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Purling Hiss, “Drag on Girard”

Mike Polizze’s garage rock outfit leans further into the Dinosaur Jr. comparisons than ever before on their first record in over six years.

March 27, 2023
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Liturgy, “93696”

On her expansive and massively ambitious new album, Haela Ravenna Hunt-Hendrix finds new ways to surprise even the project’s most loyal fans.

March 24, 2023
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M83, “Fantasy”

Providing a welcome retreat from reality, Anthony Gonzalez’s ninth LP shines so bright it should come with a special pair of sunglasses.

March 21, 2023
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Unknown Mortal Orchestra, “V”

On their fifth album, the New Zealand outfit take their once-exploratory sound one step further toward full-fledged AOR.

March 20, 2023
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The Flaming Lips, “Fight Test”

The first-ever vinyl release for this 2003 EP—featuring covers of Beck, Kylie Minogue, and Radiohead—isn’t only a look back at a pinnacle in the career of the Lips, but a testament to their immortality.

March 15, 2023
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Willie Nelson, “I Don’t Know a Thing About Love”

The 89-year-old country icon repurposes 10 compositions by Harlan Howard with a heaping tablespoon of authenticity courtesy of a heart once broken.

March 03, 2023
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Full of Hell & Primitive Man, “Suffocating Hallucination”

This fusion of grindcore and doom metal gives both bands the opportunity to explore the luminous ether produced by their combustive collaboration.

March 02, 2023
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Xiu Xiu, “Ignore Grief”

Jamie Stewart’s shapeshifting post-industrial outfit turns its eye toward dark ambient with this conceptual journey into the bowels of anarchic horror.

March 01, 2023
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Big|Brave, “nature morte”

By thrusting vocalist/guitarist Robin Wattie into center stage more so than ever before, the Montreal post-metal trio doubles down—and wins.

February 23, 2023
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Buff Monster: Tickled Pink

Once a billboard graffiti artist, Buff Monster has gotten a little bit more entrepreneurial in his recent endeavors—and is the sweetest new addition to a New York City scene in need of some fresh color.

September 06, 2017
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Mogwai, “Every Country’s Sun”

When Mogwai embrace their raucous side on their latest LP, they come across as more liberated than ever.

August 31, 2017

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Art & Culture
Rory Scovel Is Teed Off

Not really. But the South Carolina comic does set his sights on our new reality in his new special, Rory Scovel Tries Stand-Up for the First Time.

June 22, 2017
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Helium, “Ends With And”

“Ends With And” replenishes the coffers of completists whose cassette collections have crumbled and provides a wide-ranging primer for curious newcomers.

June 08, 2017
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Omar Souleyman, “To Syria, with Love”

At its core, “To Syria, with Love” is not a celebration of a love that exists in the present but rather a painful longing for a love that he wants back.

June 07, 2017
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!!!, “Shake the Shudder”

The road goes on forever and the party never ends.

May 31, 2017
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Guided by Voices, “August by Cake”

“August by Cake” is an album stuffed with songs that qualify as demos, half-baked ideas, and snippets, along with a handful of brilliant gems nestled in between.

April 24, 2017
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Gold Star, “Big Blue”

When he’s not sharing stories about strangers, Marlon Rabenreither spills his guts about his own love affairs, breakups, and what it’s like to be all by his lonesome self.

March 27, 2017
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Wire, “Silver/Lead”

The Colin Newman–led band is not the same as it used to be fifteen albums ago. And that’s exactly the point.

March 22, 2017
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The Truth Will Prevail: Los Angeles Podcast Festival 2017 Sets Lineup

“The Dollop”’s Dave Anthony gives us the inside scoop for this year’s fest.

February 14, 2017
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Cloud Nothings, “Life Without Sound”

On their latest LP, the Cleveland band have realized—or stumbled upon—something lush and lovely.

February 13, 2017
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