Jan 30, 2024
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Daniel Johnston’s live recordings never fail to evoke intimacy, the artist’s quivering vocals never less than honest and vulnerable. The difference with Alive in New York is that it was clearly performed at a point in his life where Johnston exudes what could pass for confidence, contentment, and conviviality in front of an expectant and rapt audience.
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Jan 29, 2024
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Los Angeles hardcore mainstays Touché Amoré first unleashed Is Survived By’s cathartic, brittle and abrasive rumination on personal legacy a decade ago, but it continues to hold its own in a screamo universe so often either lyrically impenetrable or light on melody.
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Jan 26, 2024
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For what is essentially a synth-pop band, Future Islands sure deal in some wild and cathartic emotions, thanks to uber-expressive frontman Samuel T. Herring.
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Jan 25, 2024
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Katy Kirby’s follow-up to her dazzling debut, Cool Dry Place, is equally captivating in spite of a few less lustrous moments.
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Jan 23, 2024
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Lou Reed’s last released solo recording before his untimely death in 2013 is this gorgeous, quiet, all-instrumental New Age-inspired set.
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Jan 19, 2024
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Sleater-Kinney need no introduction. As you know, they are synonymous with the riot grrrl movement and have been entertaining us with a terrific variety of post-punk with surging guitar riffs and a sassy attitude since their self-titled debut in 1995.
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Jan 19, 2024
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Birth of Omni, the fifth album by multi-instrumentalist Nate Kinsella under his Birthmark moniker, is an astonishing artistic statement.
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Allman Brothers Band Recording Company
Jan 18, 2024
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This 1972 show comes only five short months after Duane Allman’s untimely passing and presents Allman Brothers Band in resilient, jam-filled fashion.
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