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Album Review: Esther Rose - "How Many Times"
With Esther Rose's third album, How Many Times, there's this sense of vulnerability that is much more open than ever before. Yet again,...

Josh Bokor
May 20, 20213 min read


Album Review: The Antlers - "Green to Gold"
Surprisingly, The Antlers have a pep in their step this time around after their silent hiatus. Green to Gold finds The Antlers in a new...

Josh Bokor
Apr 28, 20214 min read


EP Review: Real Estate - "Half a Human"
This new batch of tracks from Real Estate comes from the same sessions as last year's studio album. Half a Human certainly does scratch...

Josh Bokor
Apr 24, 20212 min read


Album Review: Third Coast Percussion, Sérgio & Clarice Assad - "Archetypes"
The new collaborative project from Third Coast Percussion, Brazilian guitarist Sérgio Assad, and multi-instrumentalist Clarice Assad...

Josh Bokor
Apr 14, 20214 min read


Album Review: Bell Orchestre - "House Music"
House Music from Bell Orchestre is one nonstop 43-minute long piece that is both intense and monstrous. Because of the group's thrilling...

Josh Bokor
Apr 8, 20214 min read


Album Review: Alex Bleeker - "Heaven on the Faultine"
The new album from the Real Estate bassist may be a bit inconsistent and rough, but one can find numerous gems that show why Alex Bleeker...

Josh Bokor
Apr 5, 20214 min read


Album Review: Lee Pardini - "Homebodies"
The debut album from piano extraordinaire and Dawes member Lee Pardini is quite the expansive, exploratory jazz record featuring...

Josh Bokor
Mar 30, 20213 min read


Album Review: Cloud Nothings - "The Shadow I Remember"
On The Shadow I Remember, Cloud Nothings sound like they've grown with time and have been enlightened along the way with a reliable sound...

Josh Bokor
Mar 26, 20213 min read


Album Review: Black Country, New Road - "For the first time"
For the First Time is a purely unsettling and creepy intensity of grooves and glitches, but is also very funny and beautiful at times too.

Josh Bokor
Mar 19, 20214 min read


Album Review: Everything Everything - "RE-ANIMATOR"
RE-ANIMATOR provides some of the bombastic, invigorating sound that Everything Everything culminated in the past, all while still pulling...

Josh Bokor
Oct 17, 20203 min read


Album Review: My Morning Jacket - "The Waterfall II"
The surprise sequel from My Morning Jacket's 2015 record shares themes of self reflection and nature over blissfully uncovered folk rock...

Josh Bokor
Oct 16, 20204 min read


Album Review: Disclosure - "ENERGY"
The highlights off of the Lawrence brothers' third album are the closest to recreating the excitement and vibrancy that they initially...

Josh Bokor
Sep 27, 20204 min read


Album Review: Phantom Planet - "Devastator"
Phantom Planet's first album in 12 years is quite a remarkable breakup record that is refreshingly versatile, reflecting on heartbreak...

Josh Bokor
Jun 27, 20204 min read


Album Review: TOPS - "I Feel Alive"
Montreal's very own TOPS sound sunny, charismatic, and thrilling on the first leg of their new fourth album. Sadly, they struggle to keep...

Josh Bokor
May 16, 20204 min read


Album Review: Dark Morph - "Dark Morph II"
The sequel project from Jónsi and Carl Michael von Hausswolff is chilling and eerie, giving off dark and tortured themes of suffering...

Josh Bokor
May 6, 20203 min read


Album Review: Fiona Apple - "Fetch the Bolt Cutters"
Fetch the Bolt Cutters is a phenomenal experience that features raw, percussive explosiveness and an emotionally stirring Fiona Apple....

Josh Bokor
Apr 26, 20204 min read


Album Review: M. Ward - "Migration Stories"
M. Ward's tenth solo album tells personal and immersive tales of migration in an exploratory and fluid motion, each song enriched and...

Josh Bokor
Apr 13, 20203 min read


Album Review: U.S. Girls - "Heavy Light"
Meg Remy's U.S. Girls continues to be thrilling and profound on her collaborative eighth album, focusing on self reflection through...

Josh Bokor
Apr 11, 20203 min read


Album Review: Stephen Malkmus - "Traditional Techniques"
On his third album in three years, Stephen Malkmus ventures to traditional folk music. These songs are delicate, lush, and timeless,...

Josh Bokor
Apr 3, 20203 min read


Album Review: Real Estate - "The Main Thing"
The Main Thing captures Real Estate's balance of changing things up stylistically and sonically with the familiarity and comfort...

Josh Bokor
Mar 21, 20203 min read
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