Album Reviews

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Album Review: Kisses – Kids in L.A.

By on May 24th, 2013

★★★☆☆

A summer record even for the winter months.

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Album Review: Sam Amidon – Bright Sunny South

By on May 24th, 2013

★★★½☆

A full-hearted exploration of popular American songs spanning the last 200 years.

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Album Review: JC Brooks and The Uptown Sound – Howl

By on May 24th, 2013

★★★½☆

The retro Chicago group turn angst into soul.

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Album Review: The Features – The Features

By on May 24th, 2013

★★★★☆

After 16 years of playing together, The Features have encountered enough struggles to give them a Ph.D. from the School of Hard Knocks, and to consistently churn out material that reflects their unyielding efforts as a band. Their new self-titled release is essentially a reflection on their passage through some of life’s different phases, resting [...]

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Album Review: Four Tet – Rounds [Reissue]

By on May 23rd, 2013

★★★★☆

A look back at Four Tet’s seminal third LP.

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Album Review: Come – 11:11 [Deluxe Edition]

By on May 23rd, 2013

★★★½☆

Matador highlight returns with remastering.

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Album Review: Dead Gaze – Dead Gaze

By on May 23rd, 2013

★★★½☆

Cats Purring Collective member collects the best of his back catalog for his debut.

Album Review: Dirty Beaches – Drifters/Love is the Devil

By on May 23rd, 2013

★★★½☆

The life and times of Alex Zhang Hungtai.

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Album Review: Majical Cloudz – Impersonator

By on May 22nd, 2013

★★★★☆

Majical Cloudz’s minimal arrangements ring with depth and warmth.

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Album Review: Laurel Halo – Behind The Green Door EP

By on May 22nd, 2013

★★★½☆

Listen closely.

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