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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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  • Feb 6 Album Reviews

    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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  • Feb 6 Album Reviews

    YUNOREVIEW: JANUARY 2015

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    The magical monthly segment where I briefly touch down on a gauntlet of albums I didn’t get a chance to review this past month. These are just my short, straightforward, passionate, biased opinions.

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  • Feb 6 Album Reviews

    Björk - Vulnicura

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    Icelandic singer, songwriter, producer Björk is back with another record, and it’s one filled with romantic heartbreak and whimsical instrumentation.

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  • Feb 6 Album Reviews

    Lupe Fiasco - Tetsuo & Youth

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    With what might be his final project with Atlantic Records, Lupe Fiasco releases his most conceptual and headiest album in years, backing these tracks up with an instrumental set that’s a step above what he delivered on his two previous LPs.

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