Thunderpussy Exhibit Seasoned Prowess at Wild Show
Ahead of the release of their self-titled debut, the brazen Thunderpussy performed two New York City shows and did a media blitz.
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U2 Rocks San Jose with Pride for Social Justice and the American Dream
On the road again behind 2017's vibrant Songs of Experience album, U2 still aren't shy about using rock 'n' roll music as an outlet to sing out against injustice.
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CHVRCHES' 'Love Is Dead' Is an Energetic but Hollow Step Toward the Mainstream
CHVRCHES' Love Is Dead is an album whose makers are screaming "we're ready for the spotlight", whether or not the sentiment is actually true.
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Ryley Walker: Deafman Glance
Attempting a bold departure from the English folk style, Ryley Walker and his pickup band's pseudo-jazz flourishes and prog-jam pretentions drift in search of a destination.
21h
Tove Styrke 'Sways' to the Music
For 26 minutes, Swedish singer Tove Stykre delivers the sound of perfect pop for today's youth. She also makes it sound like a threat.
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Meet oddAtlas, Your Latest Forward-thinking Jazz Collective
Warren Walker of the Kandinsky Effect and Federico Casagrande add another chapter to the electrojazz story on oddAtlas.
25 May
One Life, Breathlessly Lived: On Artist and '70s Scenster Duncan Hannah's Memoir
Things get hazy with drugs and bloody with violence, but hipster Hannah remains happy.
24 May
Michael Comeau's Winter's Cosmos Explores the Fringes of the Comics Universe
If Winter's Cosmos is Comeau's Alpha Centauri, I look forward to what fruits his new planets will bear next.
24 May
Friends Matter in 'Hunt for Wolverine: Mystery In Madripoor #1'
Granted, Wolverine can be a violent, cynical, beer-loving brute, but he can also be insightful and sincere.
24 May
Matthew Sweet Prolongs His Winning Streak with 'Tomorrow's Daughter'
It's album 13 for Matthew Sweet and although the old dog isn't performing many new tricks, the old ones are working just fine, thank you very much.
24 May
Leon III Finds Unique Psych Roots on Their Self-Titled Debut
Merging a wealth of ideas with precise construction, Leon III push beyond their country music roots into exciting new areas where folk and psych meet.
24 May
The Sea and Cake Dial Back the Effort on 'Any Day' and It Shows
After 24 years of recording, indie rockers the Sea and Cake give us... another album.
24 May
Sidi Touré Throws All of Himself Into the Ecstatic Desert Blues of 'Toubalbero'
Toubalbero expands the desert blues concept as Sidi Touré creates ecstatic compositions from familiar sonic elements.
24 May
'I Kill Giants' Is Safe for Kids and Essential for World-weary Adults
One ought not to approach this film looking for action but looking for connection, empathy, emotion.
23 May
Pussy Riot Advances Message of Resistance in Brooklyn
Through catchy punk and dance songs, Pussy Riot espouses pro-gender equality and an anti-Putin/Trump agenda.
23 May
Stephen King: 'America's Dark Theologian'
Horror might not be a replacement for the absolutism of religion, but for Stephen King its proved to be both a lucrative and at times life-long examination of what exists behind locked doors.
23 May
Bow Wow Wow: Great in the '80s, and Even Better Now
For listeners weighed down by the cares of the world, there's no better medicine than Annabella Lwin's aggressively catchy, upbeat vocals and the delightfully irrepressible post-punk playfulness of Bow Wow Wow.
23 May
Sudan Archives Takes an Afrofuturist Approach on New EP 'Sink'
New EP Sink reinforces violinist Sudan Archives' cosmic creative vision.
23 May
Yonatan Gat's 'Universalists' Is a Visionary New Album for Rock Music
The former Monotonix guitarist Yonatan Gat presents a bold new idea for what to do with rock: treat your own band noise like other people's samples.
23 May
John Maus' Gleefully Absurd 'Addendum'
Synthpop auteur John Maus follows 2017's Screen Memories with a collection of songs that are unique and occasionally maddening in their uncharacteristic silliness.
23 May
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