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  • Aug 17 Album Reviews

    Health - Death Magic

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    Health is back, and they’re taking it easy on the noise this time around, favoring a fusion of electronic dance music and pop on many tracks here.

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  • Aug 14 Album Reviews

    FKA twigs - M3LL155X

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    UK art pop artist FKA twigs drops a stellar EP outta nowhere.

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  • Aug 13 Album Reviews

    Cattle Decapitation - The Anthropocene Extinction

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    Deathgrind outfit Cattle Decapitation’s latest record is a deadly combination of technical extremity and human touch.

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  • Aug 11 Album Reviews

    Grave Babies - Holographic Violence

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    Grave Babies take a more serious, dreary, and high-fidelity approach on their new record.

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  • Aug 11 Album Reviews

    Dr. Dre - Compton: A Soundtrack

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    Dr. Dre is back! Dr. Dre is back! Dr. Dre is back!

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  • Feb 11 Album Reviews

    Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear

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    J. Tillman, aka Father John Misty, comes through with a grand, funny, and gorgeous sophomore release under this recently embraced pseudonym of his.

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  • Feb 11 Album Reviews

    Kendrick Lamar - "The Blacker The Berry"

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    TDE’s Kendrick Lamar gives us another taste of his forthcoming album with “The Blacker the Berry.” It’s a lyrically nuanced portrayal of one character’s reaction to the racial tensions that boiled over for much of 2014.

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  • Feb 6 Album Reviews

    Matana Roberts - Coin Coin Chapter 3: River Run Thee

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    The latest installment of Matana Roberts’ Coin Coin series shifts the narrative down a drone-laden, cluttered pathway.

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    John Carpenter - Lost Themes

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    Director, screenwriter, and infamous soundtrack composer John Carpenter surprises fans with an album of non-soundtrack material.

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  • Feb 6 Album Reviews

    Zs - Xe

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    Zs’ latest album shows the band taking a more stripped back approach to their hypnotically repetitive approach to experimental rock, jazz, and drone.

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