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Rough Trade
AllMusic Rating: 4.5 stars
Pulp's first album in 24 years contemplates the difference between aging and maturity with their expected wit and surprising tenderness.
- Heather Phares
Forever Living Originals / Little Simz
Rap
AllMusic Rating: 4.0 stars
The acclaimed U.K. rapper's sixth album explores themes of transformation, growth, and self-empowerment.
- Paul Simpson
Roadrunner Records
AllMusic Rating: 4.5 stars
Weighted by expectations, the Baltimore band rise to the occasion on their surprising and satisfying fourth LP.
- Timothy Monger
Verve
AllMusic Rating: 3.5 stars
One of two simultaneously issued collaborations, this is a single hour-long ambient composition which resembles a space lullaby.
- Paul Simpson
Verve
AllMusic Rating: 3.5 stars
One of two simultaneously issued collaborations, a slightly haunting but mostly familiar and comforting album of dreamy ambient pop songs.
- Paul Simpson
Tapete Records
AllMusic Rating: 4.0 stars
The band up the production values -- adding extra keys and horns -- but lose none of their usual fiery passion in the process.
- Tim Sendra
Matador
AllMusic Rating: 4.0 stars
A relentlessly noisy, driving, hooky, and unpredictable debut album submerged in lo-fi murk and perfectly damaged.
- Marcy Donelson
Don Giovanni
AllMusic Rating: 4.5 stars
A compilation album serves as a curated overview for this invisibly influential '80s pre-grunge band from Boston.
- Fred Thomas

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Stalwarts of the Spanish indie rock scene, Sexy Zebras were originally formed in the Madrid neighborhood of Hortaleza around the mid-2000s. A power trio featuring lead singer and bassist Gabriel Montes, guitarist José Luna, and drummer Samuel Torío, the band self-released their debut album Nada Más Lejos de la Realidad in 2011. Over the following decade, Sexy Zebras carved a sizable niche for themselves with their driving beats, fuzzy guitars, and irreverent…  Read More about Sexy Zebras

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