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Album Review: Any Random Kindness by Haelos (8/10)
"This U.K. quartet were specifically on a mission to take their electronic-based music and infuse it with a stark organic and, ultimately, human quality." On ... -
Album Review: CrasH Talk by Schoolboy Q (5/10)
"Hopefully Q can regain ground next time around." Crash Talk is Schoolboy Q’s fifth studio album, and one would expect a seasoned artist to place ... -
Album Review: Full Upon Her Burning Lips By Earth (8/10)
"10 tracks of widely varying length on which he and percussionist Adrienne Davies channel the essence of Earth." Long before Om and Sunn0))) materialized (and ... -
Album Review: Social Cues By Cage the Elephant (8/10)
"A mature perspective on the ups and downs of their rock & roll fame." Alt-rockers Cage the Elephant are back with Social Cues, their fifth ... -
Album Review: All Blues By Peter Frampton Band (10/10)
Like many of the British rock guitarists who emerged in the ‘60s and ‘70s, Peter Frampton was raised on American blues and played it early ... -
Album Review: Boat By Pip Blom (8/10)
Named after their magnetic singer, Amsterdam’s Pip Blom are every drop as sophisticated and cool as the city from which they hail, and that quality ... -
Album Review: 40 by The Stray Cats (9/10)
"The production is lean and uncluttered and retains a robust and very live feel." Hey there, all you cool cats and kittens, The Stray Cats ... -
Album Review: Cuz I Love You by Lizzo (9/10)
"Her voice is soulful and simultaneously unafraid to spell it out for anyone listening." Singer-rapper Lizzo contends finding love isn’t life’s answer, as she goes ... -
Album Review: Map of the Soul: Persona by BTS (6/10)
"The album takes you on a journey of self discovery or as the title tells, journey finding ‘persona.’" “Who am I? The question I had ... -
Album Review: Forever by Vandoliers (7/10)
"Vandoliers come better defined as alternative country rock seasoned with a dash of Tejano." Despite their cowpunk descriptor, Vandoliers come better defined as alternative country rock ... -
Album Review: Doom Folk by Conny Ochs (8/10)
"Ochs alternates between loud and soft volumes, and electric and acoustic textures, in order to assuage instead of assault." Ochs’ reputation as the father of ... -
Album Review: If It Ain’t Love by Patrice Jegou (8/10)
"Patrice Jegou finds liberation and fresh creativity interpreting jazz standards, strolling, darting, weaving and soaring through a wild expanse of styles and moods... " Former pro figure skater ... -
Album Review: Head Above Water by Avril Lavigne (6/10)
"I just wanted a 'bigger wow.'" I went into the new Avril Lavigne era with the greatest, most unrealistic expectations. I wanted iconic and ironic karaoke jams ... -
Album Review: Love Kills by Safia Mafia (8/10)
"She sounds reminiscent of a cross between Jhene Aiko and Tessa Thompson, sprinkled with urban ‘90s Cali swag." Safia Mafia is an up-and-coming singer songwriter from Oakland, Calif. On ... -
Album Review: Unwilling to Explain by Unknown Instructors (7/10)
"Your mileage may vary on the Tom Waits- and Bukowski-influenced bop narration." The SST label of the ‘80s stitched jazz and punk closely together, and here ... -
ALBUM REVIEW: NO CONTROL BY SUZI QUATRO (8/10)
"Quatro proves she’s lost none of her musical bravado or spunk." Before there was Pat Benatar, Joan Jett or Lita Ford there was Suzi Quatro. She was ... -
ALBUM REVIEW: BEWARE OF THE DOGS BY STELLA DONNELLY (9/10)
"She shows great control of her tender voice, which overlaps with simple instrumentation. " Beware of the Dogs epitomizes girl power. It understands and comforts the female listener, whether ... -
Album Review: Jazzland by Ed Roth (8/10)
Emerging as an artist after years of creating keyboard magic and/or serving music director for everyone from Annie Lennox and Keith Emerson to Coolio, Ed ... -
Album Review: Hoodie Szn by A Boogie Wit da Hoodie (6/10)
With 20 years of songs to digest, Hoodie SZN is overextended and overvalued as it takes listeners on an emotional rollercoaster ride about Hoodie's life. ... -
Album Review: Native Tongue by Switchfoot (7/10)
WHAT A SOLID ROCK ALBUM. Yes, all of the songs are in caps, showing great enthusiasm, urgency and commitment to aesthetic. The band brings a ...
