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Illicit
Tribal Tech
Illicit makes jazz fusion sound sharp, energetic and willing to cause a little trouble. Tribal Tech combine Scott Henderson's expressive guitar with Gary Willis' active bass, …
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Spiritual Instinct
Alcest
Spiritual Instinct gives Alcest's layered guitar music a more immediate, riff-led shape. The heavier passages have a strong rhythmic centre, while Neige's clean singing keeps …
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Reckless Heart
Joanne Shaw Taylor
Reckless Heart makes good use of Joanne Shaw Taylor's strongest qualities: a rough, expressive voice and guitar playing with a clear sense of purpose. Recorded in Detroit with…
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Time (The Revelator)
Gillian Welch
Time (The Revelator) makes an expansive record from a small set of instruments. Gillian Welch and David Rawlings use acoustic guitars, occasional banjo and closely connected v…
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Meanwhile
Klone
Klone bring more weight back into their spacious rock sound on Meanwhile. The French band still give melodies time to develop, but the heavier guitars make the quieter passage…
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View With A Room
Julian Lage
View With A Room enlarges the sound of Julian Lage's trio without weighing it down. Guitarist Bill Frisell joins Lage, bassist Jorge Roeder and drummer Dave King on seven of t…
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Living as Ghosts With Buildings as Teeth
Rishloo
Living as Ghosts With Buildings as Teeth gives Rishloo's progressive rock a large emotional range. The songs move between heavy guitar passages, quieter atmosphere and rhythms…
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Midwest Farmer’s Daughter
Margo Price
Midwest Farmer's Daughter has the sound of traditional country and the concerns of someone trying to make a life inside it. Margo Price sings clearly and directly, with a band…
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How Flowers Grow
Scowl
How Flowers Grow introduces Scowl through short hardcore songs, rough vocals and a direct sense of purpose. Kat Moss gives the music a sharp, confrontational presence, while t…
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You Hear Georgia
Blackberry Smoke
You Hear Georgia puts Blackberry Smoke's strengths in a clear, focused setting. The band combine Southern rock, country and blues with little interest in changing their basic …
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More Skin With Milk-Mouth
Giraffes? Giraffes!
Giraffes? Giraffes! make complicated music feel playful on More Skin With Milk-Mouth. Joseph Andreoli and Kenneth Topham send guitar and drums in several directions while keep…
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Elements
Mind Control
As a metal head I was really pleased that the Italian melodic death metal band Mind Control found our platform and submitted their newest album 'Elements' for review. Mind Con…
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Distant Populations
Quicksand
Distant Populations is a compact album with a strong sense of movement. Quicksand use shifting rhythms, thick bass lines and guitar parts that can be sharp or hazy without cha…
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Anareta
Horrendous
On Anareta, a riff rarely stays alone for long. Another guitar line joins it, the bass takes a different direction or the drums pull the song around its next corner. Horrendou…
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Earth Is A Black Hole
Teenage Wrist
Earth Is A Black Hole gives Teenage Wrist a brighter, more direct sound without removing the guitars that made their earlier music appealing. The distortion is less overwhelmi…
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Big Bad Luv
John Moreland
Big Bad Luv gives John Moreland's songs a broader band setting without losing the weight of his voice. The music has room for more movement and a brighter mood, while the writ…
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Catch Without Arms
Dredg
Catch Without Arms brings Dredg's musical detail into clearer, more direct songs. The guitars still create a wide atmosphere, and the rhythm section has plenty happening benea…
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Fuzz
Fuzz
Fuzz build their debut around heavy riffs while leaving plenty of movement between the instruments. The guitars are thickly distorted, the bass holds the music together and Ty…
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Chairs Missing
Wire
Chairs Missing gives Wire more room without losing the discipline that made their debut so effective. The songs use keyboards, slower passages and stranger guitar sounds, but …
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Hygiene
Drug Church
Hygiene is short, loud and surprisingly easy to get into. Drug Church fit ten songs into a compact album, using rough vocals and sharp guitar parts without losing the pull of …
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Backspacer
Pearl Jam
Backspacer presents Pearl Jam in a shorter and brighter form. The riffs remain substantial, but the songs move quickly and carry less of the weight that often surrounds the ba…
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Sons of Northern Darkness
Immortal
Sons of Northern Darkness shows how accessible an aggressive metal record can become when its riffs are strong enough. Immortal retains the harsh voice, fast drums and dark at…
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Unimagine
Hands Like Houses
Unimagine makes a busy post-hardcore sound relatively easy to follow. Hands Like Houses keep the guitars, electronic details and drums active, but leave enough space for Trent…
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Kin
Whitechapel
Kin gives Whitechapel's melodic side a permanent place beside the heavy guitars and deep vocals. The band increasingly seek the space of a rock song, but retain enough of thei…
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