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While Crystal Castles continues writing some decent electropop tunes, on III the Toronto duo sees fit to decorate all of them with generic drum timbres and an overabundance of reverb. WATCH THE REVIEW
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Brian Eno’s latest ambient effort sees him returning to his roots in the genre with albums like Ambient 1. At first, I found that pretty refreshing, and I loved the combination of piano, violin, synths, and guitar on these tracks, too. However, the album is seriously lacking in terms
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On her third full-length effort, singer-songwriter Natasha Khan, a.k.a. Bat For Lashes, brings on more instrumentation and co-producers than ever to bring her moody, mystical art pop to a new level. WATCH THE REVIEW
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With Honor Found In Decay, Neurosis releases one of its most straightforward albums yet, forgoing some of the more ambitious instrumentation that’s made it onto past albums in favor of a sound that blends the heavy sounds of sludge with a bit of folk simplicity. WATCH THE REVIEW
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On their third full-length release, Boston’s Pile connects the heavy hitting sounds of post-hardcore with the dramatic and melodic songwriting prowess of frontman Rick Maguire. WATCH THE REVIEW
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Once again, despite a trademark sound the band has lovingly crafted over the course of five albums, Black Moth Super Rainbow still shows a lack of effort in the song development department. WATCH THE REVIEW
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On the Bad Plus’ latest record, the band continues to focus more on original material than their career-defining covers, and the band manages to create some pretty fantastic, modern jazz tracks in the process–not to mention incorporate synths and drum machines into many of these tunes, too. WATCH THE
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Ex-Makeout Videotape frontman Mac DeMarco drops his second full-length album this year, which features a much more free-spirited personality than his solo debut earlier this year. WATCH THE REVIEW
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Though the latest effort from Pig Destroyer is undeniably an all-out riff fest, I’m not feeling the same thrilling level of intensity I typically enjoy from this genre in general. WATCH THE REVIEW
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With good kid, m.A.A.d. city, Compton rapper Kendrick Lamar drops what’s easily hip hop’s most cinematic album of 2012.
