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Nick Diamonds’ second solo effort strikes a balance between somber and sunny
By Chris Mincher June 16, 2015 | 5:00am
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Nate Ruess’ grand gestures fall flat on solo debut
By Annie Zaleski June 16, 2015 | 5:00am
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Giorgio Moroder’s star-laden comeback album has something to prove
By Noel Murray June 9, 2015 | 5:00am
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With FFS, Franz Ferdinand and Sparks take clever to new levels
By Annie Zaleski June 9, 2015 | 5:00am
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Chance The Rapper finds good company on Donnie Trumpet’s Surf
By Evan Rytlewski June 2, 2015 | 5:00am
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Goatsnake comes out swinging after an 11-year hiatus
By J.J. Anselmi June 2, 2015 | 5:00am
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Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin’s latest is a jukebox of ’90s indie rock
By Alex McLevy June 2, 2015 | 5:00am
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Sun Kil Moon goes deep, gets specific on Universal Themes
By Corbin Reiff June 2, 2015 | 5:00am
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Jamie xx’s debut is more than just a rave review
By Chris Mincher June 2, 2015 | 5:00am
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Psychedelic and ambitious, At.Long.Last.A$AP is a step up for A$AP Rocky
By Brian Josephs May 29, 2015 | 4:26pm
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Rachel Grimes crafts her finest post-Rachel’s work yet
By Alex McLevy May 26, 2015 | 5:00am
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The Vaccines ricochet through time on their third album
By Lily Moayeri May 26, 2015 | 5:00am
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Faith No More lost nothing in 18 years apart
By Josh Modell May 19, 2015 | 5:00am
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Joanna Gruesome found a recipe for Peanut Butter, and it’s sticking to it
By Alex McLevy May 19, 2015 | 5:00am
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Ceremony uses a broken relationship to break new ground
By David Anthony May 19, 2015 | 5:00am
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Thee Oh Sees made another one of those records where they rock really hard
By kenneth-partridge May 19, 2015 | 5:00am
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Hot Chip wants to be your late-night dance floor paramour
By Alex McLevy May 19, 2015 | 5:00am
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Bigger isn’t better for The Tallest Man On Earth
By Philip Cosores May 12, 2015 | 5:00am
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Rhett Miller and pals team up for Americana perfection
By Annie Zaleski May 12, 2015 | 5:00am
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Best Coast finds new life in an old formula on California Nights
By Katie Rife May 5, 2015 | 2:45pm
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Hiatus Kaiyote expands its ornate “future soul” with Choose Your Weapon
By Joshua Alston May 5, 2015 | 5:00am
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Mikal Cronin goes for grand-scale indie rock on the orchestral MCIII
By Kevin Warwick May 5, 2015 | 5:00am
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Metz enters its negative space on II
By Carl Williott May 5, 2015 | 5:00am
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On Non-Believers, Mac McCaughan channels ’80s teen-movie soundtracks
By Annie Zaleski May 5, 2015 | 5:00am
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My Morning Jacket opens a vein and lets its rhythmic insides flow
By Lior Phillips May 5, 2015 | 5:00am
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Coliseum shifts direction on a disjointed fifth album
By David Anthony May 5, 2015 | 5:00am
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Mumford & Sons abandon banjos and plug in, pointlessly
By Chris Mincher May 5, 2015 | 5:00am
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With The Magic Whip, Blur remains stubbornly iconoclastic
By Annie Zaleski April 28, 2015 | 5:00am
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Robert Pollard is alone again and feeling fine
By John Everhart April 28, 2015 | 5:00am
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Raekwon reaches back, but maybe not far enough on Fly International Luxurious Art
By Corbin Reiff April 28, 2015 | 5:00am
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The genre-defying Hop Along isn’t a “secret” anymore
By David Anthony April 21, 2015 | 5:00am
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Built To Spill returns, louder and shaggier
By Noel Murray April 21, 2015 | 5:00am
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Post-punk legends Wire sound ferocious, rejuvenated on new album
By Annie Zaleski April 21, 2015 | 5:00am
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They Might Be Giants, 33 years in and keeping up the good work
By David Brusie April 21, 2015 | 5:00am
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Speedy Ortiz wrestles with its influences on Foil Deer
By David Anthony April 21, 2015 | 5:00am
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On Kindred, Passion Pit tones down its hyper-colored synth-pop just enough
By Kevin Warwick April 21, 2015 | 5:00am
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Alabama Shakes experiments with mood on the ambitious Sound & Color
By Eric Swedlund April 21, 2015 | 5:00am
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Tyler, The Creator can’t resist sabotaging himself on Cherry Bomb
By Evan Rytlewski April 15, 2015 | 4:20pm
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Calexico livens up an old sound on Edge Of The Sun
By Laura M. Browning April 14, 2015 | 3:57pm
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Waxahatchee crushes expectations and embraces new sounds on Ivy Tripp
By David Anthony April 7, 2015 | 5:00am
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The Mountain Goats’ latest takes a tuneful, moving look at pro wrestling
By Noel Murray April 7, 2015 | 5:00am
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Toro Y Moi dabbles in psychedelic rock on the aptly titled What For?
By Joshua Alston April 7, 2015 | 5:00am
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On their fifth LP, Matt And Kim are vibrant but vapid
By Chris Mincher April 7, 2015 | 5:00am
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On Kintsugi, Death Cab For Cutie regains intimacy and embraces synth flourishes
By Alex McLevy March 31, 2015 | 5:00am
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Godspeed You! Black Emperor punctuates chaos with hope
By Randall Colburn March 31, 2015 | 5:00am
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Sufjan Stevens quietly wrestles with death on the near-perfect Carrie & Lowell
By Josh Modell March 31, 2015 | 5:00am
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Punk godfathers The Sonics justify a continued existence few would deny them
By kenneth-partridge March 31, 2015 | 5:00am
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Liturgy is more progressive and polarizing than ever on The Ark Work
By Carl Williott March 24, 2015 | 5:00am
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The Go! Team loses the team but goes somewhere great
By Alex McLevy March 24, 2015 | 5:00am
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Courtney Barnett masters the mundane
By Eric Swedlund March 24, 2015 | 5:00am
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Laura Marling loosens up the reins and explores being lost on Short Movie
By Alex McLevy March 24, 2015 | 5:00am
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Earl Sweatshirt does more with less on I Don’t Like Shit, I Don’t Go Outside
By Evan Rytlewski March 24, 2015 | 5:00am
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Kendrick Lamar resists connecting the dots on To Pimp A Butterfly
By Evan Rytlewski March 18, 2015 | 5:13pm
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Modest Mouse’s Strangers To Ourselves is familiar in the best ways
By Zach Schonfeld March 17, 2015 | 5:00am
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Amid heartbreak, Tobias Jesso Jr. breaks down the confines of pop
By Lior Phillips March 17, 2015 | 5:00am
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Will Butler’s solo album shows a deceptively deft fire
By John Everhart March 10, 2015 | 5:00am
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Heems goes deep with the surprisingly moving Eat Pray Thug
By Zach Schonfeld March 10, 2015 | 5:00am
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With Rebel Heart, Madonna bridges her bulletproof past and reflective present
By Annie Zaleski March 10, 2015 | 5:00am
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Purity Ring battles the sophomore slump on Another Eternity
By Philip Cosores March 3, 2015 | 6:00am
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Kelly Clarkson’s usual spunk and self-empowerment can’t rescue Piece By Piece
By Annie Zaleski March 3, 2015 | 6:00am
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Of Montreal channels ’70s New York, stays weird on Aureate Gloom
By Randall Colburn March 3, 2015 | 6:00am
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Noel Gallagher can’t seem to let himself cut loose
By Alex McLevy March 3, 2015 | 6:00am
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Swervedriver returns, almost entirely unchanged
By Josh Modell March 3, 2015 | 6:00am
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The political and existential collide on the latest from TheeSatisfaction
By Kyle Fowle February 24, 2015 | 6:00am
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Gang Of Four provokes indifference on What Happens Next
By Annie Zaleski February 24, 2015 | 6:00am
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Screaming Females move forward by looking back
By Alex McLevy February 24, 2015 | 6:00am
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Friends again, King Khan and BBQ make mutant doo-wop like only they can
By kenneth-partridge February 24, 2015 | 6:00am
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The Pop Group makes a triumphant return
By John Everhart February 24, 2015 | 6:00am
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With Gliss Riffer, Dan Deacon turns his restless muse inward
By Alex McLevy February 24, 2015 | 6:00am
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On José González’s newest, more of the same isn’t
By Chris Mincher February 17, 2015 | 6:00am
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Drake leaves a trail of questions on If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late
By Evan Rytlewski February 17, 2015 | 6:00am
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Sonny And The Sunsets turn trippy movie ideas into psych-pop gold
By kenneth-partridge February 17, 2015 | 6:00am
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A Place To Bury Strangers tightens up but still brings the noise
By Ryan Bray February 17, 2015 | 6:00am
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Father John Misty tackles romance on the masterful I Love You, Honeybear
By Josh Terry February 10, 2015 | 6:00am
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There’s nothing standard about Bob Dylan’s latest
By Corbin Reiff February 3, 2015 | 5:30pm
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Songwriter/producer Butch Walker confronts his ghosts with no fear
By Annie Zaleski February 3, 2015 | 6:00am
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The Dodos remain true to their instincts on energetic sixth album
By Eric Swedlund January 27, 2015 | 6:00am
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Natalie Prass’ debut is full of personality, big-hearted pop
By Steven Arroyo January 27, 2015 | 6:00am
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Love hurts on Björk’s Vulnicura
By Philip Cosores January 22, 2015 | 6:40pm
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Inside The Decemberists’ beguiling world
By John Everhart January 20, 2015 | 6:00am
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Lupe Fiasco puts off being rap’s conscious voice and rediscovers his own
By Sheldon Pearce January 20, 2015 | 6:00am
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With No Cities To Love, Sleater-Kinney opens up and closes in
By Marah Eakin January 20, 2015 | 6:00am
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Fall Out Boy remain pop-rock mad scientists
By Annie Zaleski January 20, 2015 | 6:00am
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Belle & Sebastian returns with its purest pop yet
By Erik Adams January 20, 2015 | 6:00am
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Joey Bada$$ thoughtfully engages with hip-hop’s past on his debut album
By Kyle Fowle January 20, 2015 | 6:00am
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Marilyn Manson once again rises to relevance
By Annie Zaleski January 20, 2015 | 6:00am
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Panda Bear’s newest has rhythm, but few risks
By Chris Mincher January 13, 2015 | 6:00am
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Justin Townes Earle delivers a worthy companion album in Absent Fathers
By Josh Terry January 13, 2015 | 6:00am
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On his fourth album, Mark Ronson saves the best for himself
By Lily Moayeri January 13, 2015 | 6:00am
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D’Angelo’s long-awaited Black Messiah is devastatingly great
By Kyle Fowle December 16, 2014 | 5:20pm
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Nicki Minaj unwittingly defends poptimism with raw outbursts of feeling
By Sheldon Pearce December 16, 2014 | 6:00am
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Charli XCX breaks out of the guest-star spotlight with Sucker
By Kyle Fowle December 16, 2014 | 6:00am
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Ghostface Killah tries to repeat a winning formula on 36 Seasons
By Evan Rytlewski December 9, 2014 | 6:00am
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Smashing Pumpkins rediscover their musical focus but lose lyrical depth
By Annie Zaleski December 9, 2014 | 6:00am
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Wu-Tang Clan becomes a Disneyfied revival act on A Better Tomorrow
By Clayton Purdom December 2, 2014 | 6:00am
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Even in times of turmoil, AC/DC still trusts rock
By Corbin Reiff December 2, 2014 | 6:00am
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She & Him’s standards collection is pleasantly retro, if inessential
By Annie Zaleski December 2, 2014 | 6:00am
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Rick Ross yells about coke for another hour on Hood Billionaire
By Clayton Purdom November 25, 2014 | 6:00am
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Andy Stott steps out from the shadows with Faith In Strangers
By Sean O'Neal November 18, 2014 | 6:00am
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Ariel Pink gets help from his friends on Pom Pom
By John Everhart November 18, 2014 | 6:00am
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One Direction goes in the wrong one on Four
By Annie Zaleski November 18, 2014 | 6:00am
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TV On The Radio overcomes loss to make its celebration album
By Steven Arroyo November 18, 2014 | 6:00am
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A marquee cast of folk musicians inoffensively render Bob Dylan’s lyrics
By Josh Terry November 11, 2014 | 6:00am
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Garth Brooks’ comeback album is rooted in midair
By Laura M. Browning November 11, 2014 | 6:00am
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Foo Fighters aim for the moon but come up a bit short on Sonic Highways
By Kevin Warwick November 11, 2014 | 6:00am
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Neil Young goes orchestral on Storytone
By Kyle Fowle November 4, 2014 | 6:00am
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Deerhoof returns to cast a jaundiced eye at American hubris
By John Everhart November 4, 2014 | 6:00am
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A slight change bodes well for Yusuf
By Becca James October 28, 2014 | 4:45pm
