Album Reviews

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  Elephant Stone Go Deep on 'Back into the Dream'

  PUBLISHED Feb 23, 2024

  'Back into the Dream,' finds the four-piece diving head first into the nighttime hallucinations we all experience...

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  Gulfer Change Course on 'Third Wind'

  PUBLISHED Feb 23, 2024

  'Third Wind' is yet another triumph for Gulfer, its hooks and melodies benefitting from more languorous rhythms...

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  Laetitia Sadier Finds Quietude in Groove on 'Rooting for Love'

  PUBLISHED Feb 23, 2024

  Perhaps the greatest achievement of Laetitia Sadier's career, reached alongside ex-partner and Stereolab co-founder Tim Gane, was the inven...

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  Shaina Hayes Reaps the Fruits of Her Labour on 'Kindergarten Heart'

  PUBLISHED Feb 22, 2024

  An album that’s as soft and tender as it is bold, Kindergarten keeps two feet in the soil and its head in the clouds ...

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  Allie X Is an '80s Baby on 'Girl with No Face'

  PUBLISHED Feb 22, 2024

  The confidence and songwriting on display prove that Allie X-goes-‘80s is a strong enough concept to carry her for one album...

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  Real Estate Are Perfectly Pleasant on 'Daniel'

  PUBLISHED Feb 22, 2024

  Ultimately, 'Daniel' is perfectly pleasant. At this point, what more can we really ask of Real Estate?...

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  Hurray for the Riff Raff Has Arrived on 'The Past Is Still Alive'

  PUBLISHED Feb 21, 2024

  'The Past Is Still Alive' might just be Hurray for the Riff Raff's best album yet...

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  Sleepytime Gorilla Museum Write the Story 'of the Last Human Being'

  PUBLISHED Feb 21, 2024

  The band's latest is full of absurdity, unorthodoxy and a revolutionary vision teetering between terror and triumph...