Album Reviews

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  King Hannah Brave the Waves on 'Big Swimmer'

  PUBLISHED May 29, 2024

  Oftentimes, the line between swimming and drowning is merely one's ability to remain calm. Reflecting on their debut album ...

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  Vince Staples Closes a Chapter with 'Dark Times'

  PUBLISHED May 28, 2024

  When Vince Staples signed to Def Jam in 2013, we knew him as a young, undeniably talented albeit somewhat raw and unpolished MC hailing fro...

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  Wyatt C. Louis Finds Growth and Grace on 'Chandler'

  PUBLISHED May 23, 2024

  Wyatt C. Louis fills their lungs with Chinook winds and breathes new life into the hulking behemoth that is modern indie folk with their de...

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  Gatecreeper Speak to Spirits on 'Dark Superstition'

  PUBLISHED May 23, 2024

  Metal is often about posturing and comparing. Who's the loudest? (I'm the loudest!) Who's the fastest? (I'm the fastest?) Who's the heavies...

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  DIIV Have the Instinct to Survive on 'Frog in Boiling Water'

  PUBLISHED May 23, 2024

  DIIV is a band built on nuance and confrontation. While one side of their music is light, wistful and psychedelic, the other is frazzled...

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  Beth Gibbons Looks to a Lost Future on 'Lives Outgrown'

  PUBLISHED May 21, 2024

  Beth Gibbons is like a ghost. Probing the shadowy spaces of bereavement, her songs are articulated through weary quivers, moans and wails....

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  Billie Eilish's 'HIT ME HARD AND SOFT' Pulls No Punches

  PUBLISHED May 21, 2024

  In today's sound-bite-driven music landscape, releasing an album without singles is a swing that only the industry's heaviest hitters will...

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  Alana Yorke's 'Destroyer' Rises Above the Waves

  PUBLISHED May 17, 2024

  Eight years in the making, Nova Scotia singer-songwriter Alana Yorke's full-length debut album 'Destroyer' is an art-pop outpouring of ...