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Album Review of "Big Talk" by Couch (7/10)
Couch Productions, LLCProducer: Couch Big Talk isBoston-based retro-pop septet Couch’s debut, though it hardly sounds like one—it sparkles with joy-splashed confidence and each track bops ... -
Album Review of "Synesthesia" by Azam Ali (7/10)
COP InternationalProducer: Azam Ali Los Angeles-based Azam Ali was born in Iran and raised in India, and from the start of the opening title track, ... -
Album Review of "Flowers" by The Devil Wears Prada (7/10)
Solid State RecordsProducer: The Devil Wears Prada When hardcore bands nurse a fixation on being louder and scarier than anyone else, they can turn one-dimensional. ... -
Album Review of "Tehrangeles Vice: Iranian Diaspora Pop 1983–1993" by Various Artists (8/10)
DiscotchariProducer: Zachary Asdourian (executive) Tehrangeles Vice: Iranian Diaspora Pop 1983–1993 is a generational rediscovery. Exiled Iranian musicians in post-Islamic Revolution Los Angeles recorded these songs, ... -
Album Review of "LOTTO" by They Are Gutting a Body of Water (8/10)
ATO Records, Julia’s War, Smoking Room (joint release)Producer: Douglas Dulgarian LOTTO cements Philadelphia shoegazers They Are Gutting a Body of Water (aka TAGABOW) as one ... -
Album Review of "Straight Line Was a Lie" by The Beths (8/10)
ANTIProducer: Jonathan Pearce After over 10 years together, New Zealand indie pop rock group The Beths have found who they are in their latest album, Straight ... -
Album Review of "Apostasy in Black" by Soldiers of Destruction (8/10)
American’t RecordsProducer: John Feeney Formed in London back in 1981, the Soldiers of Destruction are now based in Las Vegas and, while some things have ... -
Album Review of "Troublemaker" by Katy & the Null Sets (7/10)
Self-releasedProducer: Yu Kiatvongcharoen Katy Ohsiek (of Foamboy) trades disco-pop glitz for the after-hours introspection of her solo debut, Troublemaker. This nine-song venture is a confident, ... -
Album Review of "Liminal" by Brian Eno & Beatie Wolfe (7/10)
Verve RecordsProducers: Brian Eno, Beatie Wolfe For the closing installment of their three-part saga, ambient grand master Brian Eno and conceptual artist Beatie Wolfe explore ... -
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Luvcat . . . 9Vicious DeliciousAWALProducer: Oli Barton-Wood A star is truly born. Liverpool-born British singer, musician, and songwriter Luvcat has released what is absolutely ...
