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Album Review: Ice Spice - "Y2K!"
Listening to Y2K! Â will instantly give you a sense of what Ice Spice does best, along with the unfortunately minuscule range that she...

Josh Bokor
Sep 20, 20244 min read
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Album Review: M. Ward - "For Beginners: The Best of M. Ward"
Marking 25 years into singer songwriter M. Ward's career, For Beginners attempts to showcase his consistently excellent career-spanning...

Josh Bokor
Sep 19, 20246 min read
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Album Review: Cindy Lee - "Diamond Jubilee"
As a clear ode to indie rock, dream pop, and the pretty, sticky pop music to come out of the early days of FM radio, Patrick Flegel's...

Josh Bokor
Sep 11, 20245 min read
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Album Review: Foster the People - "Paradise State of Mind"
On their first new album in seven years, the duo's ideas may be overflowing but as a result it's flooding and claustrophobic, where...

Josh Bokor
Sep 11, 20245 min read
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Album Review: Kacey Musgraves - "Deeper Well"
On Deeper Well , Kacey Musgraves seems to be turning a new leaf by embracing more traditional folk, psychedelia, and pop. This tip-toeing...

Josh Bokor
Aug 15, 20244 min read
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Album Review: DIIV - "Frog In Boiling Water"
On Frog In Boiling Water, DIIV seem to go into a deeper, darker, heavier pool of sound while embracing shoegaze in a way that's squirmy,...

Josh Bokor
Aug 7, 20243 min read
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Album Review: Helado Negro - "PHASOR"
One of Roberto Carlos Lange's best albums to date, PHASOR is an excellent album that highlights what he does best: his beautiful vocal...

Josh Bokor
Aug 7, 20243 min read
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Album Review: Chastity Belt - "Live Laugh Love"
Live Laugh Love has all the right things for those looking for another Chastity Belt album: memorable songwriting, hooky guitars, pretty...

Josh Bokor
Jul 22, 20243 min read
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Album Review: Kim Gordon - "The Collective"
Kim Gordon's second solo effort continues to dive into the swirling dark abyss of her noisy endeavors by mixing distorted guitar noise...

Josh Bokor
Jul 12, 20243 min read
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Album Review: Justin Timberlake - "Everything I Thought It Was"
As disappointing and disapproving as Justin Timberlake's last output was, Everything I Thought It Was truly lives up to its title: its...

Josh Bokor
Jul 12, 20244 min read
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Album Review: Yard Act - "Where's My Utopia?"
Where's My Utopia? is wild chaos but it's a type of chaos you want to be fully embraced in. It is way more varied, textured, and vibrant...

Josh Bokor
May 16, 20246 min read
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Album Review: Faye Webster - "Underdressed at the Symphony"
Faye Webster's fifth album Underdressed at the Symphony is ultimately underwhelming. Not only do many of the songs sound incomplete or...

Josh Bokor
May 15, 20244 min read
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Album Review: Real Estate - "Daniel"
Real Estate sound as simple, stripped back, and straightforward as ever on Daniel. Like much of their music before, there's much beauty...

Josh Bokor
Apr 26, 20243 min read
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Album Review: Liam Gallagher & John Squire - "Liam Gallagher & John Squire"
It's a record that, yes, isn't at all a creative or experimental endeavor for the two UK rock legends but one that showcases their...

Josh Bokor
Apr 26, 20244 min read
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Album Review: MGMT - "Loss of Life"
Titled Loss of Life, this is ironically MGMT's most optimistic, bright, and warm release in the band's entire career. The band...

Josh Bokor
Apr 19, 20245 min read
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Album Review: Declan McKenna - "What Happened to the Beach?"
What Happened to the Beach? is by far Declan McKenna's most original, daring, and colorful work yet. The album sounds like its cover:...

Josh Bokor
Mar 11, 20244 min read
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Album Review: Pylon Reenactment Society - "Magnet Factory"
Magnet Factory is short, sweet, and gets the job done... with that job being to create punchy, energetic songs reminiscent of the...

Josh Bokor
Mar 11, 20243 min read
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Album Review: The Smile - "Wall of Eyes"
Wall of Eyes  acts like a loose continuation of the experimentation The Smile played with previously, only delving further into the...

Josh Bokor
Mar 4, 20243 min read
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Album Review: M. Ward - "supernatural thing"
Like most M. Ward albums, there's a great balance of lushious slow balladry and upbeat rockers with heavy nods to the radio and radio...

Josh Bokor
Nov 27, 20233 min read
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Album Review: Janelle Monáe - "The Age of Pleasure"
The Age of Pleasure is celebratory, fun and breezy and rightfully so. The severe lack of grandiose detail, theatrics, and complexity that...

Josh Bokor
Oct 16, 20233 min read
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