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On Grid of Points, Grouper Draws a Map Through Sound

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By Julien Baker | May 3, 2018

On Grid of Points, Grouper Draws a Map Through Sound

The album guides listeners through the mental environments their creator inhabits.

Analyzing Girlpool’s Powerplant After Three Large Coffees

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By Tim Keen | April 25, 2018

Analyzing Girlpool’s Powerplant After Three Large Coffees

A review organized in double-sided moods: fast and laconic, awake and asleep, lonesome and communal.

On Twerp Verse, Speedy Ortiz Is Unstoppable

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By Hilken Mancini | April 23, 2018

On Twerp Verse, Speedy Ortiz Is Unstoppable

The band's earnestness is evident in every hook and harmony.

On Making Psychedelic Connections to The Other

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By Cassie Grzymkowski | April 19, 2018

On Making Psychedelic Connections to The Other

King Tuff's latest is a heartbreaking album that encapsulates the loneliness of this specific decade.

Hinds Has Good Instincts

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By Ali Koehler | April 9, 2018

Hinds Has Good Instincts

These are my kind of girls.

Sunflower Bean’s Twentytwo in Blue Is the Psychic Opposite of NYC Winter

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By Bobb Bruno | April 4, 2018

Sunflower Bean’s Twentytwo in Blue Is the Psychic Opposite of NYC Winter

Are all my West Coast references totally off the mark?

For Those Who Are not Living the American Dream

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By Mackenzie Scott | April 2, 2018

For Those Who Are not Living the American Dream

On his latest album, David Byrne offers an altered vision of our modern "utopia."

Hot Snakes Are at the Intersection of Refined and Primal

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By Chris Sutter | March 22, 2018

Hot Snakes Are at the Intersection of Refined and Primal

According to the singer of Meat Wave, the band's latest album, Jericho Sirens, is violent in its glow.

Moby Weathers the Storm on Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt

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By Traci Lords | March 21, 2018

Moby Weathers the Storm on Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt

It’s very possibly the most beautifully broken record he’s ever recorded.

Mount Eerie Tries to Make Sense of the Senseless

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By Julien Baker | March 19, 2018

Mount Eerie Tries to Make Sense of the Senseless

Now Only is not a treatise on death, but one person's attempt at healing from personal tragedy.