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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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Juju
Siouxsie and the Banshees
Juju gives Siouxsie and the Banshees a dark, tightly controlled sound without sacrificing memorable songs. John McGeoch’s guitar can be sharp, restless or strangely bright. Bu…
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Peace...Like a River
Gov't Mule
The songs on Peace...Like a River take their time, but Gov't Mule rarely sound as if they are waiting for an idea to arrive. Guitar, keyboards, bass and drums keep shaping the…
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Highway Prayers
Billy Strings
Twenty songs is a lot, but Billy Strings keeps a firm focus on the song itself throughout Highway Prayers. His guitar playing remains impressive and the band has plenty of spa…
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Technatura
Vulkan
Technatura has a strong voice at its centre. Vulkan surround Jimmy Lindblad's clear singing with heavy guitar, changing rhythms and a dark, detailed atmosphere. The Swedish ba…
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Tripper
Hella
Tripper shows how much space two musicians can fill. Hella returns to Spencer Seim's guitar and Zach Hill's drums, keeping the flow of ideas fast and the individual parts almo…
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Too Much Guitar
Reigning Sound
Too Much Guitar reveals its intentions immediately. Reigning Sound push the guitars forward and let the rhythm section play hard against them. Greg Cartwright sings with a rou…
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I Am Hollywood
He Is Legend
I Am Hollywood makes heavy music feel unusually lively. He Is Legend combine forceful riffs and screams with clear singing, active bass and guitar parts that reach beyond a si…
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Beyond Man and Time
RPWL
Beyond Man and Time gives RPWL's melodic progressive rock a broad, ambitious setting. The music is built around patient arrangements, expressive guitar and layers of keyboards…
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Freedom Highway
Rhiannon Giddens
Freedom Highway connects the weight of history to music that remains full of movement. Rhiannon Giddens draws on folk, blues, gospel and more recent sounds, using them to tell…
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Dispose
The Plot In You
Dispose shifts The Plot In You towards a more electronic and melodic sound. Heavy guitars remain part of the picture, but the main focus is Landon Tewers' voice and the space …
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Octopus
Gentle Giant
Octopus puts a wide range of musical ideas into a compact progressive rock album. Gentle Giant move between harder guitar playing, intricate vocal parts, folk detail and quiet…
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Existential Void Guardian
Conan
Existential Void Guardian keeps Conan's force compact and direct. The guitars sound thick and abrasive, the voice pushes hard against them and the drums give the music conside…
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To Only a Few At First
Royal Coda
To Only a Few At First gives Royal Coda's busy post-hardcore a clear centre. The guitars are quick and colourful, the rhythms keep changing shape, and Kurt Travis moves betwee…
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Dogrel
Fontaines D.C.
Dogrel makes a strong entrance, but Fontaines D.C. have more to offer than the first few fierce songs suggest. The guitars are sharp, the bass keeps things moving, and Grian C…
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Juturna
Circa Survive
Juturna builds its identity from restless guitars, detailed drumming and Anthony Green's unusually high voice. Circa Survive make the music feel unsettled even when a melody i…
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Wake in Fright
Uniform
Wake in Fright turns repetition into an unsettling force. Uniform place hard electronic rhythms against scraping guitars and Michael Berdan's aggressive voice. The music moves…
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Rustin’ in the Rain
Tyler Childers
Rustin' in the Rain covers a useful amount of ground in less than half an hour. Tyler Childers moves between lively country rhythms, gospel touches and open-hearted ballads, k…
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Nightfall in Middle Earth
Blind Guardian
Nightfall in Middle-Earth chooses a larger story than a sequence of fast power metal songs. Blind Guardian turn J.R.R. Tolkien's The Silmarillion into songs and short spoken t…
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'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend! gives Godspeed You! Black Emperor's return a clear musical purpose. The Montreal collective build large instrumental pieces from guitars, strin…
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Soul
Eric Church
Soul lets Eric Church's band settle into a looser groove. Country remains part of the singing and writing, but funk, gospel and warmer rock textures shape much of the music. T…
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