Music Reviews
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 Mount Eerie, Hot Snakes, and more albums to know about this week By AV Club Staff, Clayton Purdom, Erik Adams, A.A. Dowd March 16, 2018 | 1:00pm
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 There’s A Riot Going On, so Yo La Tengo recommends staying inside By Sean O'Neal March 15, 2018 | 11:00am
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 Ministry, Of Montreal, and more albums to know about this week By AV Club Staff, Danette Chavez, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, Sean O'Neal, A.A. Dowd March 9, 2018 | 6:00pm
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 David Byrne can be your guide to an uneven American Utopia By Erik Adams March 8, 2018 | 7:00pm
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 The Breeders, Camp Cope, and more albums to know about this week By AV Club Staff, Matt Gerardi, Alex McLevy, David Anthony, Steve Erickson March 2, 2018 | 6:00pm
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 Andrew W.K. returns to the party, scarred but smarter By Josh Modell March 1, 2018 | 6:00pm
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 Screaming Females, Black Milk, and more albums to know about this week By AV Club Staff, Clayton Purdom, Katie Rife, Danette Chavez, Alex McLevy February 23, 2018 | 2:00pm
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 Car Seat Headrest, Poliça/Stargaze, Brandi Carlile, and more albums to know about this week By AV Club Staff, Sean O'Neal, Matt Gerardi, Erik Adams, Alex McLevy, Kyle Ryan, Marty Sartini Garner, Annie Zaleski, David Brusie February 16, 2018 | 3:00pm
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 With Black Panther, Kendrick Lamar adds a great soundtrack to his résumé By Clayton Purdom February 9, 2018 | 7:40pm
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 Son Lux, Franz Ferdinand, and more albums to know about this week By AV Club Staff, Clayton Purdom, Alex McLevy, Kyle Ryan February 9, 2018 | 3:00pm
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 We all know why this review of David Duchovny’s album exists By Sean O'Neal February 8, 2018 | 5:00pm
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 Rhye, AWOLNATION, The Soft Moon, and other albums to know about this week By AV Club Staff, Sean O'Neal, Gwen Ihnat February 2, 2018 | 4:00pm
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 On Man Of The Woods, Justin Timberlake offers up uneven pop pastiches By Annie Zaleski February 1, 2018 | 5:00pm
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 Nils Frahm, No Age, and more albums to know about this week By AV Club Staff, Matt Gerardi, A.A. Dowd January 26, 2018 | 6:00pm
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 Fall Out Boy resets, sort of, on the delayed Mania By Kyle Ryan January 19, 2018 | 9:50pm
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 First Aid Kit, They Might Be Giants, and 5 more albums to know about this week By AV Club Staff, Sean O'Neal, Alex McLevy, Erik Adams, Gwen Ihnat, David Anthony January 19, 2018 | 6:00pm
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 Jeff Rosenstock puts all his nervous energy to work on the vital POST- By David Anthony January 3, 2018 | 4:40pm
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 Here are the new albums you should know about this week By Clayton Purdom December 22, 2017 | 6:00pm
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 Won’t the real Slim Shady please grow up? By Josh Modell December 18, 2017 | 3:11am
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 Here are the albums you should know about this week By Erik Adams, Sean O'Neal December 8, 2017 | 5:00pm
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 Here are 3 new albums you should know about this week By Josh Modell, Gwen Ihnat, Marty Sartini Garner December 1, 2017 | 7:30pm
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 U2 gives too many fucks on the insufferable Songs Of Experience By Kevin Pang November 29, 2017 | 2:00pm
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 Here are 3 new albums you should know about this week By Gwen Ihnat, Kelsey J. Waite, Josh Modell November 24, 2017 | 6:00pm
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 Utopia finds Björk at her best: Full of love By Kelsey J. Waite November 22, 2017 | 5:00pm
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 Here are 6 new albums you should know about this week By Kelsey J. Waite, Alex McLevy, A.A. Dowd, Matt Gerardi, Annie Zaleski November 17, 2017 | 4:30pm
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 Morrissey still has some fight left in him on Low In High School By Josh Modell November 16, 2017 | 7:00pm
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 Taylor Swift has a big, drunken night out on Reputation By Clayton Purdom November 10, 2017 | 8:37pm
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 Here are 3 albums you should know about this week By Laura Adamczyk, Clayton Purdom, Josh Modell November 10, 2017 | 6:00pm
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 Here are 4 new albums you should know about this week By Kelsey J. Waite, Clayton Purdom, A.A. Dowd, Cameron Scheetz November 3, 2017 | 8:00pm
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 Fever Ray is more alive than ever on the wild, thrilling Plunge By Matt Gerardi October 31, 2017 | 2:35pm
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 Here are 4 new albums you should know about this week By Gwen Ihnat, Sean O'Neal, Clayton Purdom, Kyle Ryan October 27, 2017 | 4:00pm
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 Here are 7 new albums you should know about this week By Matt Gerardi, Kyle Ryan, David Anthony, Matt Williams, Annie Zaleski, A.A. Dowd, Clayton Purdom October 20, 2017 | 4:00pm
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 Here are 6 new albums you should know about this week By Alex McLevy, Clayton Purdom, Kyle Ryan, Sean O'Neal, Matt Gerardi, Josh Modell October 13, 2017 | 3:00pm
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 St. Vincent perfects her fractured, futuristic pop vision on Masseduction By Annie Zaleski October 12, 2017 | 2:00pm
         - The Front Bottoms swap raw nerves for technical complexity on Going Grey By Marnie Shure October 11, 2017 | 9:00pm
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 Which Beck shows up for Colors? By Josh Modell October 11, 2017 | 1:00pm
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 Here are 6 new albums you should know about this week By Kelsey J. Waite, Katie Rife, Clayton Purdom, Annie Zaleski, Josh Modell, Gwen Ihnat October 6, 2017 | 5:00pm
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 Miley Cyrus gets back to her Nashville roots on Younger Now By Gwen Ihnat September 29, 2017 | 5:00pm
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 Wolf Alice’s Visions Of A Life finds beauty in chaos By Gwen Ihnat September 28, 2017 | 8:00pm
         - Primus’ new album about rainbow goblins is somehow its most digestible By Nina Corcoran September 28, 2017 | 6:00pm
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 The new Protomartyr record sounds as bleak as everything feels By Clayton Purdom September 27, 2017 | 8:00pm
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 One of this year’s best debut albums is also one of its saddest By Josh Modell September 27, 2017 | 5:45pm
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 Hard times demand Worriers’ Survival Pop By Kyle Ryan September 26, 2017 | 7:30pm
         - Torres’ Three Futures is a deeply sensual affair By Matt Williams September 26, 2017 | 6:00pm
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 The Horrors complete their evolution to greatness with V By Sean O'Neal September 22, 2017 | 7:21pm
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 Instrumental outfit This Patch Of Sky conjures an elegant beauty on These Small Spaces By Alex McLevy September 22, 2017 | 6:00pm
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 Luna reintroduces itself using other people’s songs By Josh Modell September 21, 2017 | 7:00pm
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 The Killers offer frustrating glimpses of greatness on the mediocre Wonderful Wonderful By Gwen Ihnat September 20, 2017 | 8:00pm
         - Chelsea Wolfe doubles down on darkness for Hiss Spun By Alex McLevy September 20, 2017 | 7:00pm
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 Godspeed You! Black Emperor looks up toward hell with Luciferian Towers By Josh Modell September 20, 2017 | 6:00pm
         - Wolves In The Throne Room put the vicious black metal back into their eco-friendly sound By A.A. Dowd September 19, 2017 | 9:50pm
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 Macklemore is at his least hateable on Gemini By Clayton Purdom September 19, 2017 | 5:45pm
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 Metz unites with Steve Albini to expand its attack on Strange Peace By Kyle Ryan September 18, 2017 | 10:40pm
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 Hiss Golden Messenger finds the silver linings on the loose Hallelujah Anyhow By Annie Zaleski September 18, 2017 | 5:00pm
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 Ariel Pink finds his muse on the inspired Dedicated To Bobby Jameson By Philip Cosores September 15, 2017 | 1:55pm
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 Foo Fighters’ latest record wears its classic-rock heart on its sleeve By Gwen Ihnat September 15, 2017 | 12:00pm
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 Vampire Weekend’s Rostam goes for pop bliss on the fussy, fantastic Half-Light By Josh Modell September 14, 2017 | 10:00pm
         - The riffsistance begins on Prophets Of Rage’s truly awful debut By Clayton Purdom September 13, 2017 | 7:00pm
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 Deer Tick compartmentalizes its sound on the sprawling Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 By Ryan Bray September 13, 2017 | 6:00pm
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 The exuberant Sløtface sounds like a politicized Josie And The Pussycats By Alex McLevy September 12, 2017 | 5:00pm
         - Lush and deeply felt, Native Invader is vintage Tori Amos By Katie Rife September 11, 2017 | 4:00pm
 - The weird sisters in L.A. Witch conjure up a seductive debut By Katie Rife September 8, 2017 | 5:00pm
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 Alvvays lives up to its promise on the wonderfully contradictory Antisocialites By Matt Gerardi September 8, 2017 | 4:15pm
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 Mount Kimbie’s Love What Survives is more tastefully curated playlist than album By Sean O'Neal September 8, 2017 | 3:43pm
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 Deerhoof rallies its famous friends to protest on Mountain Moves By Nina Corcoran September 7, 2017 | 7:10pm
         - Ted Leo turns himself inside out on The Hanged Man By Danette Chavez September 7, 2017 | 5:00pm
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 The National doesn’t rest on the excellent Sleep Well Beast By Josh Modell September 6, 2017 | 4:48pm
         - Okovi is pure, unadulterated Zola Jesus By kenneth-partridge September 6, 2017 | 2:00pm
 - Nosaj Thing hits reset on the quietly audacious Parallels By Clayton Purdom September 5, 2017 | 4:00pm
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 Kedr Livanskiy's Ariadna brings you electronic music from Russia with love By Sean O'Neal September 5, 2017 | 3:00pm
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 OMD examines the complications of progress on the sparkling The Punishment Of Luxury By Annie Zaleski August 31, 2017 | 6:00pm
         - Mogwai's Every Country's Sun gives extra muscle to the band's reliably solid sound By Alex McLevy August 31, 2017 | 4:00pm
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 James Murphy's anxiety has aged beautifully on LCD Soundsystem's American Dream By Sean O'Neal August 30, 2017 | 2:56pm
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 The War On Drugs’ biggest album thrives on its smallest details By Matt Gerardi August 25, 2017 | 3:00pm
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 EMA goes to the void on her superb third album By Kyle Ryan August 25, 2017 | 1:00pm
         - Oh Sees stretch out on the expansive, wandering Orc—but not too much By Laura Adamczyk August 25, 2017 | 11:00am
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 Iron & Wine looks back in sadness, finds best album yet in Beast Epic By Josh Modell August 25, 2017 | 5:00am
         - Nadine Shah goes all in on Holiday Destination By Nina Hernandez August 25, 2017 | 5:00am
 - A solid debut by supergroup Filthy Friends delivers exactly what its lineage promises By Kyle Ryan August 24, 2017 | 9:05pm
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 Queens Of The Stone Age cut loose on Villains By Philip Cosores August 24, 2017 | 7:50pm
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 Widowspeak goes through a beautiful funk on Expect The Best By Kelsey J. Waite August 24, 2017 | 7:15pm
         - Brand New writes its own eulogy with Science Fiction By David Anthony August 23, 2017 | 11:55am
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 Grizzly Bear returns with some beautiful sounds inspired by bad times By Clayton Purdom August 18, 2017 | 5:00am
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 Kesha finds her true colors on her comeback record Rainbow By Annie Zaleski August 11, 2017 | 3:46pm
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 Oneohtrix Point Never, Frankie Rose, GBV, and more in this week’s music reviews By Katie Rife, Clayton Purdom, Annie Zaleski, Sean O'Neal August 11, 2017 | 5:00am
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 Dead Cross, Neil Young, Ben Gibbard, and more in this week’s music reviews By Ryan Bray, Josh Modell, Alex McLevy, J.J. Anselmi August 4, 2017 | 5:00am
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 Arcade Fire lightens up—relatively speaking—on the disco-fueled Everything Now By Noel Murray July 28, 2017 | 5:00am
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 Tyler, The Creator, Manchester Orchestra, and more in this week’s music reviews By Renato Pagnani, Randall Colburn, Annie Zaleski, Clayton Purdom July 28, 2017 | 5:00am
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 The Fall’s new album isn’t very good, but so what? By Sean O'Neal July 27, 2017 | 5:00am
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 On Lust For Life, Lana Del Rey envisions a slightly brighter future By Annie Zaleski July 24, 2017 | 4:15pm
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 Nine Inch Nails, Foster The People, and more in this week’s music reviews By Josh Modell, Lily Moayeri, Randall Colburn, Kyle Ryan, Clayton Purdom July 21, 2017 | 5:00am
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 Shabazz Palaces remains completely, wonderfully nuts on Quazarz By Clayton Purdom July 14, 2017 | 2:00pm
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 Japanese Breakfast, The Dears, Sheer Mag, and more in this week’s music reviews By Josh Modell, Sean O'Neal, Brian Shultz, Annie Zaleski, A.A. Dowd July 14, 2017 | 5:00am
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 Waxahatchee takes another big step forward on the excellent Out In The Storm By Kyle Ryan July 12, 2017 | 5:00am
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 HAIM comes into its own on the confident Something To Tell You By Annie Zaleski July 7, 2017 | 5:00am
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 Toro Y Moi, Calvin Harris, and more in this week’s music reviews By Kyle Ryan, J.J. Anselmi, Kelsey J. Waite, Clayton Purdom July 7, 2017 | 5:00am
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 JAY-Z finds his third act on 4:44 By Clayton Purdom July 6, 2017 | 4:50pm
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 Broken Social Scene recaptures its strength in numbers on Hug Of Thunder By Erik Adams July 5, 2017 | 6:15pm
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 Washed Out, Lapalux, LANY, and more in this week’s music reviews By Sean O'Neal, Clayton Purdom, Alex McLevy, Annie Zaleski, Matt Gerardi June 30, 2017 | 5:00am
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 On Melodrama, Lorde throws a party for all of our messy selves By Meagan Fredette June 23, 2017 | 4:00pm
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 Vince Staples drops his second straight classic By Clayton Purdom June 23, 2017 | 5:00am
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 Big Boi, Jeff Tweedy, Young Thug, and more in this week’s music reviews By Josh Modell, Gwen Ihnat, Renato Pagnani, Clayton Purdom June 23, 2017 | 5:00am
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 Algiers’ The Underside Of Power is the album 2017 needs By Sean O'Neal June 20, 2017 | 4:40pm
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 Thank god SZA finally released Ctrl By Clayton Purdom June 16, 2017 | 12:00pm
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 Fleet Foxes return with Crack-Up, but get lost in the mix By Nina Corcoran June 16, 2017 | 12:00pm
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 Chuck Berry’s final album makes a casually profound closing statement By Noel Murray June 16, 2017 | 5:00am
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 The Drums, Portugal. The Man, Ride, and more in this week’s music reviews By Matt Williams, Sean O'Neal, kenneth-partridge, Ryan Bray, Philip Cosores, Annie Zaleski, Clayton Purdom June 16, 2017 | 5:00am
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 Katy Perry runs away from her strengths on the pop slog Witness By Annie Zaleski June 9, 2017 | 5:15pm