“Reverse Bloom” exemplifies how to express heavy feelings with the lightest of touches
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“Cold Cream II” Is a Fun and Furious Record
The band takes evident inspiration from bands like the Ramones, The Clash, and X and hot-rods it down to the chassis, pinstriping the frames with funny, seriously nonsensical lyrics and polishing them with potent melodic hooks.
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The Apple Juice Kid Draws in Global Legends on New Album “Love Love”
With a laptop and a microphone, a dream and a scheme, the Apple Juice Kid draws in figures like Deepak Chopra and Sly and Robbie.
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Years After America’s Got Talent, Kaitlyn Maher Takes Stock of the Extraordinary Childhood She’s Leaving Behind
The Duke student’s new album “When Did We Grow up?” releases on November 3.
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How a Shocking Discovery About the Origins of a Band Name Changed Loamlands Into Meltdown Rodeo
The experience of turning over something beautiful only to find something horrible underneath is one that an attentive Southerner like Kym Register knows all too well.
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No One Mind’s “Secondary Gain” Is As Tense and Groovy as a Blacklight Poster
Revisiting the brief but pungent catalog of No One Mind is like hearing a dream-pop band cutting the safety net and swan-diving deep into the dream.
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On Its 30th-Anniversary Reissue, “Ring” by the Connells Sounds Better Than Ever
Remastered for vinyl and digital, “Ring” sounds tender and tawny, even when it rocks, dripping with bonus tracks and new liner notes by David Menconi.
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Entrez Vous’s Debut Album Deftly Threads Pop Immediacy With Experimental Breadth
Even on a quick impression, the band’s concept and styling are striking, and quick impressions are what Entrez Vous is all about. Most of the songs are just a minute or two long; they state an atmospheric vision, lodge an earworm, and duck out.
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Pipe Returns With a Scorching New Album and a Lament for Affordable Living
Twenty-six years and several zip codes away from where they left off, local rock heroes Pipe come home with a scorching new album and a lament for affordable living.
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On Compilation Album “Every Day Like the Last,” Wye Oak Leaves Rock Music Behind
But the question remains (at least for those of us whose 20th-century music brains will never fully heal), is Every Day Like the Last the seventh Wye Oak record or not?