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With the Electric Lady, singer-songwriter and composer Janelle Monáe adds two more suites to her ongoing metropolis series. This time, she seems to embrace her classic influences in the worlds of R&B and soul closer than ever.
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Factory Floor drops a new series of austere dance tracks with this self-titled album on DFA Records.
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DFA Records strikes again! For their sophomore album, New York dance-pop outfit Holy Ghost delivers a few duds, but the highlights and immaculate dance music production are too good to deny.
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Canadian indie rock heavyweights Arcade Fire return with a new, disco-infused single from their forthcoming LP, Reflektor.
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Once again, a new Arctic Monkeys album is lost on me. While some may find the band’s easygoing rock instrumentation and singer-songwriter Alex Turner’s supposedly clever and humorous lyricism to be entertaining, AM is just another move closer toward making the most cold, calculated, and tame rock music
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Nevada rapper Dizzy Wright’s new mixtape may have over twenty tracks on it, but not a single one of ’em stuck out to me in a significant way.
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Sweden’s Holograms return with their sophomore release in just over a year’s time, refining their post-punk sound a bit to include more synths and a moodier vibe.
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Brooklyn rapper YC The Cynic delivers a pretty potent statement on the topics of god, race, and power with GNK.
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On their latest mixtape, New York’s the Underachievers switch things up by taking on a series of beats from trap music icon Lex Luger.
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The new Dawn of Midi record features some crisp production and off-kilter grooves delivered with the mechanics of a grandfather clock. WATCH THE REVIEW
