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January 20, 2017The duo's first proper studio album finds them joined by a 40-plus-piece orchestra, the Lemon Twigs, and Steven Drozd, and it's a corker.
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January 20, 2017The band's second album was a struggle to make, but the resulting smoothly polished melancholy pop is a breeze to listen to.
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January 20, 2017The fourth and final volume in a 20-year series, the artist sends it off with the same musical imagination, savvy, and humor he began with.
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January 20, 2017Tycho's fourth studio album is darker and moodier than past efforts, but it still maintains the instrumental group's familiar, pleasant sound.
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January 20, 2017Tommy Stinson is the only holdover in this new edition of his short-lived '90s band, but the feel and the fun are all there.
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January 20, 2017Alterna-punk vets evolve on their tenth set, combining the band's muscle with the rhythmic new wave/post-punk influences found on side project Blakq Audio.
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January 20, 2017Third LP from the British "Too Close" singer that finds him reflecting on faith, self-worth, and positivity in an increasingly challenging world.
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January 20, 2017Innovative turntablist Kid Koala enlists Icelandic vocalist Emilíana Torrini for a wondrous album of dreamy ambient pop.
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February 3, 2017The singer/songwriter's second album is a warm and shiny electro-pop collaboration with Boxed In's Oli Bayston.
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January 20, 2017The first anthology from this seminal Zimbabwean heavy rock band who led the country's mid-'70s counterculture.
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January 20, 2017The New York-based noise rock duo mix industrial and thrash metal influences on their violent, terrifying second full-length.
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January 20, 2017The singer/songwriter's visionary expansion of tropicalia was misunderstood in 1971, but is now justly regarded as a Brazilian rock classic.
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January 20, 2017This 1970 masterpiece is a formal goodbye to the Jovem Guarda as it melds MPB, rock, soul, and groove to inspire a new generation.
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January 20, 2017On this intimate date, the Brazilian singer/songwriter explored influences ranging from the Laurel Canyon scene to spacy soul and jazz.
October 25, 2011
While still owing aesthetic debt to Dream Theater, Stratovarius, and Symphony X, the high standards here remind listeners that this genre sandbox is big enough for everyone to play in. This date clearly shows musical growth over the previous year's Aquarius, offering tightened arrangements and a sharpened balance between songwriting acumen and displays of instrumental prowess.
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Aladdin ushered in a bigger and bolder Rotary Connection. The proper follow-up to their debut is also more streamlined and less scatterbrained without shedding the limitless approach that made its predecessor such an intrepid undertaking. Crisp drum breaks, punching horns, and soaring strings are all a part of Rotary Connection's fusion of rock and soul, which shows a greater degree of focus and a decreased reliance on psychedelic flourishes.
