Matt MacMaster, Journalist

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Album Review: Lower Dens - The Competition

"[A] slick piece of art that finally feels like a fully formed expression from the group."

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Album Review: Mermaidens - Look Me In The Eye

"[S]parkles like starlight through thin clouds."

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Album Review: Ride – This Is Not A Safe Place

"[A]n album shot out of a cannon onto a wall, creating a bit of a mess, Jackson Pollack style."

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Album Review: Tycho – Weather

"[Q]uite beautiful, but vapid."

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Album Review: Emma Russack – Winter Blues

"[Russack] hasn’t fussed with the formula."

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Album Review: Two Door Cinema Club - False Alarm

"A nice attempt at something new(ish) for the band, with mixed results."

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Album Review: Baroness – Gold & Grey

"Bursting with fist-pumping passages of inspired riffage."

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Album Review: Calexico And Iron & Wine – Years To Burn

"[W]arm, grand and deeply comforting."

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Album Review: Mac DeMarco - Here Comes The Cowboy

"Effortlessly charming, yet terminally lethargic."

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Album Review: Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes - End Of Suffering

"You wish their songwriting abilities rose to meet their ambition."

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Album Review: Sunbeam Sound Machine - Goodness Gracious

"There’s not much to really engage with."

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Album Review: SOAK - Grim Town

"['Grim Town'] becomes a bit of a slog at the tail-end."

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