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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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Sea of Cowards
The Dead Weather
Sea of Cowards keeps The Dead Weather close to their dark blues rock but makes them sound more firmly connected. Bass lines are heavy, guitars scrape and keyboards add an unse…
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The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste
Ministry
On The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste, Ministry make guitars and electronics seem to push each other further at every turn. The riffs have a clear thrash-metal edge, while …
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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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Toward the Fray
The Infamous Stringdusters
Toward the Fray connects the liveliness of The Infamous Stringdusters with heavier subjects. The songs concern division, injustice and the need to keep finding common ground. …
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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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METAWAR
3TEETH
The guitars on METAWAR sound locked to its electronic rhythms. 3TEETH make industrial metal with plenty of weight and a clear interest in accessible melodies. The music has a …
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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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De Stijl
The White Stripes
De Stijl has more colours than the White Stripes' simple setup might suggest. Jack and Meg White move between garage rock, blues, acoustic songs and piano without losing the a…
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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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Someone Here Is Missing
The Pineapple Thief
Someone Here Is Missing brings a more forceful guitar attack and a stronger electronic presence to The Pineapple Thief's melodic rock. Bruce Soord's voice remains fragile and …
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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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TNT
Tortoise
TNT lets Tortoise sound relaxed without making the music careless. Drums, guitars and melodic percussion sit naturally together. Electronic treatments remain present but do no…
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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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American Recordings
Johnny Cash
American Recordings puts Johnny Cash's voice in a setting that makes its force difficult to miss. With little more than acoustic guitar around him, the songs depend on the wei…
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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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Nightfall
Candlemass
Nightfall makes doom metal grand without relying entirely on slowness. Candlemass uses heavy riffs, clear melodies and a voice capable of emphasising every word. The music sta…
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Gnosis
Russian Circles
Gnosis puts Russian Circles' heaviest instincts close to the surface. The instrumental trio still leave room for melody, but the guitars and bass spend much of the record pres…
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Title of Record
Filter
Title of Record gives Filter's heavy guitar sound more room to change. Richard Patrick still uses a harsh vocal attack, and the industrial elements remain easy to recognise, b…
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Feast of Love
Pity Sex
Feast of Love brings a direct melodic appeal to Pity Sex's noisy guitar sound. The band surround their songs with warm distortion and hazy feedback, but the melodies remain im…
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