodies Being Burned, is a terrifying, razor-sharp sequel to their previous ode to the horror film genre.
26 Oct 2020
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Laura Veirs Talks to Herself on 'My Echo'
The thematic connections between these 10 Laura Veirs songs and our current situation are somewhat coincidental, or maybe just the result of kismet or karmic or something in the zeitgeist.
23 Oct 2020
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Every Song on the Phoenix Foundation's 'Friend Ship' Is a Stand-Out
Friend Ship is the Phoenix Foundation's most personal work and also their most engaging since their 2010 classic, Buffalo.
23 Oct 2020
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Dustin Laurenzi's Natural Language Digs Deep Into the Jazz Quartet Format with 'A Time and a Place'
Restless tenor saxophonist Dustin Laurenzi runs his four-piece combo through some thrilling jazz excursions on a fascinating new album, A Time and a Place.
22 Oct 2020
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CF Watkins Embraces a Cool, Sophisticated Twang on 'Babygirl'
CF Watkins has pulled off the unique trick of creating an album that is imbued with the warmth of the American South as well as the urban sophistication of New York.
21 Oct 2020
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'Waiting Out the Storm' with Jeremy Ivey
On Waiting Out the Storm, Jeremy Ivey apologizes for present society's destruction of the environment and wonders if racism still exists in the future and whether people still get high and have mental health issues.
13 Oct 2020
Music
MetalMatters: The Best New Heavy Metal Albums of September 2020
Oceans of Slumber thrive with their progressive doom, grind legends Napalm Death make an explosive return, and Anna von Hausswolff's ambient record are just some of September's highlights.
13 Oct 2020
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Low Cut Connie Share Their 'Private Lives'
Low Cut Connie's Private Lives captures the spirit of the times. Adam Weiner is the James Dean of our time. We are the Sal Mineos and Natalie Woods in his orbit.
12 Oct 2020
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RUI HO Creates Ecstatic Electropop on 'Lov3 & L1ght'
Heavenly sonic colors flow freely in RUI HO's artistic sanctuary, and the view from the audience is one of sheer euphoria.
12 Oct 2020
Books
Heathen's Queer Feminist Vikings Are the Heroines Pop Culture Needed
Natasha Alterici's comic series, Heathen, has single-handedly redeemed the disaster that pop culture has been making of Norse mythology.
09 Oct 2020
Music
Future Islands Continue to Soar on 'As Long As You Are'
Future Islands' sixth album, As Long As You Are, is more of the same -- deeply confessional synthpop -- and that's a beautiful thing.
09 Oct 2020
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Budokan Boys Ruminate on Loss with 'So Broken Up About You Dying'
The third album by the impossible-to-categorize no-wave duo Budokan Boys is a meditation on death filled with songs that are both strange and strangely moving.
08 Oct 2020
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Bob Mould Goes Back to the 1980s for the Sound of 'Blue Hearts'
This year looks a lot like 1984 to Bob Mould and he is most definitely, not happy. Not happy at all. His guitar sounds like it's on fire.
07 Oct 2020
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The Replacements' 'Pleased to Meet Me' Gets a Deluxe Edition
One of the best rock bands of the 1980s, the Replacements show what alternative rock was all about on Pleased to Meet Me.
06 Oct 2020
Music
'Melanie C' is Ready to Be Herself
On her self-titled eighth solo album, Melanie C is finally ready to shatter the illusion and to form her true self among the pieces.
06 Oct 2020
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Marie Davidson and L'Œil Nu Boldly Explore on 'Renegade Breakdown'
Marie Davidson and L'Œil Nu's Renegade Breakdown is a brave album that's not afraid to transcend genre in its exploration of style and technique.
06 Oct 2020
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The Budos Band Prove They Are Not 'Long in the Tooth'
The Budos Band are more ferociously funky than ever with their 15th-anniversary album, Long in the Tooth.
05 Oct 2020
Music
Brent Cobb Says to 'Keep 'Em on They Toes'
Brent Cobb's Keep 'Em on They Toes brings people together by reminding us of our unique individuality, and the things that bind us together are all part of the same gestalt.
02 Oct 2020
Music
Tolouse Low Trax's 'Jumping Dead Leafs' Is Coated in Dank Grooves
Detlef Weinrich's latest release as Tolouse Low Trax, Jumping Dead Leafs, is covered in such infectious, dank, thudding grooves that force the body to deal with them.
02 Oct 2020
Music
Jónsi Amps Up Experimentation on First Solo LP in 10 Years
Shiver is Jónsi but not as we know him. The Sigur Rós frontman teams with avant-garde electronic producer A. G. Cook to create a new sound and direction in the veteran experimentalist's career.
02 Oct 2020
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Numün's 'voyage au soleil' Is a Trippy, Ambient Ride and Ambitious Debut
Eclectic instrumental trio numün combine a wealth of influences to create a vibe that's both spacey and earthy on voyage au soleil.
01 Oct 2020
Music
L7's 'Smell the Magic' Is 30 and Packs a Feminist Punch
Abortion is under threat again, and there's a sex offender in the Oval Office. A fitting time, in short, to crank up the righteously angry vocals of feminist hard rock heavy hitters like L7.
01 Oct 2020
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