Album Reviews

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  Witchrot Transcend the Chatter on 'Live in the Hammer'

  PUBLISHED Mar 7, 2023

  Most people who know Witchrot's name learned it the same way — that infamous 2018 Facebook post that sent the Toronto band viral, in which...

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  Growth Isn't Always Pretty on slowthai's 'Ugly'

  PUBLISHED Mar 3, 2023

  slowthai's debut album Nothing Great About Britain was a frenzied capsule of disaffection and anger, one that tackled nationalist pride and...

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  Kali Uchis Unfurls on the Sensual, Lovestruck 'Red Moon in Venus'

  PUBLISHED Mar 3, 2023

  At this point, Kali Uchis has solidified herself as both pop juggernaut and high-fantasy storyteller — listen to the slow-boil smash hit "T...

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  Home Front Can't Be Beaten Down on 'Games of Power'

  PUBLISHED Mar 2, 2023

  Home Front's first album feels more like a lost classic than a modern debut, a thrilling convergence of eras that spans uplifting new wave,...

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  Gayance's 'Mascarade' Is a Self-Assured Warning Shot

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2023

  Montreal-raised producer Gayance's debut LP, Mascarade, is an eclectic fusion of influences that appears to exist in a constant state of ev...

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  Phantom Lung's 'Abhorrent Entity' Is an Unrelenting Ride

  PUBLISHED Feb 28, 2023

  Phantom Lung harken back to a golden period of death metal/grindcore in Canadian music. Following in a similar vein to that of Ion Dissonan...

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  'Cracker Island' Makes the Case for Gorillaz Being Damon Albarn's Quintessential Project

  PUBLISHED Feb 24, 2023

  The best Gorillaz albums play out a bit like mixtapes, with leader Damon Albarn's pop-rock Blur-isms going toe-to-toe with an ever-shifting...

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  U.S. Girls Evolve Again on the Sticky and Synthetic 'Bless This Mess'

  PUBLISHED Feb 24, 2023

  On "Only Daedalus," the juicy disco romp that opens U.S. Girls' nervy, synthetic fantasia Bless This Mess, Meg Remy finds herself lost in t...