rock
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Polyphia comes through with a tight and versatile modern math rock album.
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And Nothing Hurt is one of the more low-key albums in the Spiritualized canon.
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Hunters Chorus is a solo endeavor by composer and multi-instrumentalist Ramon Fermin, who also happens to be the lead guitarist of Sun Kil Moon for this current album cycle. Fittingly, Hunters Chorus’ debut album Old Growler, a tribute to Ramon’s late dog Jasmine, is dropping next month via Mark
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UK punk outfit IDLES return with an album that improves on the brutal and politically charged style the band delivered on their debut last year. One of the best punk albums of the decade without question!
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Marauder offers little more than a washed-out version of post-Bright Lights Interpol.
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Though it’s a pretty solid work of modern psych, Smote Reverser isn’t the wall-to-wall excitement that Oh Sees’ last few albums have been.
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Ranking the eight studio albums of pioneering new wave outfit Talking Heads.
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Snail Mail’s debut album is a pretty plain indie rock affair, though Lindsey Jordan’s potential as a singer-songwriter is apparent.
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Haru Nemuri’s debut album pushes J-pop/rap in an exciting direction by channeling Japan’s rich history of underground rock music.
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The level of artistic freedom Trent and Atticus give themselves on the somewhat uneven Bad Witch is more exciting than just about any Nine Inch Nails release since 2008.
