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  • Mar 26 babylon

    SZA - Babylon

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    TDE member SZA drops a stunning single and video for her upcoming album, Z, which is dropping on April 8th. While this is clearly an R&B song, I’m loving the unusual emphasis on atmosphere in the production and subtle Björk influences on the vocal melody here. It

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  • Mar 26 Album Reviews

    Liars - Mess

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    Experimental music outfit Liars continue their foray into electronic music with a series of incredibly bold, heavy tech house fusions.

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  • Mar 26 Album Reviews

    Skrillex - Recess

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    Famed dubstep producer Skrillex finally drops a full-length record.

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  • Mar 26 Album Reviews

    Big Ups - Eighteen Hours of Static

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    Big Ups’ Eighteen Hours of Static combines numerous styles of underground rock music to create one of the most cutting, satirical rock records of this year. Think Minor Threat, Slint, D.R.I., and Dead Milkmen coming to a fantastic compromise on a collaborative album.

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  • Mar 26 Album Reviews

    Future Islands - Singles

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    Synth pop outfit Future islands drops their most focused record yet, delivering one catchy, dramatically sung tune after another.

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  • Mar 26 Album Reviews

    The War On Drugs - Lost In the Dream

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    The new War On Drugs album is a winning combination of psychedelic rock, krautrock, folk, and Americana–just like the band’s last album, but better.

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  • Mar 26 Album Reviews

    Evian Christ - Waterfall

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    The latest EP from Evian Christ shows noticeable improvement in the rising star producer’s production chops.

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  • Mar 26 Album Reviews

    Tycho - Awake

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    Tycho makes the transition from hazy bedroom producer to what almost sounds like a full instrumental rock band on this latest record of his.

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  • Mar 26 Album Reviews

    Freddie Gibbs and Madlib - Piñata

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    Indiana rapper Freddie “Gangsta” Gibbs teams up with legendary hip hop producer Madlib for one of the most essential hip hop albums of the year.

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  • Mar 26 Album Reviews

    La Dispute - The Rooms of the House

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    La Dispute comes through with a worthwhile followup to 2011’s Wildlife. While some of the stories aren’t as enthralling, the band’s minor alterations to their sound this time around makes this record worth checking out if you’ve been following them up until this point, or if

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