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>>> Album of the week: Mykki Blanco's Mykki
Blanco's gender-queer hip-hop punk has big-time crossover appeal more »
Sep 21, 2016 5:35 PM Album reviews
>>> Beach Slang's A Loud Bash Of Teenage Feelings is a dream come true
Another band proving Philadelphia has the hottest scene in the U.S. more »
Sep 21, 2016 5:30 PM Album reviews
>>> Snowblink's Returning Current avoids all the breakup album cliches
Instead, it's uplifting and sensuous more »
Sep 21, 2016 5:30 PM Album reviews
>>> Young Thug plays the name game on Jeffery
Whatever he calls himself, Young Thug is still one of the most distinctive voices in hip-hop more »
Sep 21, 2016 5:30 PM Album reviews
>>> Vince Staples's Prima Donna bristles with paranoia, anxiety and anger
The young top-tier rapper powerfully rails against racist America more »
Sep 21, 2016 5:30 PM Album reviews
>>> Album of the week: Nick Cave's new Skeleton Tree is suitably sad
But there's a lot more than solemnity on offer more »
Sep 14, 2016 5:35 PM Album reviews
>>> Teenage Fanclub's Here amps up their love of Byrds and Big Star
The Scots' harmonies and eloquent songwriting are as formidable as ever more »
Sep 14, 2016 5:30 PM Album reviews 1 Comments
AIM is M.I.A.'s most classically pop album in a decade
What might be her final proper LP is a concerted feel-good effort more »
Sep 14, 2016 5:30 PM Album reviews
>>> The Luyas return after four years with just five songs
And yet the meditative Says You feels substantial more »
Sep 14, 2016 5:30 PM Album reviews
Can Viet Cong redeem themselves with their Preoccupations rebranding?
Their cohesive self-titled debut album suggests things haven't been going smoothly within their ranks more »
Sep 14, 2016 5:30 PM Album reviews 1 Comments
>>> Fresh Snow's One finds the Toronto instrumental rockers verging into Broken Social Scene territory
And that's not a bad thing more »
Sep 7, 2016 5:30 PM Album reviews
>>> Despite the amusing title, Wilco's Schmilco is stern and introspective
It's as if Jeff Tweedy and Co. are doing some mid-life personal stocktaking more »
Sep 7, 2016 5:30 PM Album reviews
>>> July Talk's second record, Touch, is full of swaggering radio rock
And it's elevated by the electric dynamic between the Toronto band's two singers more »
Sep 7, 2016 5:30 PM Album reviews
Crystal Castles' Amnesty (I) proves things just aren't as good without Alice Glass
The Toronto electro-punks' reconfiguration falls flat more »
Sep 7, 2016 5:30 PM Album reviews
Charlotte Day Wilson's debut EP is confident and subtle soul music
CDW more »
Aug 31, 2016 5:00 PM Album reviews
>>> Bruce Trail's Ravine Dream is nostalgic house that doesn't sound retro
Ravine Dream more »
Aug 31, 2016 5:00 PM Album reviews
Glass Animals' second album has more characters than character
How To Be A Human Being more »
Aug 31, 2016 5:00 PM Album reviews
