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Music Reviews
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Album Review | ‘We Must Build Fire’
Finger Lakes troubadour Aaron Lipp offers a new self-produced, full-band solo work.
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Music Review | ‘Valve/Whatever’
The Rochester band’s first release packs an astounding sum of melody and attitude into just two tracks.
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Album Review | ‘Walk With Me, My Joy’
Composer Daniel Pesca provides a musical companion to memory.
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Album Review | ‘Victory Lapse’
The ambitious 21-track LP offers something for everyone — really.
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Album Review | ‘Curve’
The hardcore band’s LP tackles tough subjects and searches for means of self-control.
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Music Review | ‘Notker Balbulus: Liber Ymnorum’
Eastman School of Music professor Michael Alan Anderson conducts a ninth-century hymnal.
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Album Review | ‘Love-Longing’
Five folk songs, recorded between 2022 and 2024, revel in the moody moments.
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Album Review | ‘Forgotten Turns’
Ithaca group Twin Court touches on Javanese gamelan and indie rock for its latest LP.
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Music Review | ‘Dance’
The pipa-led track from Mountain River Traveler evokes Celtic step dances and even a bit of Dropkick Murphys flair.
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Album Review | ‘Illuminate’
Synth-pop group The Heroic Enthusiasts delivers New Wave-indebted songs in the vein of New Order and Depeche Mode.
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Album Review | ‘Nature Takes Its Course’
Doom metal outfit Goat Farm’s debut EP sits firmly between melody and misery.
