Rock

Fuse Album Review: of Montreal’s Latest — An Astonishingly Raw Affair

September 16, 2013
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Lousy with Sylvianbriar proves that of Montreal is still fully capable of crafting catchy and rollicking rock songs when it wants to.

Album Review: Arctic Monkeys — Music for the Wee Hours of the “AM”

September 9, 2013
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AM, the Sheffield band’s fifth album and their heaviest and danciest to date, isn’t for pre-gaming, or the start of the party. It’s for the wee hours, when the fog is thickest and you should really know better but just can’t help yourself.

Alternative Rock Round-Up: From Black Metal to Electronic Rock

September 9, 2013
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Reviews of the latest music from Dean Blunt, Aaron Dilloway, Ulver, Perhaps, Wormlust, and Syndrome.

Fuse Coming Attractions: What Will Light Your Fire This Week

September 6, 2013
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[Updated.] Arts Fuse critics select the best in music, theater, and film that’s coming up this week.

Rock CD Review: Nine Inch Nails’ “Hesitation Marks” — Minimalism That Delivers Too Little

September 3, 2013
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In Hesitation Marks, Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor foregoes trendy flourishes. He might have delivered a set of competently-made, stripped-back industrial tunes. But the end result is monotony.

Book Review: Raising the Black Flag

August 26, 2013
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There’s still an opening for someone to come along and write the final, definitive word on Black Flag. In the meantime, Spray Paint the Walls is a more than worthy placeholder, and is highly recommended. It’s just not quite what it could have been.

Fuse CD Review: The Not-So-Sad Pop Rock of Porches

August 22, 2013
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Weirdly paradoxical as the description may be, “bummer pop” is the best way to characterize the breezy half hour’s worth of music in Porches’ new album.

CD Review: Julia Holter’s “Loud City Song” — Stark Urban Beauty

August 13, 2013
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The third and latest LP from indie singer-songwriter and composer Julia Holter proffers a vision of urban ecstasy.

Fuse Coming Attractions: What Will Light Your Fire This Week

August 9, 2013
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Arts Fuse critics select the best in music, theater, and film that’s coming up this week.

Fuse News Feature: The Nines Festival 2013 Preview

August 7, 2013
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There’s a festival just about every weekend, it seems. The newest is The Nines Festival.

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