Love Fiend: Handle With Care [Album Review]
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ORB: Tailem Bend [Album Review]
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Ian St. George: Emergency Index [Album Review]
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The Drin: Elude The Torch [Album Review]
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Penza Penza: Alto E Primitivo [Album Review]
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Babe Report: Did You Get Better [Album Review]
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Aaron Frazer: Into The Blue [Album Review]
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The Folk Implosion: Walk Thru Me [Album Review]
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Redd Kross: Redd Kross [Album Review]
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David Payne: Last Call At The Yellow Horse Saloon [Album Review]
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Guided By Voices: Strut Of Kings [Album Review]
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Honey Radar: Ribbon Factory [Album Review]
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Hermanos Gutiérrez: Sonido Cósmico [Album Review]
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Hayes Noble: As It Was, As We Were [Album Review]
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Been Stellar: Scream From New York, NY [Album Review]
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REZN: Burden [Album Review]
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Swiftumz: Simply The Best [Album Review]
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The Decemberists: As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again [Album Review]
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Fraction: Moon Blood [Classic Album Revisit]
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Good Looks: Lived Here For A While [Album Review]
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Pedro The Lion: Santa Cruz [Album Review]
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Man Man: Carrot On Strings [Album Review]
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Beak>: >>>> [Album Review]
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Exit Angles: Iterate [Album Review]
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Habibi: Dreamachine [Album Review]
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IDAHO: Lapse [Album Review]
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Neutrals: New Town Dream [Album Review]
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Motorists: Touched By The Stuff [Album Review]
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Wine Lips: Super Mega Ultra [Album Review]
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DIIV: Frog In Boiling Water [Album Review]
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La Luz: News Of The Universe [Album Review]
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Zig Zags: Strange Masters [Album Review]
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Shellac: To All Trains [Album Review]
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Bermuda Squares: Outsider [Album Review]
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Tim Easton: Find Your Way [Album Review]
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GOBYLNS: Hunki Bobo [Album Review]
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Les Savy Fav: OUI, LSF [Album Review]
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Lunchbox: Pop And Circumstance [Album Review]
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Amen Dunes: Death Jokes [Album Review]
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Dehd: Poetry [Album Review]
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The Lemon Twigs: A Dream Is All We Know [Album Review]
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Karate Boogaloo: Hold Your Horses [Album Review]
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Mdou Moctar: Funeral For Justice [Album Review]
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Nick Kizirnis: Every Moment [Album Review]
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Mister Goblin: Frog Poems [Album Review]
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STRFKR: Parallel Realms [Album Review]
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St. Vincent: All Born Screaming [Album Review]
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Iron & Wine: Light Verse [Album Review]
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Hovvdy: Hovvdy [Album Review]
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Mandy: Lawn Girl [Album Review]
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Ekko Astral: pink balloons [Album Review]
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Pearl Jam: Dark Matter [Album Review]
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Cloud Nothings: Final Summer [Album Review]
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METZ: Up On Gravity Hill [Album Review]
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The Libertines: All Quiet On The Eastern Esplanade [Album Review]
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Cindy Lee: Diamond Jubilee [Album Review]
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The Reds, Pinks & Purples: Unwishing Well [Album Review]
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Drahla: angeltape [Album Review]
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Khruangbin: A LA SALA [Album Review]
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The Black Keys: Ohio Players [Album Review]
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Vampire Weekend: Only God Was Above Us [Album Review]
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Old 97’s: American Primitive [Album Review]
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Sam Evian: Plunge [Album Review]
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VELCROS: Strange News From The Vault [Album Review]
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Ride: Interplay [Album Review]
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Adrianne Lenker: Bright Future [Album Review]
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The Jesus And Mary Chain: Glasgow Eyes [Album Review]
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Waxahatchee: Tigers Blood [Album Review]
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Karkara: All Is Dust [Album Review]
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Thee Sinseers: Sinseerly Yours [Album Review]
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Marbled Eye: Read The Air [Album Review]
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Eyelids: No Jigsaw [Album Review]
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90 Day Men: We Blame Chicago [Album Review]
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Beans: Boots N Cats [Album Review]
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Choncy: 20X MULTIPLIER [Album Review]
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Boeckner: Boeckner! [Album Review]
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Kim Gordon: The Collective [Album Review]
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Charles Moothart: Black Holes Don’t Choke [Album Review]
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Meatbodies: Flora Ocean Tiger Bloom [Album Review]
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Torrey: Torrey [Album Review]
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Split System: Vol. II [Album Review]
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Pissed Jeans: Half Divorced [Album Review]
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Mannequin Pussy: I Got Heaven [Album Review]
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Rip Van Winkle: The Grand Rapids EP [Album Review]
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Hooper Crescent: Essential Tremors [Album Review]
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Rick Rude: Laverne [Album Review]
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Real Estate: Daniel [Album Review]
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Ghost Funk Orchestra: A Trip To The Moon [Album Review]
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Mary Timony: Untame The Tiger [Album Review]
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Levitation Room: Strange Weather [Album Review]
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IDLES: TANGK [Album Review]
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Omni: Souvenir [Album Review]
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Grandaddy: Blu Wav [Album Review]
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Cheekface: It’s Sorted [Album Review]
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Ryan Adams: Heatwave | Star Sign | 1985 | Sword & Stone [Album Review]
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David Nance & Mowed Sound: David Nance & Mowed Sound [Album Review]
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Orgōne: Chimera [Album Review]
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Dead Years: Night Thoughts [Album Review]
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The Smile: Wall Of Eyes [Album Review]
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Topographies: Interior Spring [Album Review]
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J Mascis: What Do We Do Now [Album Review]
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J. Robbins: Basilisk [Album Review]
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Sarah Jarosz: Polaroid Lovers [Album Review]
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The Umbrellas: Fairweather Friend [Album Review]
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Green Day: Saviors [Album Review]
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Ty Segall: Three Bells [Album Review]
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O-D-EX: Breaker [Album Review]
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SLIFT: ILION [Album Review]
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The Vaccines: Pick-Up Full Of Pink Carnations [Album Review]
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Car Seat Headrest: Faces From The Masquerade [Album Review]
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Ken Kase: Ken Kase (EP) [Album Review]
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MJ Lenderman: And The Wind (Live and Loose!) [Album Review]
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Wurld Series: The Giant’s Lawn [Album Review]
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Peter Gabriel: i/o [Album Review]
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Blonde Redhead: Sit Down For Dinner [Album Review]
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