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  • Nov 29 Album Reviews

    Heems- Wild Water Kingdom

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    On his latest full-length project, NYC rapper Heems brings the energy down, and hand-picks a series of instrumentals that are notably smoother, glossier. WATCH THE REVIEW

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  • Nov 28 Album Reviews

    Macintosh Plus- Floral Shoppe

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    Chopped and screwed meets AOR, synth funk, contemporary R&B, and new age on this new album from Macintosh Plus. WATCH THE REVIEW

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  • Nov 26 Album Reviews

    Bad Brains- Into the Future

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    The future is looking a little grim. WATCH THE REVIEW

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  • Nov 26 Album Reviews

    Tim Hecker and Daniel Lopatin- Instrumental Tourist

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    On this new collaborative effort from Tim Hecker and Daniel Lopatin, the two artists combine their respective approaches to ambient and experimental music in a way even the most casual fans can predict. That’s not a bad thing, though. Where this album falls short is in writing and execution,

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  • Nov 26 Album Reviews

    The Evens- The Odds

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    On their third album, Washington D.C.’s the Evens prove major changes aren’t necessary when great songwriting, strong messages, and tight playing are the main ingredients in your recipe. WATCH THE REVIEW

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  • Nov 19 Album Reviews

    Vessel- Order of Noise

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    While Vessel does create a pretty consistent and well-groomed style on this album, which fuses elements of IDM and techno with some of the most shadowy sounds on record, some tracks are clearly more well-developed than others. WATCH THE REVIEW

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  • Nov 14 Album Reviews

    Deftones- Koi No Yokan

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    Deftones make a lighter and more ethereal left turn with their latest album, much like they did with Saturday Night Wrist in 2006, but the end result is nowhere near as experimental or expansive, unfortunately. Though much of the songwriting is enjoyable here, for this most part, this album feels

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  • Nov 14 Album Reviews

    Jessica Pratt- Self-Titled

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    On her debut album, Jessica Pratt lends her enchanting voice to a series of patiently fingerpicked arpeggios and momento-laden stories. WATCH THE REVIEW

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  • Nov 13 Album Reviews

    Crystal Castles- III

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    While Crystal Castles continues writing some decent electropop tunes, on III the Toronto duo sees fit to decorate all of them with generic drum timbres and an overabundance of reverb. WATCH THE REVIEW

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  • Nov 12 Album Reviews

    Brian Eno- LUX

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    Brian Eno’s latest ambient effort sees him returning to his roots in the genre with albums like Ambient 1. At first, I found that pretty refreshing, and I loved the combination of piano, violin, synths, and guitar on these tracks, too. However, the album is seriously lacking in terms

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