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B.o.B- Strange Clouds

On his sophomore release, B.o.B climbs further up the mainstream ladder by continuing to blend hip hop with some of the poppiest sounds imaginable. While a few singles in this style aren’t bad, B.o.B overdoes it a bit by making nearly every track shoot for some kind of pre-chewed, radio-friendly sound. The end result is an album that doesn’t feel all that personal or engaging. Rather, it’s pretty one-size-fits all.

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Lone- Galaxy Garden

With loads of glossy, tropical synths and irresistibly funky rhythms, the new Lone album is an electronic soundtrack to ear-to-ear grins and lost inhibitions.

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Short Audio Reviews: 05-07-12

A series of short reviews on new releases from Reks, Dot Hacker, Santigold, and Logic.

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OFF!- Self-Titled

With its new, self-titled release, OFF! works with roughly the same formula the band delivered on its first four EPs, but with slightly less exciting results. Sightly!

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Dweller On the Threshold- Self-Titled

Thought Dweller On the Threshold comes into this new, self-titled album with a unique combination of influences, they don’t necessarily add up to an incredibly memorable album.

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The Flaming Lips- The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends

The new Flaming Lips collaborative album is surprisingly cohesive and coherent despite it’s insane gauntlet of guests both big and small.

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Billy Woods- History Will Absolve Me

With a bed of stellar production and several releases under his belt as one half of the Super Chron Flight Brothers, elusive D.C. MC Billy Woods returns to making solo material with History Will Absolve Me.

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Torche- Harmonicraft

Thought Torche’s stomping grounds are firmly rooted in loud rock and metal, the band’s latest album is so bright, catchy, and sweet, even the most biggest of metal cynics can get something out of it.

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Actress- R.I.P.

While UK-based producer Actress creates some really beautiful sounds on this new album, very few of them last long enough to leave a real impression on me–much less progress very far.

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White Suns- Sinews

White Suns approach to noise rock is more noise than rock, reminding me what exactly it is that makes the genre so unique.

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