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  • Jan 11 Album Reviews

    Jonti- Sine & Moon

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    Download: Jonti- Sine & Moon Last year, Austalia beat producer and multi-instrumentalist Jonti made his Stones Throw debut with the album Twirligig. Now, he’s following that release up with a free album, Sine & Moon. This .zip is a combo of trippy hip hop instrumentals, pretty interludes, and experimental

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  • Jan 11 Album Reviews

    Nerves Junior- "Swimmer's Ear"

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    A new video from the band Nerves Junior, which was directed by my buddy Zach at We Listen For You. I’ve always known Zach to do good work, but he’s really surprised me this time around with a pretty odd and unnerving set of circumstances involving a light

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  • Jan 11 Album Reviews

    The Shins- "Simple Song"

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    The Shins drop a track from its forthcoming album Port of Morrow, and I’m pretty surprised by the large and ambitious sounds the track shows off. WATCH THE REVIEW

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  • Jan 11 Album Reviews

    Charlie Haden & Hank Jones- Come Sunday

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    Come Sunday is the second installment of traditional songs and spirituals from jazz veterans Charlie Haden and Hank Jones. I don’t prefer it to the first album the duo released, Steal Away, but it’s an enjoyable listen for fans of this genre. WATCH THE REVIEW

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  • Jan 11 Album Reviews

    Ceremony- "Hysteria"

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    California’s Ceremony drops a new single that brings a new British punk sound into the band’s repertoire; however, it just doesn’t do that much for me. WATCH THE REVIEW

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  • Jan 11 Album Reviews

    Alcest- Les voyages de l'âme ALBUM REVIEW

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    To be honest, I’ve never been a huge Alcest fan. The combination of black metal and shoegaze the French project has been creating since 2000. My feelings aren’t much different when it comes to this new album, Les voyages de l’âme. WATCH THE REVIEW

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  • Jan 11 Album Reviews

    Zammuto- Idiom Wind EP

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    On his latest EP, the Books member Nick Zammuto deals in the same experimental sounds that made his main band’s previous album so great. I will say the singer-songwriter element of the three songs on this release is more prevalent, though. WATCH THE REVIEW

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  • Jan 11 Album Reviews

    The Weeknd- Echoes of Silence

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    The latest installment of tracks from Ontario’s the Weeknd builds on the best characteristics the previous releases from this experimental R&B project had to offer. WATCH THE REVIEW

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  • Jan 2 Album Reviews

    Guided by Voices- Let's Go Eat the Factory

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    Guided by Voices’ first release release since they’re reunited tries to recapture the sounds and style of the group’s more acclaimed records. Mixed results ensue. WATCH THE REVIEW

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  • Jan 2 Album Reviews

    Neutral Milk Hotel- In the Aeroplane Over the Sea

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    Finishing up classics week with a review of Neutral Milk Hotel’s seminal In the Aeroplane Over the Sea. What do you think of this album? Love it? Hate it? Why? What should I review next, eh? WATCH THE REVIEW

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