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The sonic thumbprint of MF DOOM will live eternally in the forensics of hip-hop DNA and underground culture as a whole.
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Producer Ted Olson is on a mission in We Shall Be Reunited to do justice to the past; he imagines a beautiful alternative to the current ballyhooed origin story of country music.
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Lots of artists made recordings during their lockdowns that have been released as vinyl, streams, videos and, in the case of the Attractors and Flying Vipers, even cassette tapes.
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Country Supper is a beautifully produced album, a cohesive musical and artistic statement that will appeal to serious fans of the blues, country, and indie rock.
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When Charley Pride did display anger, it concerned how the country music establishment treated older artists.
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Song Machine rejuvenates the band’s core identity; it is the best music Gorillaz has made in a decade.
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For Fleet Foxes, Shore is impressively consistent. Each track presents a meticulously detailed soundscapes deepened by Robin Pecknold’s varied meditative perspectives.
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Open Mike Eagle may have written this album for himself, but many others will recognize themselves somewhere in his words and in his pain.
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A selection of new songs that are about keeping sane in a world that seems increasingly out of everyone’s control — in nearly every sense.
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In Only For Dolphins, Bronson serves up his usual brand of excessive escapism, but it is offset by just enough emotional depth to suggest that he is maturing as a person and an artist.
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Arts Commentary: Rich in Creativity — But Nothing Else