Feb 25, 2019
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For an intellectual, the most difficult part about falling in love is the falling part—yielding control, committing to one bed, dropping anchor in someone else.
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Feb 22, 2019
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Faint and without much variation, Telekinesis is for fans of straight-forward, utopian power pop. Michael Benjamin Lerner’s elementary, all-parts-self-made dimes are too easy for listeners that yearn to be wowed.
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Feb 21, 2019
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Following a time of spiritual and musical rediscovery in Los Angeles and fresh from a successful side-gig as a music video director (for the likes of Ezra Furman and LUMP no less) Newcastle-Upon Tyne artist Beth Jeans Houghton has returned to her Du Blonde persona, older, wiser, and with a clutch of addictive, skillfully crafted songs.
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Feb 20, 2019
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Pom Poko
The enigmatic Norwegian electronic pop-punk quartet unveils their manic and tireless vision on their debut, Birthday. Warped and distended grooves slink under angular melodies that mix the cacophonic distortion of death metal with the reckless abandon and self-parody of pop.
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Feb 19, 2019
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After touring for two years following her well-received debut, Julia Jacklin feels more comfortable as a musician. The Australian’s lyrical confidence has grown and she uses that as a palette to lay out her vulnerability on new album Crushing.
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Feb 18, 2019
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When 4AD launched in 1980 it quickly became the most trusted label for fans of independent and eclectic music. Not quite so much anymore. While still priding itself as an outlet for independent bands, the label’s music has become a bit less trustworthy. And so it is with Methyl Ethel‘s Triage, the Australian trio’s third album.
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Feb 15, 2019
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Piroshka immediately draw interest, not only from the curious name, taken from the wolf-terrorized hero in the Hungarian construct of the fairytale Little Red Riding Hood, but also for being what some might consider a supergroup.
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Feb 15, 2019
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Former Mac DeMarco guitarist Peter Sagar’s latest album as Homeshake, Helium, is a watered-down detour from the cohesive “jizz-jazz”—a wretched expression in itself—found on his two previous albums Midnight Snack and Fresh Air, where jazzy chord progressions and homages to late ‘90s R&B were defining features.
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Feb 14, 2019
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Ladytron
Ladytron appeared on the music scene in 2001 with their debut album 604 that, at the time, featured a contemporary synth pop sound with a decidedly European slickness. Not much has changed in the 17 years since, but if you do something well, why not keep doing it?
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Feb 14, 2019
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This is the kind of ponderous, riffy, woozy indie rock that delights millions and alienates the rest of us fairly comprehensively.
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