rock
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Everyday Life is a well-produced but unfocused album with an incomplete message.
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Sea of Worry is by a mile HANL’s stalest, least imaginative album yet.
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The only stirring thing about listening to MCID is hearing who Highly Suspect will poorly mimic next.
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Leaving Meaning, while frequently stunning, feels more like a reiteration for Swans than it does an evolution.
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While Battles maintain their unique style of math rock on Juice B Crypts, the band sounds like a shadow of its former self.
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A quick review of the new Guerilla Toss EP—it’s good!
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With Sonic Citadel, the two Brians successfully take Lightning Bolt’s sound in a more melodic and accessible direction.
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Ana Frango Elétrico’s authentically vintage fusion of chamber pop, rock, samba, and jazz is a real blast!
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Big Thief’s second album of 2019 takes the band’s sound back to basics, which is far from a bad thing.
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Sturgill Simpson’s rock experimentation on Sound & Fury sometimes goes over well; other times it goes awfully awry.