Sam Fender Heads Home on “People Watching”
People Watching is an album of painfully average losers, addicts, and widows, and even if that focus occasionally constricts, it never becomes preachy.
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Lessons in Fun-etics: Horsegirl’s “Phonetics On & On”
The creative approach of play is at the heart of the album and shows that despite their professional resources, Horsegirl has never lost touch with the DIY spirit, phenomenal taste, and Chicago roots that makes them who they are.
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“Songs From The Big Chair” at 40
Perhaps it was Tears for Fears’ reformation and resurgence in the twenty-first century that contributed to the lasting cultural impact of Songs From The Big Chair. This influence can be seen in countless covers by countless artists—from Weezer to Lorde, it seems every musician wants to rule the world.
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The most electrifying album of 2025: Venturing’s “Ghostholding”
A lengthy letter of regret, but more so a dedicated submission of acceptance. Acknowledging the months of love that no longer fill in the moments of now.
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Squid crawls into your crevices on “Cowards”
Cowards is a seemingly not-so-relaxed attempt at a concept album. In a crawl through horror, Squid gives each song moments of a creepy lullaby and a dash through the underworld.
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Oklou Sings Hymns For The Digital Age on “Choke Enough”
While Galore was mostly a collection of nocturnal love songs, Choke Enough is made up of blinding declarations of feeling alive. “Is the endless still unbound?” Oklou asks on the opener. On Choke Enough, it is.
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Eighteen, Jaded and Forever Driven: FearDorian’s Leaving Home
Contradictory in its nature—melancholic yet vibrant, intimate yet expansive.
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On EUSEXUA FKA twigs Searches For The High
When was the last time you felt eusexua?
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Forming a Faceless Beast of Sound: Edward Skeletrix’s Museum Music
A double-faced and curiously hypnotic collection of schizophrenic trap that is reforming the current state of rap itself, whether its listeners like it or not.
