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A Call To The Void
Hot Milk
A Call To The Void brings Hot Milk's pop melodies and heavier rock into one busy, colourful debut. Han Mee and Jim Shaw share the vocals, moving between clear singing, sharper…
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My Bluegrass Heart
Béla Fleck
My Bluegrass Heart gathers a large group around Béla Fleck's banjo. The music has bluegrass momentum and acoustic clarity but regularly takes less predictable routes. Arrangem…
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Golden Hour
Kacey Musgraves
Golden Hour moves Kacey Musgraves towards a softer, more open kind of country-pop. Harmonies and synthesisers surround songs that still depend on clear melodies and familiar w…
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Divine Machines
Demob Happy
Divine Machines puts the groove at the centre of Demob Happy's rock sound. The guitars are heavy and slightly hazy, but the bass and drums give the songs their real movement. …
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Far Star
Gilad Hekselman
Far Star gives Gilad Hekselman's guitar a larger setting. He also plays bass and keyboards and builds much of the music himself, with contributions from several guests. Electr…
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Home
Billy Strings
The guitar playing on Home is impressive, but Billy Strings gives it more purpose than a simple display of speed. Bluegrass remains the foundation, with banjo, mandolin and ba…
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Domination
Morbid Angel
On Domination, Morbid Angel often favour riffs with a firm, heavy movement over a constant rush of speed. The result carries a noticeably different weight. The guitar parts re…
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Chief
Eric Church
Chief finds Eric Church working comfortably between country songwriting and harder rock arrangements. The subjects are familiar: work, drinking, lost relationships and memorie…
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Universal Chaos
Rendezvous Point
Universal Chaos keeps its progressive ideas inside relatively compact songs. Rendezvous Point give keyboards and Geirmund Hansen's voice a prominent role, with heavier guitar …
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Black Holes
The Blue Stones
Black Holes builds a large sound from a small line-up. The Blue Stones combine guitar, drums and voice around blues-rock grooves, with clean production and more space than a s…
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Gangs
And So I Watch You from Afar
Gangs is in a hurry. And So I Watch You from Afar use their second album to send riffs crashing together, change the rhythmic footing and charge into the next turn as a group.…
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Poor David’s Almanack
David Rawlings
Poor David's Almanack brings folk songs, rougher guitars and playful stories into a compact set. David Rawlings has a distinctive lead voice, but the harmonies around him are …
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Unchained
Johnny Cash
Unchained gives Johnny Cash a fuller band sound without abandoning the directness of his singing. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers provide much of the instrumental support, bri…
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This One’s for You
Luke Combs
This One's for You introduces Luke Combs as a strong singer working inside some very familiar country arrangements. His rough, substantial voice can make a simple ballad feel …
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the book about my idle plot on a vague anxiety
toe
The long title the book about my idle plot on a vague anxiety suits a record that seems to follow several small thoughts at once. Still, toe keep the sound clear. Two clean gu…
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Down Through
Gleemer
Down Through gives Gleemer's hazy guitar music a clearer shape without taking away its softer character. The songs combine warm, drifting vocals with a rhythm section that can…
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Full Collapse
Thursday
Full Collapse gives Thursday's post-hardcore a strong sense of movement. Clear guitar figures can turn into a heavier wall of sound, while Geoff Rickly's exposed singing sits …
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Nobody’s Fool
Joanne Shaw Taylor
Nobody's Fool gives Joanne Shaw Taylor's blues-rock sound a more open, melodic shape. Produced by Joe Bonamassa and Josh Smith, the album makes room for pop hooks, soul arrang…
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Draconian Times
Paradise Lost
Draconian Times makes the gloom of Paradise Lost surprisingly approachable. The guitars remain heavy and the mood never becomes cheerful, but the songs have clear shapes and m…
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Look Alive
Black Pistol Fire
Look Alive gives Black Pistol Fire's blues rock a wider, more polished sound. The guitar and drums still provide the force, but synths, effects and stronger pop hooks make the…
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This Place You Know
One Step Closer
This Place You Know finds One Step Closer making room for vulnerability inside a forceful hardcore sound. The Pennsylvania band's debut album combines quick, heavy riffs with …
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Who Are The Girls?
Nova Twins
The bass does much more than provide support in Nova Twins. It rumbles and distorts while the guitar adds another layer of unrest. Who Are The Girls? draws its strength from t…
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Made Up Mind
Tedeschi Trucks Band
Made Up Mind finds Tedeschi Trucks Band making a large ensemble sound closely connected. Susan Tedeschi's voice and Derek Trucks' guitar remain the obvious points of focus, bu…
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Riot Act
Pearl Jam
Riot Act gives Pearl Jam's harder playing a more detailed and restless setting. The band have room for large riffs, quieter passages and less conventional vocal ideas, with Ma…
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