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A Mile South of Heaven

Jess Williamson

8.2/10
Alternative CountryCountrySinger-Songwriter

A Mile South of Heaven gives Jess Williamson's songs a more traditional country setting without making their questions any simpler. Produced by Shooter Jennings, the album follows a songwriter pulled between Texas and Los Angeles, ambition and a quieter life. The arrangements are warm and the pace is...

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Fever

Graveyard

BluesHard RockPsychedelic Rock

Graveyard sound ready to move on Fever. Where Six often turned inward, these nine songs favour forward motion, warm distortion and a rhythm section...

GODBREATH

Stand Atlantic

Alternative RockPopPop Punk

Stand Atlantic make room for a brighter mood on GODBREATH. The Australian band's fifth album puts catchy pop-punk and glossy pop arrangements at the...

BE NOT AFRAID

Polyphia

ElectronicProgressive rock/metalRock

Polyphia have never treated the guitar as an instrument that needs to stay in its own lane. BE NOT AFRAID takes that attitude further, placing their...

Vagabond

Ariel Posen

Blues

For some reason, every few days I'm bombarded with the song Vagabond by Ariel Posen. Truth be told, I'd never heard of this guy, but... every time I...

Dopamine Chamber

Fontaines D.C.

8.2/10
Alternative RockElectronicPost-Punk

Fontaines D.C. keep finding new ways to sound unsettled. Dopamine Chamber takes the bigger arrangements of Romance further into electronics, with Grian Chatten's voice holding together songs that move between uneasy pop, dark dance music and guitar rock. The change suits a record concerned with...

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Chin Up!

Pop PunkPunk rock