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What Kind Of Message This Sends

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Published: April 13, 2026 17:37

Of Montreal “When” I say this with the greatest admiration and respect: Kevin Barnes is a messy bitch who lives for drama. Following his career over the long term means you get the highs and lows of his love life as it progresses through stages happiness…

A Song Defying Gravity

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Published: April 6, 2026 19:44

U2 is ground zero for me. They weren’t the first act I loved as a kid, but they were probably the first that I took seriously. Achtung Baby wasn’t my first album, but it was certainly the first that I absorbed as such – a world unto itself, sophisticated…

Freed Of It

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Published: April 3, 2026 15:45

Rostam “Like A Spark” “Like A Spark” feels loose and wide open from the start, with Rostam’s gentle strumming offset by a meandering lead played on acoustic guitar. It sounds like the two parts are wandering in the same general direction, in conversation…

The Underworld Of The Night

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Published: April 2, 2026 01:57

Squeeze “What More Can I Say” Squeeze’s new record Trixies was written well before the band existed, back when Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook were teenagers in the mid-1970s. The record, a concept album about a nightclub set in the far-off 1980s, was…

Mix It In A Pot

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Published: April 1, 2026 00:47

Lee “Scratch” Perry & Mouse On Mars “Rockcurry” Who would’ve guessed that a “Hallagallo” groove would go so well with the stoned mutterings of dub reggae legend Lee “Scratch” Perry? Not me, but I’m not surprised, since I love pretty much anything with that…

Switch On The Light

https://www.fluxblog.org/2026/03/switch-on-the-light/

Published: March 26, 2026 19:25

Grace Ives “Neither You Nor I” Grace Ives is a musical shape shifter, but her shape only shifts so much. Her voice and palette is consistent, but her songwriting mostly comes across as her writing her own version of “types” of songs. And it’s rarely…

Another Piranha

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Published: March 24, 2026 11:57

McLusky “As A Dad” Anger is real. It’s arguably the strongest emotion we can feel, and it’s certainly the most destructive. There’s lots of ways for anger to be righteous and sensible, something that fuels constructive behavior. But I think more often than…

At Some Point It’s All Uncharted Waters

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Published: March 18, 2026 20:28

The New Pornographers “Votive” Back in 2007 it felt like a big swerve when The New Pornographers’ fourth album Challengers was about 55% ballads. Up to that point, the band specialized in up-tempo bops. I saw shows early in their career which ended with a…

365 Is Your Favorite Number

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Published: March 12, 2026 12:20

My New Band Believe “Numerology” “Numerology” feels smooth and suave despite itself. The ultra-frenetic acoustic guitar would typically signal agitation or anxiety, but instead feels like a strummed approximation of pulsing EDM keyboards. Skronky horns…

The Strobe Lights Are Heavy

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Published: March 12, 2026 01:25

Joshua Idehen “You Wanna Dance or What?” “You Wanna Dance or What?” dramatizes a scene at a dance club. The music starts out blaring a soul sample from a Tommy McGee record sped up and sliced into a new riff. The beat shifts and Joshua Idehen is suddenly…