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Sidelong
Sarah Shook & the Disarmers
Sidelong finds Sarah Shook & the Disarmers making country music with a rough voice and little interest in hiding its flaws. The songs deal with drinking, damaged relationships…
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Kill or Be Kind
Samantha Fish
Kill or Be Kind gives Samantha Fish's blues playing a lively soul setting. Horns, keyboards and backing voices bring more colour to the arrangements, but the songs remain clea…
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World on the Ground
Sarah Jarosz
World on the Ground gives Sarah Jarosz's precise, gentle music a clear focus: the people who leave a place and the people who remain. The songs draw on her Texas hometown with…
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Life Under the Gun
Militarie Gun
Life Under the Gun makes a strong introduction to Militarie Gun by keeping the songs short and the hooks close. Ian Shelton's voice has a damaged edge, but the band give it me…
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Virus
Haken
Virus keeps the heavy guitars of Vector but gives them a more balanced setting. The melodies have room to make their mark, the rhythm section adds detail beyond the main riffs…
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In the Land of Grey and Pink
Caravan
In the Land of Grey and Pink brings a light touch to Caravan's progressive rock. The songs have catchy melodies, a relaxed sense of humour and enough jazz influence to keep th…
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Mood Swings
Marcus King
Mood Swings takes Marcus King towards a quieter, more soulful sound. The forceful guitar approach of Young Blood gives way to slower grooves, carefully placed instruments and …
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The Height of Callousness
Spineshank
The Height of Callousness combines Spineshank's heavy guitars with electronic detail and a strong sense of momentum. The songs are compact, forceful and usually clear about wh…
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A Snow Capped Romance
36 Crazyfists
A Snow Capped Romance gives 36 Crazyfists' heavy music a stronger melodic centre. Brock Lindow's voice remains distinctive, moving between rough screams and a more open singin…
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What It Is to Burn
Finch
What It Is to Burn brings together bright melodies and a much rougher edge without losing its sense of direction. Finch give their pop punk enough heavy guitar and shouted voc…
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Wanted
RPWL
Wanted gives RPWL a stronger attack without abandoning their melodic art rock. The German band move from forceful instrumental passages to quieter songs, with Yogi Lang's voic…
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Ramagehead
O.R.k.
Ramagehead is a dark, tightly arranged rock album with more going on than its short songs first suggest. O.R.k. combine restless guitar work, electronic percussion and express…
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Lateness of Dancers
Hiss Golden Messenger
Lateness of Dancers gives Hiss Golden Messenger a warm, clearly arranged band sound. The music moves between country, folk, blues and soul without making the shifts feel force…
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Fables From a Mayfly: What I Tell You Three Times Is True
Fair to Midland
Fair to Midland make a busy sound feel surprisingly easy to enjoy on Fables From a Mayfly. Heavy guitar, bright keyboards and large vocal melodies meet inside songs that keep …
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A Eulogy for Those Still Here
Counterparts
A Eulogy for Those Still Here shows how much Counterparts can achieve without greatly changing their sound. The band's melodic hardcore remains fast, heavy and emotionally dir…
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The Man from Waco
Charley Crockett
The Man from Waco feels like a collection of country stories held together by a band that know how to leave space. Charley Crockett moves between cowboy ballads, Western swing…
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Amputechture
The Mars Volta
Amputechture often moves more slowly than its busy arrangements suggest. The Mars Volta’s third studio album gives its grooves, melodies and quieter passages more room, while …
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ATW
All Them Witches
ATW gives All Them Witches a smaller, rougher setting after the larger production of Sleeping Through the War. The band recorded in a cabin outside Nashville, with guitarist B…
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A Fistful of Peaches
Black Honey
A Fistful of Peaches gives Black Honey's guitar rock a more openly personal focus. The band still use large hooks, strong bass lines and a confident vocal presence, but the wr…
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Light We Made
Balance and Composure
Light We Made asks for a different kind of attention from Balance and Composure's earlier records. The guitars no longer carry every change through sheer force. Bass, electron…
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Coup de Grâce
SeeYouSpaceCowboy
Coup de Grâce makes SeeYouSpaceCowboy's heavier music more theatrical and more melodic without removing its restless character. The San Diego band bring danceable rhythms, emo…
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Little Sparrow
Dolly Parton
Little Sparrow gives Dolly Parton's singing an acoustic setting with plenty of room to move. Bluegrass forms the centre, but mountain ballads, gospel and Irish influences broa…
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Time in Place
Artifex Pereo
Time in Place makes melodic post-hardcore feel open to a wide range of ideas. Artifex Pereo bring together detailed guitars, active drums, expressive singing and keyboards tha…
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Cheer
Drug Church
Cheer makes Drug Church more tuneful without taking away their rough edges. The guitars have a larger, fuller sound, but Patrick Kindlon's hoarse delivery remains close to a s…
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