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Iridescent
Silent Planet
Iridescent gives Silent Planet's heavy music a strong sense of atmosphere without making it feel distant. Complex guitar rhythms, electronic details and several vocal approach…
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Unorthodox Behaviour
Brand X
Unorthodox Behaviour gives Brand X a clear balance between intricate playing and a relaxed group sound. The music moves through jazz-rock, funk and quieter acoustic settings, …
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U.K.
U.K.
U.K. brings four distinctive musicians into a progressive rock record that sounds surprisingly connected. John Wetton's voice and bass, Bill Bruford's drums, Eddie Jobson's ke…
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Providence Canyon
Brent Cobb
Providence Canyon gives Brent Cobb's relaxed country singing a stronger rhythmic push. There is still plenty of room for a plain melody, but the band often moves towards south…
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Fire by the Silos
Toska
Fire by the Silos uses a mostly instrumental sound to tell a dark story. Toska combine large guitar riffs, quieter atmosphere and spoken passages around a character who has lo…
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The Ash & Clay
The Milk Carton Kids
The Ash & Clay keeps the Milk Carton Kids' music close to its simplest parts. Two acoustic guitars and tightly connected voices carry the songs, with little between the writin…
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Lykaia
Soen
Lykaia puts Soen's strength in the way the musicians work together. The Swedish band combine firm progressive rock riffs with quieter, more spacious passages, leaving Joel Eke…
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Frances the Mute
The Mars Volta
Frances the Mute makes little effort to ease anyone in. The Mars Volta’s second album builds five long compositions into a sprawling mix of rock, jazz and Latin rhythms. It ha…
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New Lords
Mindforce
New Lords puts Mindforce's heavy guitar music into a particularly compact form. The songs move quickly, with thrash-influenced riffs, sharp leads and slower rhythmic passages …
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Écailles De Lune
Alcest
Écailles De Lune finds much of its strength in the distance between its gentlest and most forceful music. Alcest use soft singing and flowing guitar lines to create a sense of…
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Vol. II
Hurt
Vol. II develops the quieter side of Hurt without losing the tension that gives their heavy rock its character. The arrangements have more room, and the acoustic instruments f…
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Revelator
Tedeschi Trucks Band
Revelator brings Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks together in a band large enough to give their songs plenty of colour. The eleven-piece group includes horns, keyboards and two…
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Crooked Tree
Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway
Crooked Tree puts Molly Tuttle's guitar playing inside a bluegrass record that values songs as much as instrumental skill. The fast exchanges and clear harmonies are impressiv…
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Blak and Blu
Gary Clark Jr.
Blak and Blu gives Gary Clark Jr. room to show how many ways he can approach a song. His major-label debut has the force of blues rock, but it also makes space for soul, funk …
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The Dark Pool
Thornhill
The Dark Pool places a strong voice at the centre of Thornhill's atmospheric metalcore. The guitars have plenty of weight, but the band's interest in cleaner melody gives the …
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Going Blank Again
Ride
Going Blank Again gives Ride's layered guitars a brighter and more openly melodic setting. The music still has considerable weight, but the band sound more comfortable bringin…
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Moonmadness
Camel
Moonmadness gives Camel's progressive rock a particularly atmospheric setting. Layered guitar and keyboards create a broad, open sound, while the songs move between quiet melo…
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From the Bird’s Cage
HRVRD
From the Bird's Cage puts atmosphere at the centre of HRVRD's indie rock. The guitars often create a soft, spacious setting, while bass, drums and quieter instrumental details…
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Chrome
Catherine Wheel
Chrome gives Catherine Wheel's guitar music a harder, more direct shape. The melodies remain important, but the playing has greater force and the arrangements leave less behin…
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Lover’s Game
The War and Treaty
Lover's Game brings The War and Treaty's country, soul and gospel influences into a polished, strongly sung collection. Michael and Tanya Trotter can give a large ballad plent…
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Asheran
DVNE
Asheran gives Dvne's heavy music an unusually strong sense of connection. Thick riffs, melodic guitar lines and contrasting voices move through long arrangements, but the chan…
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Lamentations
American Aquarium
Lamentations asks hard questions, but American Aquarium give the writing enough musical force to keep it from feeling like a lecture. BJ Barham's voice sounds worn and direct,…
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Ashley McBryde Presents: Lindeville
Ashley McBryde
Ashley McBryde Presents: Lindeville builds a country album around a small fictional town and the people who live there. McBryde shares the singing with a group of collaborator…
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Signs
Tedeschi Trucks Band
Signs places Susan Tedeschi's singing at the centre of a band with plenty of other strengths. Tedeschi Trucks Band still have the horns, keyboards and guitar detail that make …
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