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Album Review: Rose City Band - "Garden Party"
Who's up for a Garden Party? Rose City Band certainly are and it's all pure bliss here. Thrill Jockey mainstays Rose City Band have been...

Josh Bokor
Oct 4, 20232 min read
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Album Review: Blur - "The Ballad of Darren"
The UK Brit Pop kings return with another comeback album eight years after their previous one. The Ballad of Darren certainly has its...

Josh Bokor
Oct 4, 20232 min read
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Album Review: Squid - "O Monolith"
With O Monolith, Squid seem to deepen towards not only the more experimental, patience testing, and slowly gratifying realms of post rock...

Josh Bokor
Oct 4, 20233 min read
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Album Review: Tanlines - "The Big Mess"
Tanlines' sound is more mature, aged and slicked back than ever before. Even though this isn't the fireworks I was anticipating, The Big...

Josh Bokor
Jun 21, 20234 min read
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Album Review: Tinariwen - "Amatssou"
For those who find Tinariwen's detailed grooves, sharp guitar playing, and tightly knit performances inviting, then Amtssou is yet...

Josh Bokor
Jun 9, 20233 min read
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Album Review: Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - "Council Skies"
For fans of Oasis or Noel Gallagher's solo work, Council Skies acts like a return to form or even a rehash of his past work. It's...

Josh Bokor
Jun 9, 20234 min read
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Album Review: Paul Simon - "Seven Psalms"
Seven Psalms isn't simply just a new album within Paul Simon's vast discography. It's definitely one of his most adventurous, intriguing,...

Josh Bokor
Jun 7, 20233 min read
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Album Review: Esther Rose - "Safe to Run"
Like many of Esther Rose's past songs being emotionally gut punching, every song from Safe to Run blasts repeatedly through your chest...

Josh Bokor
May 31, 20234 min read
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Album Review: Feist - "Multitudes"
Multitudes is Feist's quietest, most intimate, and patient record to date. This is not an immediate one where everything will click for...

Josh Bokor
May 31, 20235 min read
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Album Review: The Beths - "Expert In a Dying Field"
New Zealanders The Beths are a genuine, seemingly down to Earth group that just want to make lovely indie rock and pop that's straight...

Josh Bokor
May 22, 20234 min read
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Album Review: Yaeji - "With a Hammer"
The way Yaeji expresses the anger and rage she's built up on With a Hammer is quite uniquely personal and original to hear. It's a...

Josh Bokor
Apr 28, 20235 min read
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Album Review: The National - "First Two Pages of Frankenstein"
On their new album First Two Pages of Frankenstein, The National decide to go with their safest and most predictable album in their...

Josh Bokor
Apr 28, 20234 min read
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Album Review: Black Country, New Road - "Live at Bush Hall"
Another year later comes another album from Black Country, New Road and yet another reinvention of the band. Their new set of material...

Josh Bokor
Apr 24, 20233 min read
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Album Review: Heinali - "Kyiv Eternal"
Even though Ukrainian ambient artist Oleh Shpudeiko strings together years-old bits and pieces from his back catalog, Kyiv Eternal still...

Josh Bokor
Apr 20, 20234 min read
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Album Review: Baaba Maal - "Being"
The 69-year-old Senegalise singer continues to think outside the box, try new production choices, and collaborate with others on Being....

Josh Bokor
Apr 10, 20233 min read
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Album Review: 100 gecs - "10,000 gecs"
On their long-awaited blockbuster sequel, Laura Les and Dylan Brady bring their entire arsenal of weird, coked up ideas. The sheer amount...

Josh Bokor
Apr 7, 20237 min read
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Album Review: shame - "Food for Worms"
Food for Worms sounds much cleaner and clearer than their previous material but shame's liveliness and rawness are still here in spades...

Josh Bokor
Apr 3, 20236 min read
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Album Review: Kate NV - "WOW"
Russian singer, songwriter and composer Kate NV's new full length album is an absolute delight. There's even more of her playful...

Josh Bokor
Apr 3, 20234 min read
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Album Review: Margo Price - "Strays"
Margo Price continues to push herself, try new things all while bringing more and more of her personal self into her music. The...

Josh Bokor
Mar 27, 20235 min read
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Album Review: Avey Tare - "7s"
Despite it being a bit cleaner and more well-rounded, the Animal Collective co-founder's personality still remains to be a huge factor of...

Josh Bokor
Mar 27, 20234 min read
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