2024

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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 intoautotune 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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