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Album Review | ‘I Love Getting Dumped!’
Electro-pop wiz Boy Jr. unpacks heartbreak with colorful, arty songs.
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Album Review | ‘In Vienna’
The jazz pianist joins with bassist Danny Ziemann and drummer Antonio H. Guerrero for a European jaunt.
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Album Review | ‘Tender as a Wound’ by Chores
Chores benefits from raucous production and the supportive, audacious musicianship of the trio’s members.
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Album Review | ‘Goated & Foreboded’ by Comfy
Comfy plots a journey to the center of power-pop with interesting detours.
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Music Review | ‘Bee Sting’ by The Dirty Pennies
The Dirty Pennies lean into prog for an urgent song that simply rocks.
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Album Review | ‘Self Soothe’ by Croix
Rock quartet Croix balances vintage cool with self-reflection on its debut.
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Album Review | ‘III’ by Fuzzrod
Fuzzrod delivers rough-and-ready garage rock on its newest collection of tunes.
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Album Review | ‘American Paranoid’ by Beef Gordon
Post-punk crooner Beef Gordon explores conspiracy theory tropes on his new concept album.
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Album Review | ‘Live Noise’ by Sulaco
Sulaco pays tribute to a late member with an improvised show of force.
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Album Review | ‘Soul Vacation’ by Ellen Pieroni
Saxophonist Ellen Pieroni jaunts into funk, jazz, the blues — and soul, of course — on her second solo record, “Soul Vacation.”
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Album Review | ‘Prismatic/Plasmonic’ by Laura Lentz
Fivebyfive flutist Laura Lentz finds a fluid blend of acoustic and electronic sounds on her latest solo release.
