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: The New Pornographers – Continue as a Guest
Continue as a Guest dials back the New Pornographers’ signature hooks in favor of less-gratifying subtlety.
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Review: Belle and Sebastian – Late Developers
Belle and Sebastian’s 12th studio album stands out for its cohesion as an upbeat, pop-forward release with nary a slow song in sight.
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Review: Islands – Islomania
You might not have even noticed they were gone, but Islands are back and better than ever on Islomania.
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Review: Everything Everything – Re-Animator
For a band who thrives in maximalism, the toned-down Re-Animator is surprisingly well done, even it comes at the expense of some excitement.
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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: Vampire Weekend – Father of the Bride
Although Father of the Bride can feel overwhelming at times, you can hear the years of labor that went into it, and it provides a robust start to a new chapter for Vampire Weekend.
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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: Of Montreal – White Is Relic/Irrealis Mood
The wholly electronic-based White Is Relic/Irrealis Mood is a scatterbrained album that delights as often as it confounds, and really stands out from every other of Montreal release.
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Review: MGMT – Little Dark Age
It’s become cliché to call Little Dark Age a “return” for MGMT, but the album shows once again that the duo can make great, readily enjoyable music that still feels genuine.
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Review: The Go! Team – Semicircle
It’s not a stretch to say that most tracks on Semicircle could have fit elsewhere in the band’s discography, and few tracks from the Go! Team’s back catalogue would feel out of place on Semicircle.
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Review: The New Pornographers – Whiteout Conditions
It’s easy enough to describe the New Pornographers’ music. Over the course of six studio albums released in just under a decade and a half, the band has created an incredibly distinctive style of upbeat indie rock filled with pop hooks and singalong choruses. Pinning them down is something else entirely. The New Pornographers are
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