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Deradoorian 2015 The Expanding Flower Planet cover high res

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Deradoorian, “The Expanding Flower Planet”

“The Expanding Flower Planet” is a sun-dappled, cosmic exploration of moods that succeeds, not in spite of, but partially because of its obfuscated nature.

August 17, 2015

2015.Ezra Furman Perpetual Motion People cover

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Ezra Furman, “Perpetual Motion People”

Each of Ezra Furman’s solo releases is a ball of condensed energy that explodes several times over before the final song is done.

July 23, 2015

Tame Impala Currents cover 2015

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Tame Impala, “Currents”

The band’s third album, “Currents,” is spacey, intricately layered, and soulful.

July 13, 2015

2005 Black Mountain self-titled reissue cover

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Black Mountain, “Black Mountain” (10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)

The real draw is, and will always be, “Black Mountain”’s original eight tracks, which still stand up to scrutiny a decade later.

July 06, 2015
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No Joy, “More Faithful”

No Joy has injected just enough ferocious punk and hallucinatory melodicism into “More Faithful” to leave listeners drenched in sound and wanting more.

June 11, 2015

2015. Nick Diamonds City of Quartz cover art

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Nick Diamonds, “City of Quartz”

Throughout his time fronting the cult indie-pop bands The Unicorns and Islands, Nick Thorburn has showcased a strong penchant for melody across multiple disparate genres.

May 26, 2015

Tallest Man on Earth. Dark Bird is Home cover.

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The Tallest Man on Earth, “Dark Bird Is Home”

Kristian Matsson’s fourth album as The Tallest Man on Earth, “Dark Bird Is Home,” is a release full of growth for himself and a test of his capable backing band.

May 15, 2015

2015. Alabama Shakes, “Sound & Color”

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Alabama Shakes, “Sound & Color”

“Sound & Color” once again showcases the stomping power of Howard and her band, but the LP can be an uneven listen at times.

April 23, 2015

Waxahatchee, “Ivy Tripp”

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Waxahatchee, “Ivy Tripp”

Paired with brutally honest lyrics, Crutchfield is the voice of brute force mixed with instability on “Ivy Tripp”—like a person taking a long, hard look into a mirror and smashing a fist into it.

April 08, 2015

2015. Courtney Barnett, “Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit” album art

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Courtney Barnett, “Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit”

With “Sometimes I Sit,” Barnett sidesteps any quaint expectations and delivers a true debut album that can surprise listeners with its depth and universality.

March 24, 2015

2015. Laura Marling, “Short Movie”

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Laura Marling, “Short Movie”

After a move to Los Angeles and personal explorations into poetry writing and film, Marling’s new music feels more electric and cinematic.

March 23, 2015

2015. Tobias Jesso Jr. “Goon” album art

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Tobias Jesso, Jr., “Goon”

Jesso may proudly wear his influences, but he possesses a candor not usually heard from other indie artists.

March 16, 2015

2015. Screaming Females, “Rose Mountain” cover

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Screaming Females, “Rose Mountain”

New Brunswick, New Jersey’s Screaming Females have blazed a post-punk trail for nine years and their latest record, “Rose Mountain,” attests that the band has no intentions to cease their gripping punk odyssey.

February 25, 2015

2015. Father John Misty, “I Love You, Honeybear”

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Father John Misty, “I Love You, Honeybear”

From the soulful gospel of “When You’re Smiling and Astride Me” to the cherubic synth-pop of “True Affection,” this kaleidoscope of a release is brimming with ideas both batty and inspired.

February 09, 2015
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Jessica Pratt, “On Your Own Love Again”

Karen Dalton, Linda Perhacs, and Nico are often mentioned in the same breath as Jessica Pratt. Although those artists were touchstones for listeners trying to describe her first release, this new set of recordings sees her traveling further down her own special kind of rabbit hole.

January 27, 2015

2015. The Decemberists, “What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World” album art

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The Decemberists, “What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World”

The Decemberists’ seventh album What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World sees the Portland folkies beginning to rebuild after hitting reset on their prog-rock dalliances with 2011’s decidedly rootsy The King Is Dead.

January 21, 2015

2014. Run the Jewels, “RTJ2”

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Run the Jewels, “RTJ2”

Killer Mike and El-P are rappers that go together like cereal and milk. The veteran firebrands thankfully show no sign of stopping any time soon.

October 28, 2014

Jessie Ware, “Tough Love” cover, 2014.

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Jessie Ware, “Tough Love”

Ware crafts very urbane pop music using very modern electronic and dance sensibilities as the backbone.

October 13, 2014

2014. The Rosebuds, “Sand + Silence” album art

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The Rosebuds, “Sand + Silence”

The thirteen-year career of indie-pop duo The Rosebuds was established on the romantic relationship between Kelly Crisp and Ivan Howard, who began the group in the midst of courting, wed at the zenith of their career, and kept limping along after a messy divorce.

August 05, 2014

2014. Bear In Heaven, “Time Is Over One Day Old” album art.

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Bear in Heaven, “Time Is Over One Day Old”

Brooklyn-via-Alabama trio Bear in Heaven continue to melt down their prog and electro sensibilities into a white-hot core for their fourth album Time Is Over One Day Old. The verve of the group’s 2009 breakthrough release Beast Rest Forth Mouth even returns to some extent.

August 05, 2014
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