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Mount Kimbie
The Sunset Violent
By trusting their own collaborative spirit and hard-earned wisdom, Mount Kimbie’s inward search expands their sound beautifully outwards
Crack
Cloud Nothings
Final Summer
With spruced-up production highlighting new subtleties in their sound, yet never abandoning their melodic fundamentals, the Cleveland indie rockers’ latest radiates a renewed sense of purpose
Pitchfork
Lucy Rose
This Ain't The Way You Go Out
After a life-changing illness, the UK folk singer returns with a gentle, subtly experimental album that finds hard-won solace in motherhood and recovery
Pitchfork
Maggie Rogers
Don't Forget Me
Maggie Rogers’ latest album, Don’t Forget Me, is a soft and breezy return to the musician we met on her debut studio effort Heard It in a Past Life
PopMatters
Pearl Jam
Dark Matter
With Dark Matter, the band has rarely sounded more essential
Rolling Stone
Pearl Jam
Dark Matter
While it may be a touch less adventurous as it’s two predecessors, 'Dark Matter' succeeds overwhelmingly
The Arts Desk
Cloud Nothings
Final Summer
This is the sound of a band and a songwriter who have grown confident in their own skin, who are skilled in their craft and not afraid to show it off.This is the sound of a band and a songwriter who have grown confident in their own skin, who are skilled in their craft and not afraid to show it off
Spectrum Culture
Melvins
Tarantula Heart
Tarantula Heart definitely needs a better editor in numerous spots and the repetitiveness of the riffing doesn’t generate the heat that Melvins-adjacent bands like Earth did at their peak. But it’s got some killer moments
Spectrum Culture
Pearl Jam
Dark Matter
It'd be nigh impossible to argue the band hasn't faded with age. But they're still here, they're still alive and by all available evidence, they're better for it
Exclaim
Lucy Rose
This Ain't The Way You Go Out
The Brighton musician was left with several broken vertebrae in her back following pregnancy. Her creative community and drive during recovery spurred on these brilliant new songs
NME
Pearl Jam
Dark Matter
On their 12th studio album, the grunge veterans both return to their heavier roots and experiment with new sonic avenues after years of playing it safe
NME
Cloud Nothings
Final Summer
Cleveland’s most consistent rock group returns with—surprise, surprise—another solid album
Paste Magazine
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