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  • Apr 14 Album Reviews

    The Strokes - The New Abnormal

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    More than just an oddity in The Strokes’ catalog, The New Abnormal is a return to form after the disappointing Comedown Machine.

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  • Apr 13 Album Reviews

    Bladee - EXETER

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    Bladee’s shoddy vocals stifle the imaginative EXETER.

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  • Apr 11 Album Reviews

    Sam Hunt - Southside

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    Southside is hard to forget for all the wrong reasons.

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  • Apr 9 Album Reviews

    Yves Tumor - Heaven to a Tortured Mind

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    Heaven to a Tortured Mind, a surreal celebration of soul, Britpop, and glam rock, has greater clarity and flourish than Yves Tumor’s previous work.

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  • Apr 8 Album Reviews

    Waxahatchee - Saint Cloud

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    Saint Cloud is an underwhelming take on indie country.

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    Dirty Projectors - Windows Open

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  • Apr 6 Album Reviews

    Thundercat - It Is What It Is

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    Thundercat’s muddy mixes remain his Achilles’ heel on the otherwise enjoyable It Is What It Is.

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  • Apr 2 Album Reviews

    Nicolas Jaar - Cenizas

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    Nicolas Jaar’s second album of 2020 is an evocative set of electroacoustic vignettes.

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    Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia

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    Despite not sticking the landing, Future Nostalgia is a significant leap forward from Dua Lipa’s so-so debut.

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    Don Toliver - Heaven or Hell

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    Don Toliver spends pretty much all of Heaven or Hell in the shadow of Travis Scott’s sound.

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