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Dirty Sound Magnet: Social Media Boy – Review

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The explosive new single release from Dirty Sound Magnet grabs old ground, shakes it up and rocks out a contemporary twist in this precursor to an intelligent psychedelic album. Using a scattergun of influences, Dirty Sound Magnet have harnessed a unique and versatile sound with a dynamic modernist expression that is their own original output. When the boundaries are pushed … [Read more...] about Dirty Sound Magnet: Social Media Boy – Review

Machine Gun Kelly: Hotel Diablo – Review

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Machine Gun Kelly delves into his personal journey and attempts to re-invent himself with new genre-splicing album, Hotel Diablo.   The new MGK album release of Hotel Diablo signifies a clear musical development from the artist’s previous three releases.  This is the hip-hop attempt to indignantly justify self and to produce a more approachable and diverse catalogue to … [Read more...] about Machine Gun Kelly: Hotel Diablo – Review

Thom Yorke: ANIMA – Review

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The Radiohead singer’s new solo album mines a trail of sparse, haunted electronica studded with some of his loveliest melodies and textures to date.  Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke’s third solo album (his first since 2014’s Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes) arrives in the slipstream of his acclaimed Suspiria soundtrack and re-affirms his exalted status as a progressive artist who never … [Read more...] about Thom Yorke: ANIMA – Review

Lucinda Belle: Think Big: Like Me – Review

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Lucinda Belle’s new record Think Big: Like Me focuses on the artist’s inner turmoil as she questions relationships amongst sultry jazz and blues. Award-winning Harpist and multi-genre pioneer Lucinda Belle is no stranger to putting her feelings out there. Her music has always been based around emotions since she began performing, and with her skills in both harp and creating … [Read more...] about Lucinda Belle: Think Big: Like Me – Review

The Appleseed Cast: The Fleeting Light of Impermanence – Review

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The Appleseed Cast take us on a wonderful sonic journey with their latest record. The Fleeting Light of Impermanence is the first release from the Kansas-based band The Appleseed Cast since 2013’s Illumination Ritual. Chris Crisci began writing the record more than 5 years ago and amassed countless hours of material to sort through with the new release in mind. The music that … [Read more...] about The Appleseed Cast: The Fleeting Light of Impermanence – Review

Calexico, Iron & Wine: Years to Burn – Review

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In which two alternative pop icons reconvene to conjure a special musical alchemy, taking in blissful moments of intimacy as well as ambitious, boundary-pushing experimentation. Sam Beam, better known as the wispy-voiced troubadour Iron & Wine, has cultivated a keen collaborative string to his bow in recent years which has complemented the subtle expansion of range and … [Read more...] about Calexico, Iron & Wine: Years to Burn – Review