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Reviews / Live
Live Review: Smash Mouth, Area 7
"An incredibly short audience member covered in face tattoos puts on a Shrek mask and begins taking selfies with everyone."
News / Music
Hosting A Halloween Party? Here Are The Essential Tracks You Need On Your Playlist
The Music's contributor Donald Finlayson has braved the spookiest of songs to bring you the Halloween tracks that will leave you haunted for years to come.
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Cheap Trick, Dallas Crane
"He's your cheeky granddad at Christmas dinner but with a sold out crowd."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever
"All the fellas in the band are clearly excellent musicians, but these tunes just bounce along a little too safely without any real sense of danger or dynamics."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Kurt Vile - Bottle It In
"It's clear that his buddy and musical collaborator Courtney Barnett has given him some newfound confidence as both a writer and a vocalist."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Cat Power - Wanderer
"The fact that nothing here will grab you even after repeated listens means that the lengthy, meditative nature of these sadcore tunes does little to justify their own inaccessibility."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: BROCKHAMPTON
"Brockhampton really do know how to shove all of their being into the performance of a verse."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Joyce Manor - Million Dollars To Kill Me
"'Million Dollars To Kill Me' shows the band settling down to become an efficient vehicle for Barry Johnson's pop songwriting and every-dude storytelling."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Skegss - My Own Mess
"Skegss have developed a sense of melody that's far beyond what most in the genre are capable of churning out."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Wild Nothing - Indigo
"Whether or not you'll enjoy his latest full length, Indigo, really depends on how much of that Captured Tracks sound you can tolerate."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Idles - Joy As An Act Of Resistance
"The roller-coaster rhythm changes and vocal hooks of these 12 songs are immediately satisfying, with many songs requiring multiple listens to really wrap your head around them."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Andrew WK
"Think of this as the New Year's Eve to the rest of your hardcore, party-filled life!."
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