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Tag: Album Review

#2 – Sleep Well Beast

It’s hard to believe a band can release four perfect albums in a row, but that’s essentially what The National … More

Album Review, The National, Best Music of 2017, Sleep Well Beast, Matt Berninger

#5 – Pleasure

Feist disappeared for quite awhile, and who could blame her? The Metals (2011) album cycle was particularly lengthy, prolonged by a … More

Album Review, Canadiana, Eaux Claires, Feist, Folk, Indie Rock, Metals, Pleasure

#6 – City Music

Every September long weekend for the past 13 years, I’ve gathered up five friends for a four-night camping trip. On last … More

Album Review, Alternative, Best Music of 2017, City Music, Indie Rock, Kevin Morby, Kurt Vile, Music, Winnipeg Folk Festival

#7 – Hug of Thunder

Much like Florence + the Machine in Britain, Broken Social Scene remain purveyors of bombastic maximalism in an era of popular … More

Album Review, Best Music of 2017, Broken Social Scene, Hug of Thunder, Indie Rock, Music

#8 – Capture

Thunder Dreamer were my biggest discovery this year. I had never heard of the band until late May, when they … More

Album Review, Alternative Rock, Best Music of 2017, Capture, Emo, Indiana, Music, Thunder Dreamer

#9 – Antisocialites

I have a love/hate relationship with dream pop. Too much gauze and things lose their edge in all the wrong … More

Album Review, Alvvays, Antisocialites, Best Music of 2017, Chad Van Gaalen, Indie Rock, John Congleton, Molly Rankin

#10 – Painted Ruins

Like all Grizzly Bear albums, Painted Ruins marries dense, layered instrumentation and oblique lyrics. They fashion difficult yet rewarding albums filled with … More

Album Review, Best Music of 2017, Grizzly Bear, Indie Rock, Music, Painted Ruins

#1 – A Moon Shaped Pool

In Pitchfork’s list of the top 50 albums of 2016, contributor Jeremy D. Larson wrote,”After eight albums of labyrinths and … More

A Moon Shaped Pool, Album Review, Alternative Rock, Best Music of 2016, Radiohead

#5 – Eyes On The Lines

Steve Gunn’s career has been on an upward trajectory ever since he released his first full-band outing, Time Off, back in 2013. … More

Album Review, Americana, Best Music of 2016, Eyes On The Lines, Folk Rock, Steve Gunn

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