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Pain Is Beauty – Chelsea Wolfe

The LA-based Chelsea Wolfe is known for her aptitude at fusing unlikely genres. She’s molded a sound that’s unique as it is serene, drawing elements

Jacuzzi Boys – Jacuzzi Boys

Florida trio Jacuzzi Boys have ditched the sand-specked garage rock of their No Reasons debut to shake the glittering snow globe of 70s-style glam rock

Sleeper – Ty Segall

If you shut your eyes at the beginning of Sleeper, you might doze and wake up with no memory of the record, it existing only

Loud City Song – Julia Holter

Julia Holter left us last with the ecstatic folk spun visions of Ekstasis. The previous amor of “Moni Mon Amie” is traded for new distortions

Doris – Earl Sweatshirt

Possessing of the je ne c'est quoi, Earl Sweatshirt's “EARL” arrived when memorizing a rapper's verse or song wasn't difficult nor much worth the brain

Carrier – The Dodos

“You will forget but I will remember” intones Dodos mastermind, Meric Long on the second song of fifth LP, Carrier. This admission reflects both his

Golden Theft – Michael Beach

The importance of geography to rock music is overstated. An artist’s hometown, their artistic kin in the area and regional forebears start as trite details

Deep Trip – Destruction Unit

The spatial quality of music is sometimes undervalued in record reviews. When we note a song’s density or thickness off-hand in reference to the production