Music Reviews
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The Vaccines Back in Love City
On their fifth album, the London quintet expand their scope with a hearty tribute to country and American music.
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Andrew W.K. God is Partying
Following 2018's You're Not Alone, which had Andrew W.K. acting as a motivational self-help coach, the relatively more grim God is Partying is his sharpest pivot yet. It still rocks though.
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Little Simz Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
Sometimes I Might Be Introvert is an open window into the deep and private thoughts the London-based wants to share with us, aware that there's strength in being vulnerable.
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Deafheaven Infinite Granite
Infinite Granite, the group’s fifth full-length studio LP, sees George Clarke, Kerry McCoy, and company turning in their screamed vocals, blistering tempos, and eardrum-obliterating tremolos for a more contemplative approach to blackgaze.
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CHVRCHES Screen Violence
The trio's fourth album presents a sincere tribute to '80s horror cinema, weaving together personal stories and rage-infused critiques with a seductive aesthetic.
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Halsey If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power
The singer-songwriter's provocative fourth album is imbued with a palpable sense of drama in how its menacing arrangements move effortlessly around their needs, desires, and insecurities.
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The Killers Pressure Machine
Brandon Flowers' sentences seem to trail off just as the story gets good on this well-intentioned but clunky concept album.
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Jungle Loving In Stereo
The electronic duo's joyful third album has no misleading messages or presumptuous metaphors. It's exactly what it sounds like: an open letter to celebrate life and love, which is not a small thing.
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Liars The Apple Drop
The Apple Drop sounds like the reclaiming of what Liars founding member Angus Andrew had lost in the past four years after longtime member Aaron Hemphill left the band. His sense of menace remains, though possessing a higher level of maturing and confidence that can only come from 20 years of experimenting with the project.
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Darkside Spiral
Spiral, the comeback LP by Chilean-born electronic musician Nicolas Jaar and American multi-instrumentalist Dave Harrington is an alchemical concoction of beats, textures, sonic flourishes, and melodies that sound like they were recorded in a world that had no precedent.
Jackson Glassey reviews...