Music Reviews
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Arap Strap I’m totally fine with it don’t give a fuck anymore
The Scottish duo focuses on the pervasive nature of being online with an engaging genre-hopping sound that elevates singer-songwriter Aidan Moffat's acerbic narratives.
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Taylor Swift The Tortured Poets Department
The cultural juggernaut treads water on her record-breaking eleventh studio album.
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Beyoncé COWBOY CARTER
You know, if five years ago, someone had told you there was a Beyoncé country album, you'd have just assumed she'd been elected as the leader of a country and named it after herself.
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Cloud Nothings Final Summer
On his eighth album with Cloud Nothings, frontman Dylan Baldi soldiers on with more hook-oriented riffs that merge his noisier and poppier instincts. He hasn't sounded this alive in quite some time.
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Waxahatchee Tigers Blood
Simplicity is a core focus of the Alabama singer/songwriter's sixth album, who doubles down on the Southern rock influences of 2020's Saint Cloud.
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Mannequin Pussy I Got Heaven
The Philadelphia band expands far beyond their hardcore roots, delivering shimmering alternative rock with more precision and less abandon.
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The Last Dinner Party Prelude to Ecstasy
With a near-bulletproof collection of tunes, The Last Dinner Party arrives in a theatrical storm that mixes a heavenly, cinematic sound with a glammy, earthy core.
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Torres What an Enormous Room
Torres enthusiastically embraces life despite its challenges, finding joy in her relationships and creativity on this rhythmic record.
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Ducks Ltd. Harm's Way
On their brisk, 28 minute second LP, the Canadian duo offers tight, carefully-considered jangle pop with not a minute wasted.
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The Umbrellas Fairweather Friend
The Bay Area indie-pop quartet takes a giant leap forward on this sensational second album.
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