Review: Destroyer – Have We Met
Have We Met’s gloomy lyrics and pared-back instrumentation shouldn’t turn you off from what’s essentially a great release.
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Review: Bombay Bicycle Club – Everything Else Has Gone Wrong
Everything Else Has Gone Wrong is less a grand comeback album than a warm “welcome back” album.
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Review: Of Montreal – UR FUN
The synthpop of UR FUN make it the most accessible of Montreal in some time, though longer-term fans may be less easily impressed.
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Review: Beck – Hyperspace
It’s certainly a unique listen, even by Beck’s eclectic standards, but it’s debatable how often you’ll actually want to journey back to Hyperspace.
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Review: Foals – Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost Part 2
Less original than its predecessor, Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost Part 2 works best when rocking hard.
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Review: Metronomy – Metronomy Forever
As their most expansive album ever, Metronomy’s sixth album Metronomy Forever is the electronic act’s magnum opus, or at least tries to be.
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Review: Bag Raiders – Horizons
After nine years, Bag Raiders are back and have taken a chill pill on Horizons.
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Review: !!! – Wallop
!!!’s eighth album packs a punch, but not a Wallop
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Review: Friendly Fires – Inflorescent
On third album Inflorescent, Friendly Fires mark their return with their most danceable (and most mindless) album yet.
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Review: Bon Iver – i,i
Bon Iver’s fourth album i,i is full of solid tracks we’ve come to expect from them, but is also their first release that might make you think “let’s not get ahead of ourselves.”
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Review: The Black Keys – “Let’s Rock”
“Let’s Rock” had everything needed to be groundbreaking, but instead, it’s the closest the Black Keys have come to making a stereotypical Black Keys album.
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Review: The Raconteurs – Help Us Stranger
Help Us Stranger might not break new ground for the Raconteurs, but you’ll still be glad the gang are back together after 11 years.
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