Music Reviews
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Phoenix at the disco By Josh Modell June 9, 2017 | 5:00am
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Cigarettes After Sex, Alt-J, Big Thief, and more in this week’s music reviews By Josh Modell, Gwen Ihnat, Alex McLevy, kenneth-partridge, Josh Terry June 9, 2017 | 5:00am
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It’s okay to not care about Lil Yachty By Clayton Purdom June 2, 2017 | 5:00am
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Amber Coffman, Gucci Mane, and more in this week’s music reviews By Clayton Purdom, Gwen Ihnat, Matt Gerardi, Erik Adams, A.A. Dowd, Annie Zaleski June 2, 2017 | 5:00am
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The Mountain Goats get a little lost in the darkness of Goths By Danette Chavez May 19, 2017 | 5:00am
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Wavves, Land Of Talk, (Sandy) Alex G, and more in this week’s music reviews By Alex McLevy, Sean O'Neal, Kelsey J. Waite, Josh Terry, Danette Chavez, Annie Zaleski May 19, 2017 | 5:00am
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Harry Styles takes a bold step forward by leaning on the past in his solo debut By Annie Zaleski May 15, 2017 | 3:00pm
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The new At The Drive-In record is exactly what you don’t want from a reunion By Clayton Purdom May 5, 2017 | 3:35pm
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Mac DeMarco embraces dad-rock on This Old Dog By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky May 5, 2017 | 3:08pm
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Perfume Genius, Forest Swords, Black Lips, and more in this week’s music reviews By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, Sean O'Neal, Matt Gerardi, Meagan Fredette, kenneth-partridge, Alex McLevy May 5, 2017 | 5:00am
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Sylvan Esso subverts and embraces the pop world on a brilliant second album By Josh Modell April 28, 2017 | 5:00am
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Feist’s Pleasure is a demanding record expressing demanding emotions By Erik Adams April 28, 2017 | 5:00am
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Gorillaz turn our national dystopia into more manic cartoon pop on Humanz By Clayton Purdom April 28, 2017 | 5:00am
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Thurston Moore, Colin Stetson, Juliana Hatfield, and more in this week’s music reviews By Clayton Purdom, Alex McLevy, kenneth-partridge, Sean O'Neal April 28, 2017 | 5:00am
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Charly Bliss, The Black Angels, Incubus, and more in this week’s music reviews By Clayton Purdom, Gwen Ihnat, Laura M. Browning, Sean O'Neal, A.A. Dowd, Ryan Bray, Alex McLevy April 21, 2017 | 5:00am
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Kendrick Lamar takes on all comers with the sharp, streamlined Damn. By Evan Rytlewski April 17, 2017 | 2:50pm
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Actress, Little Dragon, and John Mayer (but not Kendrick) in this week’s music reviews By Alex McLevy, Kelsey J. Waite, Sean O'Neal April 14, 2017 | 5:00am
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On Future Islands’ elegant The Far Field, humanity (and ’80s pop) lives on By Noel Murray April 7, 2017 | 5:00am
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Father John Misty’s Pure Comedy demands serious attention By Annie Zaleski April 7, 2017 | 5:00am
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The New Pornographers, Arca, Joey Badass, and more in this week’s music reviews By Nina Corcoran, Clayton Purdom, Sean O'Neal, Katie Rife, Kyle Ryan, Erik Adams, Alex McLevy April 7, 2017 | 5:00am
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Bob Dylan triples down on his late-career reinvention as a crooner By Noel Murray March 31, 2017 | 5:00am
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Freddie Gibbs, Mastodon, Pile, and more in this week’s music reviews By Clayton Purdom, Alex McLevy, Annie Zaleski, Erik Adams, David Anthony March 31, 2017 | 5:00am
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Craig Finn, Mount Eerie, Pallbearer, and more in this week’s music reviews By Nina Corcoran, Annie Zaleski, David Anthony March 24, 2017 | 5:00am
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Drake’s More Life doesn’t know what the hell it wants to be, which makes it great By Clayton Purdom March 23, 2017 | 8:30pm
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Spoon, Real Estate, and Sorority Noise in this week’s music reviews By Nina Corcoran, Annie Zaleski, David Anthony March 17, 2017 | 5:00am
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The Shins, Laura Marling, Greg Graffin, and more in this week’s music reviews By Matt Williams, Clayton Purdom, Laura M. Browning, David Anthony, Kelsey J. Waite, Ryan Bray March 10, 2017 | 6:00am
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The Magnetic Fields, Grandaddy, Minus The Bear, and more in this week’s music reviews By Ryan Bray, Sean O'Neal, Randall Colburn, David Anthony March 3, 2017 | 6:00am
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Vagabon’s Infinite Worlds is a flawless, genre-hopping debut By David Anthony February 24, 2017 | 2:00pm
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On Forget, Xiu Xiu achieves accessibility without much sacrifice By Chris Mincher February 24, 2017 | 2:00pm
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Breakups are exhausting and inspiring on Dirty Projectors By Philip Cosores February 24, 2017 | 6:00am
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Maturing rather than mellowing with age suits Los Campesinos! By Alex McLevy February 24, 2017 | 6:00am
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The Incessant is like nothing Meat Wave has done before By David Anthony February 17, 2017 | 2:00pm
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With I’m Only Dreaming, Eisley gets a little too dreamy By Alex McLevy February 17, 2017 | 6:00am
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A brokenhearted Ryan Adams is the best Ryan Adams By Noel Murray February 17, 2017 | 6:00am
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Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness has too much drama by design By Chris Mincher February 10, 2017 | 6:00am
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The Sadies cut a fresh path through familiar territory on Northern Passages By kenneth-partridge February 10, 2017 | 6:00am
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The Menzingers have never sounded as weathered as they do on After The Party By David Anthony February 3, 2017 | 2:00pm
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Communions ditch brooding punk for triumphant power-pop on Blue By Maria Sherman February 3, 2017 | 2:00pm
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Tragedy leads to transformation in Surfer Blood’s Snowdonia By Chris Mincher February 3, 2017 | 6:00am
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Sampha’s Process is an R&B debut for the ages By Clayton Purdom February 3, 2017 | 6:00am
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Culture is the album Migos has been building toward for years By Clayton Purdom January 27, 2017 | 11:20pm
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P.O.S. is reborn and revitalized on Chill, Dummy By David Anthony January 27, 2017 | 3:00pm
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Fred Thomas’ latest is a meta rumination on maturity By Chris Mincher January 27, 2017 | 2:00pm
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Japandroids stretch but don’t stray on lovesick third album By Kyle Ryan January 27, 2017 | 6:00am
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Cloud Nothings’ Life Without Sound keeps the faith despite personal disorientation By Annie Zaleski January 27, 2017 | 6:00am
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On her debut solo album, Allison Crutchfield finds peace in the discord By David Anthony January 27, 2017 | 6:00am
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Joan Of Arc’s new album achieves its grand experiment, for better or worse By David Anthony January 20, 2017 | 2:00pm
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Austra envisions a better tomorrow through Future Politics By Kelsey J. Waite January 20, 2017 | 2:00pm
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Foxygen wears opulence well on its fourth album By John Everhart January 20, 2017 | 6:00am
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William Basinski offers a eulogy for David Bowie (if that’s what you want to believe) By Sean O'Neal January 20, 2017 | 6:00am
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AFI sounds refreshed and rejuvenated on its 10th album, AFI (The Blood Album) By Annie Zaleski January 20, 2017 | 6:00am
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With the expansive I See You, The xx is ready for big stages and radio waves By Philip Cosores January 13, 2017 | 6:00am
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Intensity overshadows corniness on Code Orange’s Forever By J.J. Anselmi January 13, 2017 | 6:00am
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Gone Is Gone starts becoming its own band on Echolocation By Dan Bogosian January 6, 2017 | 6:00am
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On RTJ3, Run The Jewels is here to rip everyone’s throats out By Clayton Purdom January 3, 2017 | 8:50pm
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Silence speaks volumes on Brian Eno’s innovative, tranquil Reflection By Annie Zaleski January 3, 2017 | 5:30pm
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Nine Inch Nails starts anew on Not The Actual Events By Dan Bogosian January 2, 2017 | 2:37pm
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Hodgy’s journey to adulthood could use a few more specifics By Dan Caffrey December 14, 2016 | 6:00am
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Childish Gambino conjures Parliament and Prince on soulful “Awaken, My Love!” By Dan Bogosian December 2, 2016 | 7:15pm
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A reissue of Telefon Tel Aviv’s landmark debut confirms its greatness By Alex McLevy December 2, 2016 | 6:00am
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Kate Bush recasts her post-’85 catalog for the epic, vivid Before The Dawn By Kelsey J. Waite December 2, 2016 | 6:00am
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Peter Doherty gazes outward on the lush but ramshackle Hamburg Demonstrations By Randall Colburn December 2, 2016 | 6:00am
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The Weeknd’s resonant Starboy embraces the downside of fame By Annie Zaleski November 28, 2016 | 6:17pm
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Bruno Mars takes homage-pop to the next level on the escapist 24K Magic By Annie Zaleski November 18, 2016 | 4:50pm
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Metallica’s latest is quality thrash that gets a little tiring By David Anthony November 18, 2016 | 6:00am
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Life goes on with A Tribe Called Quest By Clayton Purdom November 15, 2016 | 5:00pm
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On Jessica Rabbit, Sleigh Bells pushes it to—and then past—the limit By Kevin Warwick November 11, 2016 | 6:00am
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The Men return to their noisy roots with the tense Devil Music By Matt Williams November 11, 2016 | 6:00am
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You Blew It! lets itself wander on the experimental Abendrot By David Anthony November 11, 2016 | 6:00am
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Martha Wainwright hops genres on the dynamic, dauntless Goodnight City By Kelsey J. Waite November 11, 2016 | 6:00am
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Sadie Dupuis hits familiar, fresh notes with solo debut Slugger By David Anthony November 11, 2016 | 6:00am
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Honeyblood’s ambitious, unsettled Babes Never Die is a riotous success By Annie Zaleski November 4, 2016 | 5:00am
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On Lambchop’s latest, there’s no country for old men By Chris Mincher November 4, 2016 | 5:00am
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The Pop Group’s Honeymoon On Mars lacks danger, menace, and focus By Annie Zaleski October 28, 2016 | 5:00am
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Mannequin Pussy loves furiously and fantastically on Romantic By Zoe Camp October 28, 2016 | 5:00am
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Carla Dal Forno enchants and evades on her solo debut By Kelsey J. Waite October 28, 2016 | 5:00am
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Lady Gaga gets back on the right track with Joanne By Annie Zaleski October 21, 2016 | 6:50pm
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The Weakerthans’ John K. Samson navigates nature and technology on Winter Wheat By Randall Colburn October 21, 2016 | 1:00pm
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American Football’s second LP in 17 years is mostly worth the wait By David Brusie October 21, 2016 | 1:00pm
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Leonard Cohen examines his life and details his laments on You Want It Darker By Annie Zaleski October 21, 2016 | 5:00am
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Jimmy Eat World doubles down on the familiar with Integrity Blues, and it works By Zoe Camp October 21, 2016 | 5:00am
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Conor Oberst is stuck inside of Omaha with some serious snowbound blues By kenneth-partridge October 14, 2016 | 5:00am
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Jamie Lidell completes his transition to organic soul By Lily Moayeri October 14, 2016 | 5:00am
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Green Day are punks afraid of dying on the uncertain Revolution Radio By Alex McLevy October 7, 2016 | 3:00pm
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Springtime Carnivore is angsty and adrift in Midnight Room By Chris Mincher October 7, 2016 | 2:00pm
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The young punks of Joyce Manor’s Cody struggle to grow up By Brian Shultz October 7, 2016 | 1:00pm
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An older, wiser, but no-less biting NOFX emerges on First Ditch Effort By Ryan Bray October 7, 2016 | 5:00am
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Pixies sound confident on Head Carrier, but the music lacks personality By Randall Colburn September 30, 2016 | 5:00am
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Bon Iver processes success with symbolism on 22, A Million By Steven Arroyo September 30, 2016 | 5:00am
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Neurosis extends its legacy with Fires Within Fires By J.J. Anselmi September 23, 2016 | 2:00pm
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The exuberant Return To Love is LVL UP’s most accomplished album yet By David Anthony September 23, 2016 | 1:00pm
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Beach Slang accepts aging but still preaches to the punk kids By Chris Mincher September 23, 2016 | 5:00am
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On Pretty Years, Cymbals Eat Guitars are more energized than ever By David Anthony September 16, 2016 | 2:00pm
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Stage Four is a monumental record of melodic hardcore for Touché Amoré By Kevin Warwick September 16, 2016 | 1:00pm
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Against Me!’s latest is less protest, more romance By Chris Mincher September 16, 2016 | 5:00am
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Wilco goes quiet By Josh Modell September 9, 2016 | 5:00am
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Jack White haphazardly collects a career’s worth of acoustic recordings By Noel Murray September 9, 2016 | 5:00am
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M.I.A. misses the mark on AIM By Lily Moayeri September 9, 2016 | 5:00am
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Angel Olsen reinvents herself again with the mesmerizing My Woman By Matt Williams September 2, 2016 | 5:00am
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Eluvium’s stark and evocative False Readings On finds beauty and anxiety in dissonance By Randall Colburn September 2, 2016 | 5:00am
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The Wedding Present goes 3,000 miles, covers familiar ground on new LP By kenneth-partridge September 2, 2016 | 5:00am
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Butch Walker’s classic-rock-leaning Stay Gold is nostalgic about roads not taken By Annie Zaleski August 26, 2016 | 2:00pm
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And The Anonymous Nobody… is De La Soul’s long-awaited but inspired return By Ryan Bray August 26, 2016 | 5:00am
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Both of Frank Ocean’s new albums are more singular than you think By Dan Caffrey August 24, 2016 | 9:00pm
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Slow Club’s new album is sleepy, disjointed, and lovely By Laura M. Browning August 22, 2016 | 3:22pm
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Lydia Loveless’ Real is an adventurous, brutally honest sucker punch By Annie Zaleski August 19, 2016 | 5:00am
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AJJ widens its appeal on the bigger, weirder The Bible 2 By Eric Swedlund August 19, 2016 | 5:00am