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The Pains of Being Pure at Heart: The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart The Pains of Being Pure at Heart Rating: 4.5 Label: Slumberland Records buy it at insound! Like a lot of the music of the last decade, the
Read More »Phosphorescent: To Willie
Phosphorescent To Willie Rating: 4.5 Label: Dead Oceans buy it at insound! We’ve all done it. Admit it right now. We’ve all had songs that connected with us at a level that made us
Read More »The Magnificents: The Year of Explorers
The Magnificents Year of Explorers Rating: 4.0 Label: Mush Records buy it at insound! You guys have a homework assignment after reading this review: I want you all to find the fine Year of
Read More »Cotton Jones: Paranoid Cocoon
Cotton Jones Paranoid Cocoon Rating: 4.0 Label: Suicide Squeeze buy it at insound! Paranoid Cocoon is one of those rare albums that reminds me of exactly why I like to review new releases. Sure,
Read More »Ethan Rose: Oaks
Ethan Rose Oaks Rating: 4.0 Label: Holocene Music buy it at insound! One of the coolest gifts I received for Christmas this past year came from an unlikely giver. As a music critic, I
Read More »The Telescopes: # Untitled Second
The Telescopes # Untitled Second Rating: 4.0 Label: Bomp Records buy it at insound! The Telescopes’ landmark album Untitled Second is now reissued on CD by Bomp Records. Unfortunately, The Telescopes never became quite
Read More »Swervedriver: Raise / Mezcal Head
Swervedriver Raise / Mezcal Head Rating: 4.0 / 4.5 Label: Second Motion / Hi Speed Soul Records buy it at insound! Nearly 18 years ago Swervedriver unleashed their debut album Raise onto the burgeoning
Read More »Lisa Hannigan: Sea Sew
Lisa Hannigan Sea Sew Rating: 4.0 Label: ATO Records buy it at insound! Lisa Hannigan began publicly singing alongside the haunting voice of Damien Rice, accompanying him on his debut album, O and most
Read More »Antony and the Johnsons: The Crying Light
Antony and the Johnsons The Crying Light Rating: 5.0 Label: Secretly Canadian buy it at insound! There is a broken magic to being human, a discrete sadness that radiates from each of us that
Read More »Matt and Kim: Grand
Matt & Kim Grand Rating: 4.0 Label: Fader buy it at insound! Grand is an inventive sophomore album from Brooklyn’s Matt Johnson and Kim Schifino that expands on the drums/keyboards combination of their 2006
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