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  • Apr 21 blues

    Carla Bozulich - Boy

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    Bringing together elements of folk, blues, experimental rock, and noise, Carla Bozulich makes one of the most unorthodox singer-songwriter records you’ll hear this year.

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  • Apr 21 high road

    Mastodon - "High Road"

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    Mastodon comes through with a new single that pleases and pummels. I’m definitely digging it more than most of what I heard on the Hunter a few years ago.

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  • Apr 21 Album Reviews

    Twin Shadow - "To The Top"

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    The new single from George Lewis Jr., a.k.a. Twin Shadow, is pure power ballad mimicry. You might dig it if, you know, you’re into that sorta thing.

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  • Apr 21 Album Reviews

    Thantifaxath - Sacred White Noise

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    Toronto’s Thantifaxath have come through with one of the most ferocious, explosive, and well-recorded black metal records you’re sure to hear this year. There’s a slight prog rock tinge to the songwriting, too.

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  • Apr 21 Album Reviews

    Lil Herb - Welcome To Fazoland

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    Illinois rapper Lil Herb seems to be the hotly anticipated lyrical messiah to come out of the currently hot Chicago drill scene.

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  • Apr 21 Album Reviews

    Lana Del Rey - "West Coast"

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    Lana Del Rey drops a new single in promotion of her forthcoming album Ultraviolence.

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  • Apr 21 Album Reviews

    IDYLLS - PRAYER FOR TERRENE

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    This sophomore LP from Brisbane band IDYLLS is one of the most twisted, extreme records I’ve come across this year.

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  • Apr 21 blues

    Jack White - "Lazaretto"

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    HAH! Jack really came through on this new one. At first, I was a little on the fence about this whole solo thing, but he’s really starting to convince me on this latest single of his, “Lazaretto.” Yeah, I understand that his voice, guitar tone, songwriting style hasn’t

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  • Apr 21 drone

    The Darcys - Hymn For A Missing Girl

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    Never heard of the Darcys before, but they definitely know how to pull together an epic, 21-minute instrumental! Hymn For A Missing Girl is the Halifax band’s latest offering right here, and it was a 500 LP offering this past Record Store Day. There might still be some copies

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  • Apr 21 big momma

    Big Momma - The Plague

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    Cakes Da Killa collaborator Big Momma drops a new mixtape titled The Plague. Much like with Cakes, you’re gonna catch a lot of speedy flows over complex production. However, Momma doesn’t sound too uncomfortable on top of some moody, atmospheric beats as well. Download the mixtape here. Enjoy!

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