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WE ARE WINTER’S BLUE AND RADIANT CHILDREN Make the Good Themselves on 'NO MORE APOCALYPSE FATHER'

PUBLISHED Sep 13, 2024

"I never know how I feel on an overcast day when the sun is still bright despite the grayness and the light is very flat"...

The Dare Wants You to Free Your Ass on 'What's Wrong with New York?'

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PUBLISHED Sep 13, 2024

It's a great time in the nostalgia cycle for anyone who spent their formative horny years in skinny jeans. Sure, "indie sleaze" has...

Sarah Davachi Embraces the Divide on 'The Head as Form’d in the Crier’s Choir'

PUBLISHED Sep 13, 2024

Composer Sarah Davachi's The Head as Form'd in the Crier's Choir is the latest entry in an already remarkable body of modern classical work...

The Revolution Is Ready for Prime Time on Snotty Nose Rez Kids' 'RED FUTURE'

PUBLISHED Sep 13, 2024

Although their cheeky group name perhaps suggests something of a defiant, slacker attitude, Kitamaat rappers Darren "Young D" Metz ...

Nilüfer Yanya Is Caught in a Thrilling Stasis on 'My Method Actor'

PUBLISHED Sep 13, 2024

Conceptualizing the arch of a songwriter's artistic development can feel like an act of senseless problematization. Unlike judgments of...

Flora Rose Transcends the Moment on "Falling Through the Drops of Time"

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PUBLISHED Sep 12, 2024

French indie pop singer-songwriter Flora Rose has been on my radar since I heard "You've Been on My Mind," one of the singles from her great...

Chastity's Self-Titled Album Is Both Battle Scar and Open Wound

PUBLISHED Sep 12, 2024

It's a new era for Chastity, and it starts off — quite literally — with a bang. A single, blown out tom hit is all the warning you're given...

Porches' 'Shirt' Is a Freewheeling, Feral Portrait of Suburban America

PUBLISHED Sep 12, 2024

On the darkly exhilarating sixth studio album from Porches, Aaron Maine is staring at the big sky, ditching school, climbing fences and...