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Dream Baby Dream: Suicide’s Martin Rev on 35 Years of “A Way of Life”

Revisiting the iconic synth-punk duo’s 1988 LP on the occasion of its recent deluxe reissue, Rev recalls how nobody did it like Suicide—except for Bruce Springsteen, briefly.

June 22, 2023
Reviews
King Krule, “Space Heavy”

With his fourth studio album, Archy Marshall painstakingly sculpts lyrics to sound like hastily made emotions—but they mostly come off as refrigerator-magnet wordiness.

June 16, 2023
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Rufus Wainwright, “Folkocracy”

Rather than attempting the corny “duets album” trend, this cosmopolitan take on earthen classics is an aptly communal sharing of sociopolitics and human interest rhetoric.

June 14, 2023
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Foo Fighters, “But Here We Are”

The band pushes through the immediacy of life’s end like they were kicking in a green room door on this statement of mourning, which rages with no time for subtlety.

June 13, 2023
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Bob Dylan, “Shadow Kingdom”

The soundtrack to Alma Har’el’s 2021 concert film is a magnificent, elastic set of renditions of Dylan’s most beloved (and least played) mini-epics of ache, revenge, and recall.

June 12, 2023
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Janelle Monáe, “The Age of Pleasure”

With breezy R&B melodies and roomy Afrobeat arrangements to guide her, Monáe turns from robotic sci-fi to the earthly influence of Fela Kuti for her latest loll through Wondaland.

June 09, 2023
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Dionne Warwick, “The Complete Scepter Singles 1962-1973”

Even when highly orchestrated with the help of Burt Bacharach and Hal David, Warwick’s early singles have a certain raw quality to them allowing each song a subtle edginess.

June 01, 2023
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Alison Goldfrapp, “The Love Invention”

The Goldfrapp vocalist is bound for the dancefloor on her debut solo outing.

May 31, 2023
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Tinariwen, “Amatssou”

On their ninth album, the Malian outfit moves further through their exploratory desert-blues aesthetic by interlocking their groove with the sounds of American country music.

May 24, 2023
First ListenIn Conversation
Dexys Look to the Inherent Power of Femininity on the Title Track From New LP “The Feminine Divine”

We spoke with Kevin Rowland about the iconic new wave outfit’s first album of original material in over a decade, arriving July 28 via 100% Records.

May 17, 2023
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Soft Cell, “Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret… And Other Stories: Live”

Capturing Marc Almond and David Ball’s recent reunion tour celebrating 40 years of their debut disc, the pop icons span the distance from the dark electro of their origins to their more recent socially aware songwriting.

May 15, 2023
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The Lemon Twigs, “Everything Harmony”

With their fourth LP, the D’Addario brothers have moved the needle from the hammy, theatrical rock-outs of their past to something more earnest and plainly emotional.

May 11, 2023
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The White Stripes, “Elephant” [Deluxe]

To celebrate its 20-year anniversary, this reissue package includes a 27-song live set from 2003—as well as the remastered sounds of a scabby record that all but blew out your CD player.

April 26, 2023
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Everything But the Girl, “Fuse”

On their first record in 24 years, Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt balance the bedsit-melancholic intimacy of their earliest character studies with the chill club music of their later work.

April 21, 2023
FLOOD’s Guide to Record Store Day 2023: David Byrne, Stevie Nicks, Blur, Arooj Aftab, and More

34 titles to keep an eye out for at the first post-pandemic slam dance.

April 21, 2023
In Conversation
Rodrigo Amarante’s Fantastic LA

Ahead of his performance at Walt Disney Concert Hall this weekend, the Brazilian-born musician talks returning to his longtime home of Los Angeles.

April 20, 2023
Reviews
David Bowie, “Aladdin Sane” [50th Anniversary Half Speed Master]

Already clarion-clearly produced for (mostly) ship-in-a-bottle precision, the 2023 reissue’s sound is bracing nearly to a fault, with what was rushed in its original release subtly made right.

April 11, 2023
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Thomas Bangalter, “Mythologies”

The Daft Punk member’s orchestral debut saws and soars its way into a nearly nirvana-like state.

April 06, 2023
Reviews
A Certain Ratio, “1982”

On their latest full-length, the Manchester funk-punk group reinvent their skeletal dance-floor groove to concoct something sunshiny and frisky without denying their aggro past.

April 04, 2023
Reviews
Van Der Graaf Generator, “The Bath Forum”

This four-album set collects some of the most ferocious career-spanning moments from the art-prog act recorded at a live session in London.

April 03, 2023
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