Album Reviews

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  Hozier's 'Unreal Unearth' Is Music to Escape Into

  PUBLISHED Aug 17, 2023

  In the four years since his last album as Hozier, Andrew Hozier-Byrne has become a sort of mythical being. With his deeply poetic folk-infu...

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  Osees Hurtle into Orbit with 'Intercepted Message'

  PUBLISHED Aug 17, 2023

  It should come as no surprise to followers of Osees — and their frontman and mastermind, John Dwyer — that the band would waste no time put...

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  Melody and Intensity Collide on Fiddlehead's 'Death Is Nothing to Us'

  PUBLISHED Aug 16, 2023

  Leave it to the guy who wrote "Armed with a Mind" almost 20 years ago to go on to lead one of the most cerebral punk bands of the present d...

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  Genesis Owusu Puts the World on Notice with 'Struggler'

  PUBLISHED Aug 15, 2023

  Genesis Owusu is a star. With Struggler, the Ghanaian-Australian artist builds on the strengths of his multifaceted debut — 2021's Smiling...

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  The Hives Resurrect Themselves on 'The Death of Randy Fitzsimmons'

  PUBLISHED Aug 10, 2023

  A lot has changed in the garage rock world since the Hives last suited up for 2012's Lex Hives. If the aughts were the genre's wildest high...

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  Rae Spoon's 'Not Dead Yet' Dances in the Face of Mortality

  PUBLISHED Aug 9, 2023

  The mere existence of Not Dead Yet is a testament to the perseverance and determination of songwriter, producer, multi-instrumentalist and...

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  Bonnie "Prince" Billy's 'Keeping Secrets Will Destroy You' Has Nothing to Hide

  PUBLISHED Aug 9, 2023

  As an artist and creative, Will Oldham — a.k.a. Bonnie "Prince" Billy — has led a rather envious life. He's appeared in over a dozen films...

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  Aphex Twin's 'Blackbox Life Recorder 21f / in a Room7 F760' Is Solid Tungsten

  PUBLISHED Aug 2, 2023

  There's always some giddy excitement around an Aphex Twin release, and not just for us, the listeners; you can easily picture everyone at W...