7/10
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A very belated review of the latest Pissed Jeans album, which offers a funny and noisy commentary on love in the present-day.
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7 years after the underwhelming Forgiveness Rock, Toronto indie rock collective Broken Social Scene is back with a pretty exhilarating and harmonious return to form.
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On her sophomore album Melodrama, Lorde makes a few Top 40 concessions, but shows a ton of promise with the stylistic and formal risks she does take.
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SZA delivers a strong full-length debut that explores the emotional complexities of being the other woman.
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Former Pink Floyd frontman Roger Waters applies the politically charged spirit of his past work to the political landscape of today on his latest release.
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After Laughter, Paramore’s first album in four years, finds the pop punk band going through a synthpop metamorphosis.
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Mac DeMarco matures as a songwriter on This Old Dog, his best album since 2.
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Colin Stetson manages to pull new sounds and rhythms out of his sax on All This I Do for Glory.
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While not a full commitment to its titular concept, 50 Song Memoir is The Magnetic Fields’ most charming and ambitious album in over a decade.
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DAMN. is one of Kendrick’s most intriguing releases yet, delivering a series of tracks that are chaotic, layered, and deeply conflicted.
