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New Reviews for August 8, 2025

No Rain, No Flowers
The Black Keys
No Rain, No Flowers
Warner Music / Warner Records
Pop/Rock
Quickly recovering after a tumultuous 2024, the Ohio duo deliver another reliable set of catchy blues-rock.
- Neil Z. Yeung
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Osees
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Deathgod
Pop/Rock
A blistering excursion into the group's punk side, tempered by the occasional prog side trip; it's a prime example of why the band is so vital.
- Tim Sendra
Tunnel Vision
Beach Bunny
Tunnel Vision
AWAL
Pop/Rock
The third album by the Chicago punk-pop group is a little more polished but still full of heart and soul.
- Tim Sendra
Anyway
Anamanaguchi
Anyway
Polyvinyl
Pop/Rock, Electronic
The chiptune heroes convened in the American Football house to write their most traditionally band-oriented album yet.
- Paul Simpson
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Queen Diva Music
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Surprisingly powerful pivot to gospel that infuses songs of hope and resilience with the energy of New Orleans bounce.
- Neil Z. Yeung
Surrender InsteadEditor's choice
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Surrender Instead
Alternate Side Records / Many Hats
Pop/Rock
A decade into his craft, this multi-genre songwriter brings a newfound self-assuredness to some of his best written and most carefully arranged songs to date.
- Fred Thomas
CBGB 12.13.88
Galaxie 500
CBGB 12.13.88
Silver Current
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Ripping live set from 1988 that shows a more energetic side of the legendary indie rock band as they tear through songs from Today.
- Tim Sendra
BuglandEditor's choice
No Joy
Bugland
Sonic Cathedral
Pop/Rock
The genre-defiant polymath collaborates with co-producer Fire-Toolz on an album of maximalist pop that never stops changing gears but somehow never overwhelms.
- Fred Thomas

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New York Salsa
Of all the Fania compilations put out, and they number in the thousands, Fania Records 1964-1980: The Original Sound of Latin New York is the one to own. What's more, of all the compilations of late-20th-century Latin music put out, this is also the one to own.
- John Bush
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