7/10
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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.
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Colombian supergroup Ondatrópica continues to fuse genres from across South America on their sophomore album.
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Remo Drive keeps the torch lit for emo with their promising debut.
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With Conformicide, Havok works some progressive elements into their brand of politically-charged thrash.
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Spoon incorporates some strange experiments into their slick indie rock sound.
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With PACKS, Brooklyn’s Your Old Droog continues to flex his lyrical muscles on his most focused album yet.
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Blanck Mass makes a grand, industrial-flavored return with World Eater.
