Review: Panda Bear – Buoys
As Panda Bear’s most experimental album in 15 years, the largely acoustic guitar-based Buoys is soothing, subdued, and ultimately stale.
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Review: Beirut – Gallipoli
Gallipoli might promise visions of European sophistication and exoticism, but its already well-explored musical terrain makes it feel much more familiar.
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Review: Toro y Moi – Outer Peace
Outer Peace sounds exactly as zen as you’d imagine, and its new sounds and introspective lyrics show that for Toro y Moi, serenity can still come with a sense of adventure.
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Review: Razorlight – Olympus Sleeping
For better or worse, Razorlight has released an album that has seemingly time traveled from 2006 with Olympus Sleeping.
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Review: Peter Bjorn and John – Darker Days
A departure from their last two releases, Peter Bjorn and John’s eighth album Darker Days shows the band embracing a greater degree of creative freedom.
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Review: Tokyo Police Club – TPC
TPC once again tries to upend everything you’d expect from a Tokyo Police Club album…just like its predecessors.
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Review: The Joy Formidable – AAARTH
AARTH shows the Joy Formidable pushing out of their comfort zone while still retaining the raw power and dynamic shifts found on Hitch.
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Review: Interpol – Marauder
Interpol’s sixth album Marauder is a blend of their early 2000s heyday and the less angular El Pintor that shows the band evolving with confidence.
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Review: Death Cab for Cutie – Thank You for Today
Death Cab’s ninth studio album Thank You for Today is more of exactly what you’d expect from the seasoned indie rockers.
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Review: Animal Collective – Tangerine Reef
Part soundtrack and part concept album, Animal Collective’s 11th effort flows between calm and distressing on its journey beneath the waves.
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Review: Courtney Barnett -Tell Me How You Really Feel
More personal and forthright than its predecessor, Tell Me How You Really Feel relies less on its witty lyrics and more on improved songwriting that showcases a diverse set of rock instrumentation.
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Review: Parquet Courts – Wide Awake
A little less rough around the edges, Wide Awake! shows that it wasn’t rawness that gave Parquet Courts their appeal, but rather genuinely compelling songwriting and inventive approaches to punk attitudes.
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