Rock
Cave In’s new album is more than a return to form — it is a surging breakthrough.
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Ivory is at its best when Omar Apollo fully commits to taking adventures into different sonic spaces.
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With summer coming, this progressive surf combo’s new recording promises to make an ideal soundtrack for the season.
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The Gravel Project respects its roots, but its new album demonstrates how a band can honor its influences without being smothered by them.
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Big Thief is a largely somber folk-rock outfit fronted by introspective singer/songwriter Adrianne Lenker that doesn’t care much about showmanship.
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It’s a work that shifts gears often, which is not in itself a bad idea for a book about a famed shape-shifter.
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Recently, some artists have come out of the closet and put their prog hearts on their sleeves with new recordings that celebrate the heyday of progressive rock.
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The album features seven tracks played by five different groups fronted or co-led by guitarist John McLaughlin.
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“I may second guess how a song was recorded. But I can say that all that we have done has come from an honest place.”
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For all his verbal ingenuity, rousing chord progressions, and cynical smartass wit, Elvis Costello’s always tucked a raw, beating heart beneath his jaunty shades and devil-may-care grin.
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Arts Commentary: Rich in Creativity — But Nothing Else