New Reviews for May 10, 2024
Capitol / Lovetap
An artful, emotionally resonant ninth album that finds the Nashville band recapturing the playful, post-punk energy of their early work.
Sub Pop
Damon McMahon's dense, challenging critique of American culture's need to conform is equal parts timely and timeless.
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Interscope / Island / UMR
The band's open-hearted, ambitious debut album -- presented here with extras -- stands as a classic of the post-Coldplay era.
Concord / Easy Eye Sound
Shannon Shaw and her retro-rocking bandmates contemplate loss while aiming for a bigger and more colorful sound.
Rise Above Records
The band blow up their proto metal template to create an imaginary soundtrack that pays tribute to Italian cinema of the '70s.
Nettwerk
Balancing rustic and more reverb-heavy indie folk and '60s and '70s pop, the duo's relatively stripped-back fifth album is an affectionate one.
Sargent House
Shaped by memories and meditation, the project's sixth album boasts some of its direct songwriting and emotive use of noise.
New West
LaFarge's retro style includes Latin music, vintage soul, and even a touch of rocksteady on his tenth studio album.
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May 11, 1999
After ten years and five albums of groundbreaking progressive death metal, Neurosis managed to carve a highly original niche for themselves...coming off somewhat like a Tool for extremists. Yeah, you heard right. But while this Oakland bunch deserve great kudos for such unwavering commitment to their vision, they seem fated to remain confined to well-kept secret status for remaining so stubbornly inaccessible. Times of Grace, released 25 years ago today, adds another chapter to this ongoing dilemma by delving ever deeper into the group's hypnotic semi-industrial dirge.
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