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  • Sep 24 Album Reviews

    Foo Fighters - Concrete and Gold

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    Post-grunge veterans Foo Fighters drop a raw but spotty album with Concrete and Gold.

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  • Sep 23 Album Reviews

    Myrkur - Mareridt

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    Myrkur’s sophomore album still leaves something to be desired on the songwriting front, but is nevertheless a much better-developed product than her debut.

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  • Sep 22 Album Reviews

    Open Mike Eagle - Brick Body Kids Still Daydream

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    Brick Body Kids is Open Mike Eagle at his most low-key, but it’s also his most cohesive and emotionally potent work so far.

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  • Sep 21 Album Reviews

    Daniel Caesar - Freudian

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    Toronto R&B artist Daniel Caesar shows much songwriting potential on his debut album.

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  • Sep 20 Album Reviews

    Ariel Pink - Dedicated to Bobby Jameson

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    The retrospective Dedicated to Bobby Jameson finds Ariel Pink going back to his old musical stomping grounds and crafting some of his best songs yet.

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  • Sep 19 Album Reviews

    Brain (Lil Dicky) - I'm Brain

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    Lil Dicky’s Brain alter ego has put out an EP that’s ironically brainless and very NOT GOOD.

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  • Sep 18 Album Reviews

    The National - Sleep Well Beast

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    Sleep Well Beast is The National’s most vibrant and engaging set of songs in years.

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  • Sep 17 2017

    Best & Worst Tracks: 9/17 (Björk, Post Malone, BBNG, King Krule, Gucci Mane, Burial)

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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.

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  • Sep 17 2017

    Björk - "The Gate"

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    Here’s the beautiful and formless lead single from Björk’s forthcoming follow-up to Vulnicura, Utopia. It’s due out sometime in November, so there’s still time to ponder how much like Tinder the album’s going to sound. (Probably not much.) Update You can watch the song’s

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  • Sep 17 2017

    Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah - "AvengHer"

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    Unbeknownst to me, trumpeter/producer Christian Scott has been having quite a prolific 2017, set to finish out a trilogy of albums with next month’s The Emancipation Procrastination. I was lukewarm on the new-agey Diaspora, but am digging the fusion of vintage jazz and modern hip hop production on

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