Album Reviews

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  Tough Age Stay True to Form on 'Waiting Here'

  PUBLISHED Jun 15, 2023

  The latest album from indie pop mainstays Tough Age celebrates 10 years of the band's upbeat, straightforward brand of pop rock. Known for...

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  Hand Habits Lets the Light in on 'Sugar the Bruise'

  PUBLISHED Jun 14, 2023

  As Hand Habits, Meg Duffy has released three striking albums — 2017's Wildly Idle (Humble Before the Void), 2019's Placeholder and 2021's F...

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  Boris & Uniform Compartmentalize the Catharsis on 'Bright New Disease'

  PUBLISHED Jun 13, 2023

  In March 2020, I was preparing to go see Uniform play with the Body; due to the onset of the pandemic, that concert never came to fruition....

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  King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard Deal in Black Magic and Black Comedy on 'PetroDragonic Apocalypse'

  PUBLISHED Jun 13, 2023

  Finally — King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard have made an album about lizards and wizards. With a title impossibly more tongue-twisting than...

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  Lightning Dust Break Apart and Come Together on 'Nostalgia Killer'

  PUBLISHED Jun 12, 2023

  Nostalgia Killer is a pain-soaked, sometimes soul-crushing album that fixates deeply on the end of a loving relationship. What makes it cut...

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  Jayda G's 'Guy' Bubbles Over with Energy

  PUBLISHED Jun 9, 2023

  The second full-length from Jayda G, Guy is a more personal and thematic record than 2019's Significant Changes. Known for her infectious e...

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  Amaarae Is a Clever Alchemist on 'Fountain Baby'

  PUBLISHED Jun 8, 2023

  In a 2020 interview with Pitchfork, Amaarae wondered whether African music was on the brink of global popularity, similar to how Sean Paul...

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  Jess Williamson Explores the Corporeal and Sublime on 'Time Ain't Accidental'

  PUBLISHED Jun 7, 2023

  For a split second, as Time Ain't Accidental's title track gets underway, you might think of early Taylor Swift. The unassuming country aff...