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City of Gold
Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway
City of Gold shows what Molly Tuttle and Golden Highway can do when the songs are shaped around a settled band. The bluegrass playing is quick and precise, but the record rare…
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Omens
Elder
Omens puts Elder's progressive rock side firmly in the foreground. Keyboards play a larger role, the guitars have more space around them, and the band explore a lighter sound …
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Don’t Wake the Riot
Black Pistol Fire
Don’t Wake the Riot gets a lot of movement from the simple combination of guitar, drums and voice. Black Pistol Fire keep the blues close to the surface, but the speed and rou…
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The Light
Spock's Beard
The Light introduces Spock's Beard through four ambitious tracks that leave plenty of space for melody. Long arrangements, changing rhythms and busy keyboards place the record…
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Unfold the Future
The Flower Kings
Unfold the Future is a generous and unusually varied statement from The Flower Kings. Across more than two hours, the band move between large progressive rock arrangements, ge…
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Raya
Pothamus
Raya builds its heavy sound from repetition, space and a strong rhythmic foundation. Pothamus leave the bass and drums near the front, allowing guitars and voices to move arou…
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Have You Lost Your Mind Yet?
Fantastic Negrito
Have You Lost Your Mind Yet? gives Fantastic Negrito's blues a wider setting. Funk rhythms, soul vocals, hip-hop and electronic details all play a part, with the songs moving …
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Redemption
Joe Bonamassa
Redemption gives Joe Bonamassa's familiar blues-rock sound an unsettled emotional centre. The songs return to regret, damaged relationships and the possibility of finding a wa…
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The Earth Sings Mi Fa Mi
The Receiving End of Sirens
The Earth Sings Mi Fa Mi moves The Receiving End of Sirens towards a denser, more atmospheric kind of rock. The singing still has strong melodic hooks, but keyboards, electron…
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The Tower
Motorpsycho
The Tower gives Motorpsycho enough space to move between forceful rock, gentler folk and extended psychedelic passages. The scale is large, but the band keep finding different…
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Errorzone
Vein.fm
Errorzone rarely allows a comfortable moment to settle. Vein.fm move between angular hardcore riffs, abrupt rhythmic changes and fragments of electronic noise, with cleaner vo…
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Same Trailer Different Park
Kacey Musgraves
Same Trailer Different Park gives ordinary frustrations and difficult choices room to matter. Kacey Musgraves sings with a calm confidence, using clear melodies and lightly ar…
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Departure Songs
We Lost the Sea
Departure Songs makes a substantial demand on time and attention. We Lost the Sea build five long instrumental pieces around loss, endurance and the possibility of hope, using…
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Mirage
Camel
Mirage makes a strong case for progressive rock built around melody and the interaction between musicians. Andrew Latimer's guitar and flute work closely with Peter Bardens's …
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Fortune Favors the Bold
49 Winchester
Fortune Favors the Bold makes a strong impression through Isaac Gibson's singing. His rough-edged voice brings soul and conviction to 49 Winchester's country-rock songs, while…
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Keep You
Pianos Become the Teeth
Keep You takes much of the shouting out of Pianos Become the Teeth's music, leaving the tension in place. Kyle Durfey sings through the songs with a worn, exposed voice, while…
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Suck Out the Poison
He Is Legend
Suck Out the Poison makes He Is Legend's heavier rock sound rougher and more Southern in character. The guitar riffs have a dry, forceful weight, while Schuylar Croom moves be…
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Melodoria
Black Map
Black Map make room for atmosphere without losing their interest in heavy guitars on Melodoria. The San Francisco trio’s third album sits between alternative rock and post-har…
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Big Kiss Goodnight
Trapped Under Ice
Big Kiss Goodnight gives Trapped Under Ice's heavy hardcore a clearer melodic shape. The riffs remain substantial and Justice Tripp's voice has a sharp, urgent presence, but t…
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Binaural
Pearl Jam
Binaural brings some of Pearl Jam's most interesting playing into an uneven collection of songs. The guitars explore different textures, and Matt Cameron's drumming gives the …
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Palomino
Miranda Lambert
Palomino follows people who are leaving, travelling or wondering what might be waiting somewhere else. Miranda Lambert gives those stories a varied musical setting, moving bet…
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Puzzle
Biffy Clyro
Puzzle makes Biffy Clyro's music easier to follow without removing all of its unusual edges. The choruses are broader and the arrangements more direct, but the guitars still h…
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As Blue as Indigo
Tigercub
As Blue As Indigo is built around changes in scale. Tigercub move between quieter, more exposed writing and large, distorted guitar passages, with Jamie Hall's voice connectin…
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:Ktonik:
Votum
Votum give :Ktonik: a strong sense of atmosphere without allowing the guitars to disappear into it. The record moves between darker progressive rock and heavier metal, with Ba…
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