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Category: Music Reviews

Soccer Mommy: ‘Clean’

Posted on March 2, 2018March 2, 2018 by Harper Bridges

Soccer Mommy (aka Sophie Allison) hasn’t abandoned her lo-fi bedroom pop aesthetic in her latest album Clean, just dialed up the production value a notch and added some layers. Her coming-of-age, sometimes naïve, sometimes adolescently self-deprecating, sometimes wise lyrics still sit unassailably at the forefront of her songs, filling whatever space they’re listened in with…

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Review: Judah & the Lion: Going to Mars Tour

Posted on March 1, 2018March 1, 2018 by Emma Korstanje

Tall Heights : Colony House:   Judah: The first of Judah & the Lion’s two-night sold-out stint at the Georgia Theatre in Athens, GA, started strong and ended with a bang. The “folk hop n’ roller’s” constructed a show as equally meaningful as it was exciting, and easily kept fans on their toes for the…

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Marlon Williams: ‘Make Way for Love’

Posted on February 19, 2018February 19, 2018 by Harper Bridges

Marlon Williams is only 27 years old, but unfailingly keeps proving that his musical maturity is a force to be reckoned with. With a crooning voice that upon first listen may be mistaken for Elvis’s, Marlon lulls into captivation anyone who’s listening in his second solo album, Make Way for Love, combining the styles of…

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Superchunk Delivers Punk Rock Gem on ‘What a Time to be Alive’

Posted on February 19, 2018February 19, 2018 by Nate Bramel

Superchunk turns anger into noise—and joyous noise at that—on the band’s newest album, What a Time to be Alive.  Twenty-eight years after their self-titled debut, the band’s fury and energy is as powerful as ever, as frontman Mac McCaughan’s vocals mesh with soaring guitars and the pulsing percussion of drummer Jon Wurster.   The 2016 election has shaped…

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Car Seat Headrest Reimagines Bandcamp Opus ‘Twin Fantasy’

Posted on February 19, 2018February 19, 2018 by Nate Bramel

Throughout the 71 minutes of Car Seat Headrest’s superb new (half new) album Twin Fantasy, frontman Will Toledo sings about being human. Or rather, about the struggle to be human when it feels like he simply does not relate to anyone around him. On this new version of his 2011 Bandcamp album of the same…

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Ought: ‘Room Inside the World’

Posted on February 17, 2018February 19, 2018 by Sam Veal

For a band that has excelled at portraying the several variations of panic, Ought have always kept great focus on being human in the center of an expansive map. The boldest step the band could make after 2015’s Sun Coming Down was perhaps toward the only place bigger than the planet: the subconscious. Room Inside…

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Born Ruffians: ‘Uncle, Duke & The Chief’

Posted on February 16, 2018February 16, 2018 by Harper Bridges

In their latest release, Uncle, Duke & the Chief, Born Ruffians continue to do exactly what is expected of them: yodel out jangly, catchy indie rock tunes. Whether or not you’re fatigued by the lack of substantial evolution from the band who released their first full-length album almost 10 years ago is for you to…

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Wild Child: ‘Expectations’

Posted on February 9, 2018February 19, 2018 by Anna Lee

There are love songs, there are breakup songs and then there are the songs on indie-pop band Wild Child’s newest album, Expectations. They describe relationships in limbo, which is an all-to-relatable status nowadays. The members of Wild Child have successfully managed to mature sonically while still remaining true to their fundamentals. While the band has certainly grown in numbers over…

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MGMT: ‘Little Dark Age’

Posted on February 9, 2018February 19, 2018 by Anna Lee

  No matter what you think of MGMT, you’ve got to give them props for refusing to become stale. The band has evolved from their original bohemian rocker aesthetic, refusing to be defined solely by Oracular Spectacular, the hit album that boosted them into the spotlight over a decade ago. That being said, their newest album, Little Dark Age,…

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Review: Hoops – ‘Routines’

Posted on May 5, 2017May 2, 2017 by Darby McNally

As we approach the summer months, easy listening is back and prepping us for spending our days lounging by the water (or on our rooftops). Whether you’re at Santa Monica Beach or drenched in sweat gazing at an awesome city skyline, Hoops should be on your summer playlist. Just one year after the release of their self-titled EP,…

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