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  • Nov 24 Album Reviews

    Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - Soul of a Woman

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    Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings’ final record is a celebration of everything that made the soul revivalists great since their inception in the early ’00s.

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  • Nov 22 Album Reviews

    King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Polygondwanaland

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    King Gizzard has released a proggy new album into the public domain, and it’s perhaps the band’s most holistic and ambitious effort this year.

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  • Nov 21 Album Reviews

    Jaden Smith - SYRE

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    Jaden Smith’s latest film is an auditory one, exploring the lyrical follies of a rich-kid-turned-mediocre-rapper in desperate need of perspective as he produces 70 minutes of egotistical propaganda in the hope it will launch his rap career.

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  • Nov 20 Album Reviews

    Armand Hammer - Rome

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    Elusive NYC hip hop duo Armand Hammer is back for one of the grimiest rap records of 2017.

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  • Nov 19 2017

    Fabiana Palladino - "Mystery" / Ruthven - "Evil"

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    Jai Paul is back! Sort of. He and his brother A. K. are at least back in a production capacity with these two new songs from fresh faces Fabiana Palladino and Ruthven. Across both tracks, the Paul brothers maintain their distinctive production style – cold, minimalist, and evocative of the ’80s

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  • Nov 19 2017

    Best & Worst Tracks: 11/19 (Björk and Jai Paul Hype!!!)

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    The weekly segment in which Anthony touches down on some of the best and worst tracks he has heard in the past week. New singles from two pop enigmas are this week’s main attraction.

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  • Nov 19 2017

    Tame Impala - "List of People (To Try and Forget About)"

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    Tame Impala has a new EP out featuring a handful of B-sides and remixes from the Currents era. It’s definitely worth checking out if you are fond of that album, but if we had to pick a highlight it’d be this opening track, “List of People (To Try

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  • Nov 19 2017

    Tribulation - "The Lament"

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    Here’s a new single and video from blackened goth metal outfit Tribulation. “The Lament” is perhaps the strongest showcase of the band’s catchy writing and balladry yet. It’ll appear on the band’s next album, Down Below, which comes out January 26 via Century Media. You can

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  • Nov 19 2017

    VINYL UPDATE: 11-19-17 (Kendrick Lamar, King Gizzard, Radiohead, Loutallica)

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    Anthony shows off some recent additions to his record collection, giving his thoughts on their packaging and sound along the way.

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  • Nov 17 Album Reviews

    Liars - TFCF

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    Liars’ TFCF is one of the band’s most isolated, tedious, and disappointing releases yet.

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