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Lol Tolhurst x Budgie x Jacknife Lee – Los Angeles (Record Review)
The combination of dub influences and bubbly production makes for a subversive bop of the stacked collaboration even if it’s slightly bloated.
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The Mountain Goats – Jenny from Thebes (Record Review)
What was supposedly a direct follow-up to 2002’s All Hail West Texas feels too grandiose compared to its predecessor’s crackly, modest charm.
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What is Your Name? – My Name Is… (Record Review)
The Canadian band or artist’s treatise on alienation and teen nostalgia sees its distinct identity and vision match its bouts of shortcomings.
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Land of Talks – Performances (Record Review)
The Quebec band offers a kind of ‘derivative’ synth-rock that quietly grows on you even if it might not set forth new boundaries.
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Sufjan Stevens – Javelin (Record Review)
One of America’s greatest singer-songwriters finds strength in weakness through his meditative folk songs about love, loss, and forgiveness.
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The Creepy Crawlies – Weeds (Record Review)
What the California-based project lacks in groundbreaking premise, the sophomore album more than makes up for it through heartfelt confession.
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Teezo Touchdown – How Do You Sleep at Night? (Record Review)
The aspiring Texan alt-pop artist gets his big start with an arsenal of sounds. Its passionate drive can reach the point of going overboard at times.
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Sprain – The Lamb as Effigy (Record Review)
Completely, utterly, hopelessly unhinged. The Los Angeles-borne band have nothing to hold them back in all their noise.
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An Ode to the Wrens
Today, let’s talk about one of my favourite bands and their masterpiece. The Meadowlands is one of, if not, my favourite albums of all time.
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Deeper – Careful! (Record Review)
Sometimes, you don’t need to break boundaries to pump out bop after bop after bop. The Chicago band is about to embrace post-punk completely.
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