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  • Sep 23 Album Reviews

    How To Dress Well- Total Loss

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    On his second full-length album as How To Dress Well, singer and producer Tom Krell shows some stellar improvements in his production techniques, delivering a set of much clearer songs that sound almost heavenly. If you’re down for some adventurous, R&B-influenced dream pop, try it out. WATCH

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  • Sep 20 Album Reviews

    Dinosaur Jr.- I Bet On Sky

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    With the third full-length LP since their reunion in ’05, underground rock icons Dinosaur Jr. is doing what they usually do with the quality fans have come to expect. It’s a bit more mellow than 2009’s Farm, which has its ups and downs, but still very enjoyable to

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  • Sep 20 Album Reviews

    Lil B- "California Boy"

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    On “California Boy,” Lil B, a.k.a. Brandon McCartney, exposes his true, really real, and raw self. He levels up like a Pokemon, gaining experience with each song he releases. Lil B is coming out with a rock album because he’s basically evolved into a rock artist. WATCH

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  • Sep 18 Album Reviews

    Grizzly Bear- Shields

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    With Shields, the New York psych folk outfit Grizzly Bear makes a move toward subtlety, toning down some of the bright, poppy moments that made 2009’s Veckatimest such a powerhouse. WATCH THE REVIEW

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  • Sep 17 Album Reviews

    Woods- Bend Beyond

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    With Bend Beyond, Woods makes the most noticeable change of their past three records with a serious attitude adjustment, presenting more warm, bright, and inviting songs than ever. WATCH THE REVIEW

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  • Sep 17 Album Reviews

    Ondatrópica- Ondatrópica

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    Cumbia supergroup Ondatrópica puts over forty musicians to work on what might be the most essential Latin music record of 2012. WATCH THE REVIEW

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  • Sep 17 Album Reviews

    Krallice- Years Past Matter

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    On their fourth album, New York black metal outfit delivers roughly the same sound they’ve been working with for the previous three. However, despite the lack of shockingly new ideas, the band proves to hold a lot of compositional power in the methodically fine-tuned progressive black metal style they’

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  • Sep 13 Album Reviews

    Atoms for Peace- "Default"

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    Radiohead’s Thom Yorke drops a new track from his Atoms For Peace project. Originally, it seemed to be an assembly of musicians used to play live renditions of material from 2009’s the Eraser. Now, with a full-length album on the way, Atoms For Peace is becoming so much

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  • Sep 13 Album Reviews

    Death Grips- "@DEATHGRIPZ"

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    Experimental hip hop outfit Death Grips closes out the 2012 edition of Adult Swims summer singles series with a track named after the trio’s Twitter handle. WATCH THE REVIEW

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  • Sep 12 Album Reviews

    The xx- Coexist

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    On their sophomore effort, London dream pop outfit the xx drum up more of the skeletal, emotive style their first album delivered. WATCH THE REVIEW

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