9.0
Run The Jewels 4
Run The JewelsFor fans looking to do some good through donation, Run The Jewels have provided a list of organizations on their website that are fighting…
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Album reviews and new music previews from the latest releases by upcoming bands and indie record labels.
7.0
‘Muzz’ Muzz
One of the time honoured traditions in music is the formation of a supergroup. Made up of notable members of already successful bands, the…
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9.5
GENE
LA PriestWhen I read that Sam Eastgate, also known Sam Dust, now known as LA Priest, had spent six months building a drum machine, I…
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8.0
Island
Owen PallettRock musicians have always been fascinated by orchestras. I suspect it stems from the differences in how the two kinds of organizations operate. Bands…
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6.5
Slow Drugs
Sam HimselfOn Slow Drugs, the new solo EP from Sam Himself, the Swedish-born, New York City-based artist sounds like anything but himself. The moniker isn’t…
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8.0
Future Teenage Cave Artists
DeerhoofThere is no better example of a band who has consistently done whatever it has wanted as Deerhoof. Since the early 1990s the San…
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8.5
Pickles & Pies
The MemoriesThe Memories Pickles & Pies is what it would sound like if someone listened to 40 years of pop radio in a short interval…
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8.0
Harmony Avenue
Jade HairpinsBack in 2018, Merge Records put out a 12” by the enigmatic Jade Hairpins; a record and act no-one knew much about and the…
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8.0
Temple
Thao & The Get Down Stay DownThe theme is consistent. When an artist is about to run away from the medium they have consistently worked in because of a feeling…
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9.0
Set My Heart On Fire Immediately
Perfume GeniusEven people who don’t understand classical music and lack a vocabulary to discuss it can understand its beauty. The instruments used. The dynamics. And…
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7.0
Mutable Set
Blake MillsIt’s important to find your solace in something. Especially these days when everywhere you look the news about what is happening in the world…
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8.0
Gathering Swans
Choir BoyLon Chaney’s uncannily elastic facial expressions helped secure his reputation as one of early Hollywood’s most iconic on-screen fiends. The make-up helped, too, but…
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