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  • Oct 27 2014

    Vince Staples - Hell Can Wait

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    West Coast rapper Vince Staples draws up some of his best singles yet on the Hell Can Wait EP.

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  • Oct 27 Album Reviews

    Scott Walker and Sunn o))) - Soused

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    While Sunn o))) and Scott Walker make the effort to accommodate one another on this new collaborative album, the chemistry isn’t as explosive as I had hoped.

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  • Oct 27 Album Reviews

    Sir Michael Rocks - Banco

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    The Cool Kids’ Sir Michael comes together with a pretty fun album on Banco.

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  • Oct 27 Album Reviews

    Foxygen - ...And Star Power

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    Foxygen does a complete 180 on their new record, saying goodbye to the clean production on their last album, and heading into lo-fi territory. However, they throw out any semblance of good songwriting in the process.

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  • Oct 27 Album Reviews

    Godflesh - World Lit Only By Fire

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    Godflesh hits the reset button and gets back to their roots on their first album in over a decade.

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  • Oct 27 Album Reviews

    My Brightest Diamond - This Is My Hand

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    My Brightest Diamond releases its most lively album yet.

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  • Oct 27 Album Reviews

    Weezer - Everything Will Be Alright In The End

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    Weezer writes some of its best–and worst–songs in years.

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  • Oct 27 2014

    alt-j - This Is All Yours

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    UK-based art pop outfit alt-J releases an even more obtuse followup to their popular debut album.

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  • Oct 27 afro-jazz

    Ginger Baker - "Why?"

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    Famed drummer Ginger Baker‘s got a career that’s near-impossible to condense into a few sentences. The man’s contributions to everything from psychedelic rock to jazz are immeasurable, and he’s still hitting the skins at 75! He just put out a new album titled Why?, and the

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  • Oct 27 2014

    Sleater-Kinney - "Bury Our Friends"

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    This is not a drill. Famed Olympia, WA indie punk rock Sleater-Kinney are back! Returning with their first new record since 2005’s amazing The Woods. After the release of that record, the band went on “indefinite hiatus” and we all wept collectively as the prospects of their reunion appeared

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