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Vampire Weekend’s latest album is a worth sequel to 2010’s Contra, presenting songs that truly stand on the merits of their memorable writing and lush instrumentation. WATCH THE REVIEW
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Out on Innovative Leisure, Classixx’s Hanging Gardens might be one of the more enjoyable experiences you’ll have with dance music this year. While this album isn’t grabbing as much hype as the thoroughly blogged <em>Random Access Memories, there’s a vintage quaintness to a
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Co La’s latest album is a pretty intriguing journey through complex beats and disorienting samples. WATCH THE REVIEW
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Honestly, True Romance didn’t offer me much that felt romantic or true. Aside from a few well-written and produced singles, this album mostly dishes out cookie cutter electropop with very little flare. WATCH THE REVIEW
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Irish black metal outfit Altar of Plagues’ latest album sees the band challenging their atomspheric black metal roots with loops, synthetic drums, keyboards, noise, and some unique grooves. WATCH THE REVIEW
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Chicago rapper and singer Chance The Rapper comes through with a more ambitious mixtape with Acid Rap, improving upon his production, hooks, and recording quality. A lot of the beats on this project are impressive as hell, but Chance often puts hooks, ad-libs, and instrumentals ahead of the quality and
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R.A. The Rugged Man returns with his first album in almost ten years. While he may be rapping faster than ever–and is incredibly vile at points–some of the production on this LP sounds incredibly dated and obvious. WATCH THE REVIEW
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Atmospheric black metal outfit Deafheaven returns with the first single from their sophomore release, Sunbather. WATCH THE REVIEW
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The Haxan Cloak’s new, sophomore album is possibly one of the scariest sonic experiences you’ll have all year. WATCH THE REVIEW
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Singer-songriter Jenny Hval’s sophomore full-length has its share of jumbled ideas with obvious inspirations, but sometimes her vocal expressions and songwriting are just enough to keep this album intriguing and somewhat moving. WATCH THE REVIEW
