Reviews
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Permanent Makeup – The Void… It Creeps (2013)
Permanent Makeup hail from St. Petersburg, Florida’s burgeoning DIY music scene. Still, the group’s DNA is much more complex than your typical sun-drenched Florida punk band. Permanent Makeup was spawned from the same pr...
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Kanye West – Yeezus (2013)
Kanye West’s Yeezus is a blast of sexually charged distortion that, like his past releases, can be a thrilling form of idiosyncratic entertainment when at its best. Kanye’s over-indulgent tendencies often act like a blink...
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Rodeo Ruby Love – The Pits (2013)
In 2006, Zachary Melton started the band Rodeo Ruby Love as a side project. Since then, Melton and friends have worked together to create music that means something to them. While their music may be inaccessible to some, itR...
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Sigur Rós – Kveikur (2013)
For all of Sigur Rós’ idiosyncrasies involving a made-up language and oddball instrumental concoctions, the Icelandic rockers are always a surefire bet to produce beautifully sweeping music. Their sound can alternate from quain...
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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...
