Reviews
Albums
Boards of Canada – Tomorrow’s Harvest (2013)
Boards of Canada’s stunning ability to produce chillingly memorable atmospheres continues with resounding success on their fourth album Tomorrow’s Harvest, the Scottish duo’s first in eight years. Brothers Michael Sandison and ...
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Queens of the Stone Age – Like Clockwork (2013)
Rock titans Queens of the Stone Age have always touted superb musicianship, continually led by songwriter and guitarist Josh Homme since their 1998 self-titled debut. Homme’s propensity for melodically clean distortion has been...
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Mount Kimbie – Cold Spring Fault Less Youth (2013)
Mount Kimbie are a duo from London comprised of Dominic Maker and Kai Campos. Their debut album, 2010′s Crooks & Lovers, brought them critical acclaim; it was also one of my favorite albums of the last few years. As a...
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Tricky – False Idols (2013)
Trip-hop pioneer Tricky generated lofty expectations for his tenth studio album, False Idols, even before its release. “Musically, this is a better album,” he said, comparing False Idols to his classic 1995 debut, M...
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She & Him – Volume 3 (2013)
With Volume 3, the duo of Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward return with fourteen more sugary-sweet folk-pop confections. She & Him’s third volume continues to flaunt their authentic replication of sun-drenched ‘60s easy-listening...
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The National – Trouble Will Find Me (2013)
The National are a group with no pressure to change. Matt Berninger’s deeply somber baritone seems right at home over the band’s current arsenal of guitar-driven murmurs and narrative deadpans about societal disappointmen...
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Daft Punk – Random Access Memories (2013)
Electronic music duo Daft Punk release one of the year’s most anticipated albums in Random Access Memories, their fourth full-length and first since 2005′s Human After All. The duo are noted for their patience betwe...
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Vampire Weekend – Modern Vampires of the City (2013)
On their third album, Vampire Weekend continue to progress from the collegiate prep-friendly Afro-pop revivalism of their 2008 eponymous debut into something more expansive. The Paul Simon influence is still there, but gone is ...
