Review: Hot Chip – Freakout/Release
Freakout/Release ups the ante on what to expect from Hot Chip’s tracks without upending what to expect from a Hot Chip album.
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Review: Panda Bear & Sonic Boom – Reset
Reset is Panda Bear’s most accessible album since Person Pitch, and joining forces with Sonic Boom makes for a winning pop formula.
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Review: Jack White – Entering Heaven Alive
Entering Heaven Alive is White’s first effort based entirely around the Americana sound he’s flirted with for decades, and let’s hope it’s his only album like this.
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Review: Interpol – The Other Side of Make-Believe
Seven albums in, and The Other Side of Make-Believe is the first album that sounds like “Interpol-by-numbers.”
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Review: Arcade Fire – WE
WE is a finely crafted album that shows off what has made Arcade Fire so celebrated, with a few stumbles.
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Review: Bloc Party – Alpha Games
Alpha Games fortunately returns Bloc Party to their indie rock roots, showing off a new kind of energy for the group.
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Review: Fontaines D.C. – Skinty Fia
Skinty Fia’s distinction comes from its cohesion, lacking the noticeably different styles of Fontaines D.C.’s first two albums.
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Review: Jack White – Fear of the Dawn
Fear of the Dawn brings Jack White back from the precipice of his experimental misadventures, without taking things all the way back.
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Review: Destroyer – Labyrinthitis
Destroyer’s 13th album Labyrinthitis often takes unexpected turns in the most intriguing and enjoyable ways possible.
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Review: Band of Horses – Things Are Great
For a dark album born from an acrimonious time, Band of Horses are surprisingly in top form on Things Are Great.
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Review: Metronomy – Small World
Metronomy’s seventh album Small World takes a big step away from their electronic roots, with underwhelming results.
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Review: Spoon – Lucifer on the Sofa
Lucifer on the Sofa continues Spoon’s winning streak, and includes both the softest and the hardest the band has ever rocked.
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