Review: The Smile – Cutouts
The Smile’s third album Cutouts would be much more striking if Wall of Eyes hadn’t stolen its thunder.
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Review: Bright Eyes – Five Dice, All Threes
Even though Five Dice, All Threes is a solid effort from Bright Eyes, it also doesn’t really offer anything you haven’t heard before.
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Review: The Voidz – Like All Before You
On the Voidz’ third album Like All Before You, the band’s experimentation gets distilled into…autotune and muted vocals?
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Review: Jamie xx – In Waves
Jamie xx’s long-awaited second album In Waves forgoes the variety of its predecessor to go all-in on being a great dance album.
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Review: Toro y Moi – Hole Erth
Toro y Moi’s eighth studio album Hole Erth is surprisingly monotonous, but a scattering of great songs saves it.
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Review: Fontaines D.C. – Romance
On their fourth album Romance, Fontaines D.C. step away from the darkness and into the 90s and early 2000s.
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Review: Jack White – No Name
No Name is the closest we’ll get to a seventh White Stripes album, and is arguably White’s best solo release.
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Review: The Decemberists – As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again
The Decemberists’ ninth album As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again revisits the traditional Americana sound of The King is Dead, with a few twists.
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Review: The Libertines – All Quiet on the Eastern Esplanade
All Quiet on the Eastern Esplanade is the first Libertines album that’s just “fine.”
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Review: Vampire Weekend – Only God Was Above Us
Only God Was Above Us succeeds by being more expansive than early Vampire Weekend and much more cohesive than Father of the Bride
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Review: MGMT – Loss of Life
MGMT’s fifth album sounds nothing like its predecessor Little Dark Age, and shows a previously unseen, more vulnerable side to the duo.
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Review: The Smile – Wall of Eyes
The Smile’s second album Wall of Eyes will both sate Radiohead fans and raise their anxiety about seeing the legendary rock band re-form.
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