Ryan Bray

PublishedSeptember 13, 2017

8/4/17

Dead Cross, Neil Young, Ben Gibbard, and more in this week’s music reviews

Dead Cross, Dead Cross
Grade: B+

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Josh Modell,

Alex McLevy,

and J.J. Anselmi

PublishedAugust 4, 2017

6/16/17

The Drums, Portugal. The Man, Ride, and more in this week’s music reviews

[Anti-]

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and Clayton Purdom

PublishedJune 16, 2017

4/21/17

Charly Bliss, The Black Angels, Incubus, and more in this week’s music reviews

There’s a reason we form our closest affinities with rock and pop music during our youth. There’s something…

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Clayton Purdom,

Gwen Ihnat,

Laura M. Browning,

A.A. Dowd,

and Alex McLevy

PublishedApril 21, 2017

3/10/17

The Shins, Laura Marling, Greg Graffin, and more in this week’s music reviews

Heartworms, The Shins’ first record since 2012’s Port Of Morrow, kicks off with the bouncy, sun-kissed jaunt “Name…

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and Ryan Bray

PublishedMarch 10, 2017

3/3/17

The Magnetic Fields, Grandaddy, Minus The Bear, and more in this week’s music reviews

Stephin Merritt loves a good gimmick, doesn’t he? There was his Magnetic Fields magnum opus, 1999’s 69 Love Songs—exa…

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Randall Colburn,

and David Anthony

PublishedMarch 3, 2017

1/3/17

Run The Jewels and Japandroids lead the charge of January’s new music releases

Every Friday, dozens of new records are released into the wild. Some make big splashes, and others sink almost…

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kenneth-partridge,

Leonardo Adrian Garcia,

Josh Modell,

Randall Colburn,

Marah Eakin,

and Paula Mejia

PublishedJanuary 3, 2017

11/14/16

Laura Jane Grace puts a face and a name to gender dysphoria in Tranny

Most memoirs wait to be written until their writers have lived a full life. At 36, Laura Jane Grace doesn’t need to…

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PublishedNovember 14, 2016

10/11/16

The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion hit its freak-rock peak on Now I Got Worry

A piercing scream opens “Skunk,” the lead track on The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion’s Now I Got Worry. It’s a…

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PublishedOctober 11, 2016

10/7/16

An older, wiser, but no-less biting NOFX emerges on First Ditch Effort

For years, it seemed like time would never catch up with NOFX. The legendary L.A. outfit has always seemed to take…

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PublishedOctober 7, 2016

8/29/16

My Damage is a winning memoir from a punk icon

Is there a prouder, more tireless ambassador of punk rock and hardcore than Keith Morris? The name might lack the…

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PublishedAugust 29, 2016

8/26/16

And The Anonymous Nobody… is De La Soul’s long-awaited but inspired return

De La Soul’s contributions to hip-hop over the past three decades are mighty, but the Long Island trio has often…

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PublishedAugust 26, 2016

8/3/16

Here’s what’s coming to record stores and streaming services in August

Every Friday, dozens of new records are released into the wild. Some make big splashes, and others sink almost…

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Noel Murray,

Zoe Camp,

Kevin Warwick,

Jonah Bayer,

Scott Heisel,

and Dan Caffrey

PublishedAugust 3, 2016

7/12/16

Everything Sucks marked the return of an older, angrier Descendents

Permanent Records is an ongoing closer look at the records that matter most.

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PublishedJuly 12, 2016

7/7/16

Beyond “La Bamba”: Los Lobos is the best rock band nobody’s listening to

When Los Lobos loaded into City Winery in Chicago back in February, it was equal parts rock show and commemoration.…

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PublishedJuly 7, 2016

5/2/16

Buttholes and lawyers: How a lawsuit threatened the indie music model

Electriclarryland, released 20 years ago last month, was the Butthole Surfers’ receipt for years spent cementing…

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PublishedMay 2, 2016

4/29/16

Bob Dylan, meet Ariana Grande: Here’s what’s coming to record stores in May

Every Friday, dozens of new records are released into the wild. Some make big splashes, and others sink almost…

PublishedApril 29, 2016

4/25/16

Under The Big Black Sun opens up L.A.’s punk-rock underbelly

Forty years would seem to be plenty of time to canvass and document the history of punk rock, but as is the case…

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PublishedApril 25, 2016

3/31/16

Cloudy with a chance of Drake: Here’s what’s coming to record stores in April

Every Friday, dozens of new records are released into the wild. Some make big splashes, and others sink almost…

PublishedMarch 31, 2016

3/25/16

Patch The Sky finds Bob Mould in spirited, cathartic form

Bob Mould might have been having a self-deprecating chuckle at himself when he named his 2012 record Silver Age, but…

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