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‘For the first time’ review: Black Country, New Road’s debut full-length is thrilling, experimental
Mark Wesley February 17, 2021

“Hype kills art.” It’s a statement that has become increasingly apparent in the age of online entertainment discourse. In the music world, even more so. An artist receives a slew of …

Mark Wesley February 17, 2021
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From the Record Crate: Talking Heads – “Remain In Light” (1980)
Hunter Church October 5, 2020

The Talking Heads’ ear for new genre collages can be tracked from their first record, to their last, but through a clever usage of afrobeat, electronics, and new recording philosophies, 1980’s Remain …

Hunter Church October 5, 2020
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Album Review: Algiers – “There Is No Year”
Mark Wesley January 25, 2020

Atlanta post-punk band Algiers has never been a group for those faint of heart. Their 2017 album, The Underside of Power, was a brutal, unrelenting snapshot of the world’s political climate. Las…

Mark Wesley January 25, 2020
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Album Review: Shame – “Songs of Praise”
Oliver Hollander July 27, 2018

The “next big thing” is such a sorry cliché in the music press that it’s enough to make you suspicious of a band from the off – just how fresh and exciting can a new guitar band be, especially one com…

Oliver Hollander July 27, 2018
Music
Wire prepare new album “Silver/Lead”
Ryan Gibbs January 24, 2017

Post-punk icons Wire have announced plans to release their 15th studio album this spring. Silver/Lead will be released on the band’s own Pinkflag label on March 31, which as Pitchfork points out…

Ryan Gibbs January 24, 2017
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From the Record Crate: The Psychedelic Furs – “Talk Talk Talk” (1981)
Melody Danielle Rice June 6, 2016

The Psychedelic Furs’ eponymous 1980 debut begins with “India,” a six minute song that opens with a two minute ambient intro. This sets up an album full of both beauty and darkness. For instance, to c…

Melody Danielle Rice June 6, 2016
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Upcoming Artists: Circa Waves
Cristina Moreano June 2, 2014

From Liverpool, the city known as the World Capital of Pop, where bands such as The Beatles, The Zutons, Echo and the Bunnymen and even A Flock of Seagulls came to first be, comes a new and upbeat qua…

Cristina Moreano June 2, 2014
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