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Best New Releases: Early Summer Edition
The highlights from May and June, combined into one bumper round-up
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Approaching Perfection #4: The Wrens - "The Meadowlands"
The Wrens only released one album between 1996's "Secaucus" and their 2021 split - at least it was a stone-cold classic.
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Ben Kweller, Sufjan Stevens, and the Challenge of Reviewing a Grief Album
Grief is an unavoidable part of the human experience, but is it too personal to critique?
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The Worst Albums of 2024
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The Top 50 Albums of 2024: Part Six (The Top Ten)
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Ben Kweller, Sufjan Stevens, and the Challenge of Reviewing a Grief Album
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In Defence of Music Criticism
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Happy New Music Year
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January's Best New Releases
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In Defence of Music Criticism
We live in a world of unrelenting negativity, but is there still a role for music criticism alongside curation? And where is the line?
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April's Best New Releases
The focus is on quality over quantity this month
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The Flaming Lips and the Lure of Nostalgia
Old and new memories will collide when the band performs Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
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I'm Hopelessly Addicted to Sharp Pins' "Radio DDR"
And it's making me feel nostalgic for how music discovery used to be
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March's Best New Releases
A quarter of the way through 2025 and the great music keeps on coming
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New Music Round-Up: The Horrors, Brian D’Addario, YHWH Nailgun, PremRock, Saba & No I.D.
With so much great music this week, it would be rude not to write about it.
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Repeat Prescription #3: Emerging Talent
A celebration of small artists with big potential
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The Perfect Prescription
The Perfect Prescription
Music recommendations with a critical slant, from the founder of No Ripcord magazine.
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