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Andrew Bird, “Inside Problems”

Bird’s 13th full-length is a delirious journey into a world that’s both recognizable and exaggerated, half-real and half-fictional.

June 07, 2022
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Angel Olsen, “Big Time”

For her sixth full-length, Olsen has erected a country-tinged shield around the heart of her songs which often makes them feel more like pastiche than a sincere effort at conveying her usual heartfelt emotion.

June 06, 2022
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Dehd, “Blue Skies”

The 13 songs on the Chicago trio’s fourth album conjure up memories of the kind of childhood you see in movies, the kind of love that you’ve dreamed of forever but never had.

May 31, 2022
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Kayleigh Goldsworthy, “Learning to Be Happy”

The Philly-based songwriter’s latest solo release is a deeply personal, revealing, and vulnerable collection of songs that sounds like hearts breaking for eternity.

May 25, 2022
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Bottled Up Walk Us Through Their Post-Genre Opus “Grand Bizarre” Track by Track

The D.C. group’s new album is out this Friday via Misra Records.

May 25, 2022
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SPICE, “Viv”

Far from embracing the abrasive nature of the punk and hardcore scenes its members come from, the 10 songs on this sophomore LP lean heavily into what could almost be described as pop.

May 24, 2022
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Joe Rainey, “Niineta”

The debut LP from the Red Lake Ojibwe Pow Wow singer is comprised of 10 songs that bristle with beautiful tension and a deep, dark, wordless poetry.

May 20, 2022
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Cliffdiver, “Exercise Your Demons”

The first proper album from the punk seven-piece thrives with a sense of wild abandon and sheer joy at being alive.

May 04, 2022
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Spiritualized, “Everything Was Beautiful”

This ninth full-length offers a contemporary yet simultaneously anachronistic soundtrack to a world that’s become even more fucked in the four years since its prequel was released.

April 21, 2022
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Tim Kasher, “Middling Age”

The urgency and intention and raw, ragged truth that usually defines the Cursive frontman’s work is often lost within his latest solo LP’s arrangements.

April 15, 2022
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Proper., “The Great American Novel”

For this Bartees Strange–produced third record, the emo trio explore how Black genius often goes ignored.

April 05, 2022
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Desaparecidos, “Live at Shea Stadium”

This 2015 performance from Conor Oberst’s punk band pays less attention to being in tune than it does to turning the rage of the songs into tangible energy.

April 01, 2022
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Placebo, “Never Let Me Go”

The duo’s first full-length in almost nine years recaptures the glory of their earlier days more than the path of slight self-parody they had occasionally veered into since.

March 25, 2022
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Good Grief, “Shake Your Faith”

While there are slivers of Superchunk, early R.E.M., The Lemonheads, and Hüsker Dü here, the Liverpool punks’ debut also shimmers with its own distinct personality.

March 21, 2022
Jawbreaker on Survival, Reconciling with the Past, and the Legacy of “Dear You”

We caught up with Blake Schwarzenbach ahead of the punk trio’s belated 25-year anniversary tour for their last record, which kicks off tonight.

March 18, 2022
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Hot Water Music, “Feel the Void”

This tenth studio album from the Gainesville punks is a positive and triumphant dance in the face of trauma.

March 18, 2022
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Shout Out Louds, “House”

The Stockholm-based band’s sixth full-length draws you deeply into the warm memories that serve as its foundation.

March 09, 2022
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Zeal & Ardor, “Zeal & Ardor”

This third album of black metal incorporating African-American spirituals steps further into the future while reasserting the gruesome events of the past.

March 08, 2022
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Rolo Tomassi, Where Myth Becomes Memory

The balance between light and dark is both more pronounced and more nuanced than ever before on the British metal band’s sixth album.

February 04, 2022
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R.E.M., “New Adventures in Hi-Fi” [25th Anniversary Edition]

The addition of live recordings, B-sides, and covers from the era provide great context for this album, adding to its dark, gritty atmosphere.

November 01, 2021
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