(Un)Commentary, Alec Benjamin
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“(Un)Commentary” review: Learning to Grow Up with Alec Benjamin

Just like the day you first moved in, your family is in your dorm. Eight…

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‘Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers’ review: Kendrick Lamar returns with messy introspection

The cat is out of the bag: Kendrick’s favorite subject is himself. Anyone who’d been…

Heavy Pendulum
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‘Heavy Pendulum’ review: Cave In delivers their magnum opus

Massachusetts big gun progressive sludge/metalcore outfit Cave In dropped their gigantic album, Heavy Pendulum, via…

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‘A Light For Attracting Attention’ review: Radiohead side project, The Smile’s dystopian debut inspires despite darkness

Radiohead frontmen Tom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood join forces with Sons of Kemet drummer Tom…

The album cover for The Modern Western World by Vansire.
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‘The Modern Western World’ review: Vansire expands their artistic scope

There has always been a certain air to the music that Josh Augustin and Sam…

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‘Preacher’s Daughter’ review : Ethel Cain delivers a strikingly singular and profound debut full-length album

With the arrival of her debut album, the delirious dreamscape of the gothic Americana-inspired Preacher’s Daughter,…

Beauty in Transience
‘Beauty in Transience’ review: Producer and DJ Marc Straight releases debut LP

Melodic dubstep DJ and producer Marc Straight introduces his debut album, Beauty in Transience, which…