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32 minutes ago

Ora Cogan: Hard Hearted Woman

Ora Cogan makes songs the way diviners cast charms. Her music moves on instinct but carries the deliberation of ritual, each gesture placed where feeling cuts closest to the bone. On Hardhearted Woman, her ninth album and debut for Sacred Bones, she casts an invocation for anyone determined to remain wild in a world where it's easier to calcify.
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fromSPIN
2 days ago

Flying Lotus Packs Big Excitement Into Brief 'Big Mama' - SPIN

Flying Lotus releases Big Mama, a concentrated seven-track EP showcasing his signature fusion of hip-hop, jazz, and IDM through rapidly shifting instrumental vignettes without guest musicians.
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fromPortland Mercury
2 days ago

Introducing Spin Cycle, the Mercury's New Biweekly Album Review Column!

Trigger Object's album uses chaotic electronic soundscapes and algorithmic noise to reflect contemporary global despair and collective emotional exhaustion.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 days ago

James Blake: Trying Times review platitudes about politics and Kanye can't detract from an excellent album

James Blake's seventh album Trying Times combines his signature ethereal minimalism with socio-political commentary and Kanye West-influenced production, delivering musically excellent work despite lyrically unconvincing messaging.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
3 days ago

The Black Crowes: A Pound of Feathers review | Stevie Chick's album of the week

The Black Crowes remain committed to vintage rock and roll aesthetics, releasing their 10th album that continues their successful return to form with timeless grooves and classic influences.
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fromPitchfork
5 days ago

deathcrash: Somersaults

deathcrash transitions from ethereal slowcore to accessible indie rock on Somersaults, successfully emulating past influences but sacrificing their distinctive complex worldbuilding.
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5 days ago

Arima Ederra: A Rush to Nowhere

If Ederra was previously a journaler processing experiences within the bound margins of the page, here we're privy to the thoughts as they pop into her head. "I'm in the business of feeling," she declares early on, establishing the limbic mood. Ederra's not as frenzied a writer as KeiyaA, who likes to structure verses like spiraling thoughts, but the shift in approach makes her more fluid.
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fromSPIN
5 days ago

The More You Ignore Him, The Closer He Gets: Morrissey Returns With New Album 'Make-Up Is a Lie' - SPIN

Morrissey's first album in six years, Make-Up Is a Lie, delivers effective rock songs alongside cringeworthy tracks, maintaining his grievance-filled style with moments of genuine emotional impact and sonic experimentation.
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1 week ago

cootie catcher: Something We All Got

Working in the vein of "laptop twee" acts like friends& and Worldpeace DMT, who fuse the genre-smashing maximalism promised by hyperpop with the whimsical optimism of '00s buzz bands, the material on their 2025 album Shy at first is as dense and dynamic as the songs you try to compose in your imagination.
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fromPitchfork
1 week ago

Harry Styles: Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally.

Harry Styles' album Kiss All the Time attempts dance-punk and club music but undermines its ambitions by repeatedly retreating to familiar stadium-pop production techniques.
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fromThe Verge
1 week ago

Listen to this: Mabe Fratti's experimental cello pop

Mabe Fratti's 2024 album Sentir Que No Sabes blends new age, industrial, and folk elements into cohesive pop-influenced experimental music.
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fromConsequence
1 week ago
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On Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally, Harry Styles Is at His Best When He's Crashing Out: Review

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fromBusiness Insider
1 week ago

Harry Styles wants to be an ordinary guy. That's the problem.

Harry Styles' fourth album prioritizes an ordinary-guy image over artistic vision, resulting in his most anonymous and average work yet.
fromConsequence
1 week ago
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On Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally, Harry Styles Is at His Best When He's Crashing Out: Review

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fromBrooklynVegan
1 week ago

Stream Catalyst's very good new screamo album 'Come In and Thank God'

Catalyst's third album Come In and Thank God delivers passionate screamo that balances raw emotion, heavy chaos, and delicate beauty while revitalizing the melody-driven screamo tradition.
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1 week ago

skaiwater: wonderful

The gift of skaiwater's best music is its unique shape, blown-out underground rap styles carefully folded into delicate origami. Forget every preconceived notion you might have about 'rage rap' and put on 'rain'-it's so pretty, a butterfly fluttering around a bomb site. On that album, skai harnessed beat drops like wrecking balls crashing into the walls of their heart.
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fromPitchfork
1 week ago

Bruno Mars: The Romantic

From the first single "I Just Might," a pleading request that his lover be able to move on the dancefloor at his level, it's clear that Mars is inviting more comparisons to groovier hits of yesteryear than usual. It reminded me of both Junior Senior's "Move Your Feet" and Leo Sayer's "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing," hitting the same melodies or gang vocal inflections.
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fromPitchfork
1 week ago

Jackie West: Silent Century

West builds most of the songs around a single repeated chord, strummed high up on the neck. Her band populates the arrangement with everything else she needs-bass licks, chord changes, dynamic surges-while West sends her voice into the song's darkened corners and curls her mind around whichever odd idea grips her.
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fromSPIN
1 week ago

Bill Callahan Confronts Mortality and Legacy on 'My Days of 58' - SPIN

Bill Callahan's album 'My Days of 58' combines his signature themes of loneliness and stoicism with newfound gentleness, humor, and empathy shaped by middle age, fatherhood, and mortality.
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fromPitchfork
2 weeks ago

Iron & Wine: Hen's Teeth

Iron & Wine's Hen's Teeth showcases Sam Beam's artistic evolution toward collaborative warmth, featuring guest vocalists and a full band that transforms his traditionally sparse sound into emotionally rich arrangements.
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fromPitchfork
2 weeks ago

Maria BC: Marathon

Marathon is a beautiful yet uncomfortable album that uses industrial imagery and exhausted folk songs to express protest against contemporary crises without explicit political statements.
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fromPitchfork
2 weeks ago

Buck Meek: The Mirror

Buck Meek's fourth solo album incorporates subtle electronic elements while maintaining his traditional folk-country sound, blending synthesizers with acoustic instrumentation for atmospheric enhancement rather than radical transformation.
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2 weeks ago

American Football: "Bad Moons"

In 'Bad Moons,' the unpredictability lies not in the lyrics like usual, where Mike Kinsella admits he's 'just two little boys in a trench coat' in that languorous voice he can't shed. Instead, the lasting impression comes from his bandmates' graceful turns through delicate post-rock. Aqueous harp and piano eventually give way to a fishing net of guitars, each minimalist line woven tighter than the next.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Pekka Kuusisto: Willows album review luminous, inventive and penetrating

The Finnish conductor and violinist is talking about Ralph Vaughan Williams' The Lark Ascending, a work of such innate Britishness that it regularly tops UK classical music popularity polls. Kuusisto's Lark isn't RVW-lite, however, but a penetrating, convincingly honest account that strips the music back to its essential roots in the English folk tradition.
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fromKALTBLUT Magazine
2 weeks ago

Glassio's "The Imposter" Traces Unraveling and Rebuilding - KALTBLUT Magazine

Glassio's third album 'The Imposter' documents artistic rebirth through sobriety and relocation, deconstructing his previous identity to reveal authentic vulnerability beneath carefully constructed personas.
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fromPitchfork
2 weeks ago

Remember Sports: The Refrigerator

Remember Sports' album The Refrigerator explores the psychological and emotional transformation of entering adulthood, blending punk origins with softer, more experimental sounds to capture the uncertainty of the late twenties.
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fromPitchfork
2 weeks ago

Peaches: No Lube So Rude

Peaches' album 'No Lube So Rude' continues her signature explicit approach to queer sexuality and sensuality through direct, unapologetic lyrical content over electronic beats.
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fromwww.vice.com
3 years ago

Taylor Swift Knows Jack Antonoff Is an Evil Genius

Taylor Swift's 'Midnights' album reflects a mature sound with cohesive production highlighting her lyrics and vocal delivery.
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fromPitchfork
5 months ago

Mariah Carey: Here for It All

Mariah Carey's 16th album is meticulously produced and unflinchingly documents vocal aging, mixing signature lush singing with frequent hoarseness and occasional soaring moments.
fromConsequence
6 months ago

On private music, Deftones Prove Why They Remain One of Rock Music's Most Influential Titans

Almost four decades into their career, Deftones might be as big as they've ever been. Sure, they were hitmakers of the CD era, but these days they're selling out Madison Square Garden, running their own highly successful (and surprisingly well-programmed) music festival, and - most importantly? - they're massive on TikTok. Despite all of the buzz, though, the band has taken its sweet time dropping new music.
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fromKqed
7 months ago

Rexx Life Raj Emerges from Grief and Finds a New Rhythm | KQED

Rexx Life Raj combines refreshing lyricism and intricate musicianship while maintaining a responsibility to his fans and fellow artists.
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fromPitchfork
7 months ago

MGK: lost americana

Colson Baker's album 'lost americana' is fascinating despite its lack of quality and features extensive references to classic rock.
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fromPitchfork
7 months ago

Disiniblud / Rachika Nayar / Nina Keith: Disiniblud

Disiniblud embodies queer fantasies of love and solidarity through experimental soundscapes and intimate musical collaboration.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
7 months ago

Poor Creature: All Smiles Tonight review | Jude Roger's folk album of the month

Debut album by Poor Creature blends traditional songs with a haunting, playful atmosphere, showcasing unique instrumental choices and lyrical depth.
fromPitchfork
7 months ago

Alex G: Headlights

The polish doesn't constrict or corrupt Headlights; everything that might appear as an indulgence only expands the range of an artist who's basically a genre unto himself at this point.
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fromPitchfork
8 months ago

DJ Haram: Beside Myself

"This world betrayed me. Nah I'll never forgive this world for who it made me."
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fromVulture
8 months ago

The Biebers Would Like Us to Know They're Still in Love

Justin's surprise, mediocre new album, is filled with lyrics about his complicated relationship with his wife, but they all skew toward 'I still love you.'
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fromPitchfork
8 months ago

Double Virgo: Shakedown

Double Virgo, consisting of Fenton and Fehmi, creates earnest yet sloppy music that struggles with its serious intentions and informal spirit.
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fromPitchfork
8 months ago

LAZER DIM 700: Sins Aloud

LAZER DIM 700's format challenges traditional listening experiences, reflecting Lazer's modern, DIY approach to hip-hop.
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fromwww.npr.org
8 months ago

On 'Tracks II,' Springsteen shares a host of lost albums and a new part of himself

Bruce Springsteen released 'Tracks II: The Lost Albums' featuring previously unreleased material from the mid-1980s to late 2010s.
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fromPitchfork
9 months ago
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Little Simz: Lotus

Little Simz channels personal conflict and creative intensity into her album 'Lotus' following a lawsuit against her former collaborator Inflo.
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9 months ago
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Little Simz Channels Growth and Grit on Transformative New Album 'Lotus' | stupidDOPE | Est. 2008

Little Simz's album "Lotus" explores personal themes of vulnerability and resilience through innovative sound and impactful storytelling.
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fromstupidDOPE | Est. 2008
9 months ago

Little Simz Channels Growth and Grit on Transformative New Album 'Lotus' | stupidDOPE | Est. 2008

Little Simz's album "Lotus" explores personal themes of vulnerability and resilience through innovative sound and impactful storytelling.
fromPitchfork
9 months ago

MARINA: PRINCESS OF POWER

It can sound trite, but the ability to love is so powerful and brave... Princess of Power is about teaching yourself—or re-teaching yourself—how to love.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
9 months ago

The ones we love: all 16 of REM's albums ranked!

Peter Buck's criticism of Around the Sun reflected the band's struggle post-Bill Berry, with lifeless tracks overshadowing some quality material, though gems still exist.
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fromPitchfork
9 months ago

Photographic Memory: I look at her and light goes all through me

Max Epstein's 'I look at her and light goes all through me' is an experimental collection blending various genres and showcasing his artistic evolution.
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fromPitchfork
9 months ago

Ty Segall: Possession

Ty Segall's new album 'Possession' marks a shift back to a warmer, nostalgic brand of stadium rock after a period of diverse experimentation.
fromPitchfork
9 months ago

Townes Van Zandt: The Nashville Sessions

To really die you have to die three ways. Townes Van Zandt discovered this after overdosing on model airplane glue. He was declared DOA at the hospital where, to hear him tell it, he sat for an hour and a half while doctors debated just how dead he was.
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fromConsequence
9 months ago

Sparks Deconstruct New Album MAD! Track by Track

Sparks' new album MAD! cleverly blends relatable themes with their signature synth pop style, continuing their legacy after over fifty years in music.
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fromPitchfork
9 months ago

Smerz: Big city life

'Big city life' is a vibrant soundtrack that encapsulates the intoxicating thrill and danger of youth in urban nightlife.
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fromPitchfork
9 months ago

Morgan Wallen: I'm the Problem

Morgan Wallen's new album offers a blend of paranoia and introspection amidst a lengthy collection of songs that push the bounds of country music.
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fromPitchfork
9 months ago

Grails: Miracle Music

Grails' new album Miracle Music blends diverse influences creating an 'old-world' quality, with painterly aesthetics and subtle musical dynamics.
fromPitchfork
10 months ago

How billy woods Created His Latest Masterpiece, GOLLIWOG

On this album, each song acts as a self-contained narrative, reflective of childhood influences from authors like Ray Bradbury and Stephen King's horror collections.
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fromVulture
10 months ago

Arcade Fire Make a Cowardly Comeback

Arcade Fire's album 'Pink Elephant' explores themes of love and obsession amid recent controversies surrounding frontman Win Butler.
fromwww.npr.org
10 months ago

What to know about Blake Shelton's 'For Recreational Use Only'

Blake Shelton's new album 'For Recreational Use Only' shows his ability to reinvent himself, blending classic and modern country styles.
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fromPitchfork
10 months ago

Kara-Lis Coverdale: From Where You Came

Kara-Lis Coverdale's work explores the intersection of technology, culture, and personal expression through intricate soundscapes.
fromConsequence
10 months ago

I'm With Her Dissect New Album Wild and Clear and Blue Track by Track

It feels like magic getting to do this together, there's a special bond embedded within these lyrics.
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