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  • NEW Pigeon Pit: crazy arms Album Review | Pitchfork | Jan. 29, 2025, midnight
    • On their fifth album, crazy arms, Pigeon Pit posit that learning how to create art and community within that churn is the only way to ... Pigeon Pit: crazy arms. $23 at Rough Trade. $23 at Amazon ...
  • NEW Max McNown “Night Diving” | Americana UK | Jan. 28, 2025, 1:21 p.m.
    • Max McNown’s second album builds strongly on foundations of debut. Max McNown is a singer-songwriter, originally from the Pacific Northwest but now based in Nashville after spending the early…
  • Burnout Days / flipturn (2025) | KUOI 89.3 FM | Moscow
    • REVIEW WRITTEN BY KEVAN MITCHELL (Host of All Things Alt) Burnout Days is flipturn’s new album, released on January 24th. They released the news of this new drop with a song from the album, Rodeo Clown. After this, they released two more singles from the album, Juno and Sunlight. In…
  • Album Review: The Human Fear by Franz Ferdinand | Shatter the Standards
    • At least no one here needs to be afraid of change with Franz Ferdinand’s latest effort. It works, it steams, it churns out another Ferdinand. If only Franz Ferdinand were a coffee machine.
  • 10. Perverts - Ethel Cain | substack.com
    • Ethel Cain's Perverts and the personal grapple with creativity in an age of tech supremacy and anti-intellectualism
  • Review: Ethel Cain — Perverts | SLUG Magazine | Jan. 27, 2025, 6:50 p.m.
    • In spite of its massive runtime, this is an album with no fat to trim — it’s not some bloated prog epic or exercise in time wasting.
  • GAZZELLE: torna a casa oggi con “INDI”, il nuovo disco fuori ovunque | www.megamodo.com
    • Gazzelle è pronto a stupire ancora una volta il pubblico con il suo ultimo lavoro discografico intitolato “INDI”. L’album, definito come “cinematografico, intenso, potente, autoironico”, promette di lasciare un’impronta significativa nella storia della musica italiana. “INDI”, un progetto atteso e attuale, rappresenta un punto di svolta per l’artista che, con queste parole enigmatiche, ha anticipato […]
  • Gazzelle pubblica oggi il nuovo album Indi | Zazoom Social News | Jan. 24, 2025, 3:05 p.m.
    • Gazzelle pubblica il nuovo album Indi, che porterà dal vivo in un due concerti evento a giugnoCinematografico, intenso, potente, autoironico, in una sola parola: Gazzelle.
  • Recensione: GAZZELLE - "Indi" | Newsic.it | Jan. 24, 2025, 7:34 a.m.
    • "INDI" di Gazzelle è un viaggio tra malinconie urbane e poesia cantautorale, dove Roma fa da cornice emotiva a brani che intrecciano minimalismo e introspezione.
  • Albums Of The Week: Flipturn | Burnout Days | Tinnitist | Jan. 24, 2025, 5:04 a.m.
    • THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Burnout Days is the new album from five-piece indie-rock powerhouse Flipturn. Across its 12 songs, the LP finds them harnessing their impressive knack for hooks, shimmering soundscapes and nostalgic lyrics. But on Burnout Days, Flipturn display more grit, craft and vulnerability than ever before — a clear evolution in the band’s […]
  • Small changes af Michael Kiwanuka | bibliotek.dk
    • Lån Small changes af Michael Kiwanuka som musik (cd) eller musik (grammofonplade). Lån fra alle Danmarks biblioteker. Afhent på dit lokale bibliotek eller find online.
  • lots of hands continue to grow as artists | Northern Transmissions
    • lots of hands is beginning to venture far past Billy Woodhouse and Elliot Dryden’s humble north England roots. Their new album, into a pretty room, lives within the cavernous and universal space of adolescence.
  • Newcastle’s lots of hands Share New Song ‘game of zeroes’ | Clash Magazine
    • Freshly signed to Fire Talk, lots of hands will released new album ‘into a pretty room’ on January 17th. The 12 songs on the record were built from the ground up, their hazy methodologies favouring feeling and emotion, over any longing for perfection.
  • lots of hands - into a pretty room | Northern Transmissions
    • into a pretty room is lots of hands’ new album and Fire Talk Records debut. Conceived through painful moments of growth and grief, lots of hands presents a pastoral collection of songs that offers up a warm hug, surely to ward off any of your remaining seasonal depression.
  • Ethel Cain Shares New 55-Minute Piece On NTS, 'Perverts' Demos On SoundCloud | Stereogum | Jan. 25, 2025, 3:28 p.m.
    • 2025 is shaping up to be the year of Ethel Cain. The alt-pop recluse dropped Perverts earlier this month, a terrific piece of music that’s labeled as an EP despite its 90-minute length. She made her TV debut when Fox News complained about her Instagram post calling for the killing of more CEOs following Luigi Mangione’s alleged assassination of Brian Thompson, and she doubled down in response. Now, she’s already back with a 55-minute piece on NTS.
  • Lambrini Girls – Who Let The Dogs Out | Tommy Girard | Jan. 25, 2025, 2:06 p.m.
    • The name Lambrini Girls is one I’d heard floating around over the last few years from shows with other up and coming bands I was familiar with as well as when they played opening and support slots …
  • In Conversation: lots of hands | Features | Clash Magazine Music News ... | Clash Magazine | Jan. 20, 2025, 11:54 a.m.
    • It makes it a lot easier for me to have a starting point, because he’s very writing-focused and melody-focused. So, your new record ‘into a pretty room’ is due for release soon, and you’ve shared a few great singles. The most recent, ‘backseat 30’ feels like a strong highlight.
  • Lots Of Hands Share New Song "Barnyard": Listen | Stereogum | Jan. 14, 2025, 3:24 p.m.
    • UK duo Lots Of Hands are set to release their new album (and Fire Talk Records debut) into a pretty room on Friday; they’ve shared a handful of singles from that project so far, such as...

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11100011 | Asian Glow

Released: Jan. 6, 2025
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  • Review of 11100011 by sullenhue - Musicboard | musicboard.app
    • Review of 11100011 by Asian Glow. hunter! rated the album 3.0 / 5 stars. I think I might like the Concept and ideas behind shoegaze more than I like a lot of the actual music, cause for me this kinda fell flat most of the time. Tracks blended together too much for my liking and there really wasn’t enough here to keep me engaged, especially with how muffled the vocals oft...

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A Weekend In The City B-Sides | Bloc Party

Released: Nov. 22, 2024
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Burnout Days | flipturn

Released: Jan. 24, 2025
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  • Burnout Days / flipturn (2025) | KUOI 89.3 FM | Moscow
    • REVIEW WRITTEN BY KEVAN MITCHELL (Host of All Things Alt) Burnout Days is flipturn’s new album, released on January 24th. They released the news of this new drop with a song from the album, Rodeo Clown. After this, they released two more singles from the album, Juno and Sunlight. In…
  • Albums Of The Week: Flipturn | Burnout Days | Tinnitist | Jan. 24, 2025, 5:04 a.m.
    • THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Burnout Days is the new album from five-piece indie-rock powerhouse Flipturn. Across its 12 songs, the LP finds them harnessing their impressive knack for hooks, shimmering soundscapes and nostalgic lyrics. But on Burnout Days, Flipturn display more grit, craft and vulnerability than ever before — a clear evolution in the band’s […]

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Crazy Arms | Pigeon Pit

Released: Jan. 17, 2025
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  • NEW Pigeon Pit: crazy arms Album Review | Pitchfork | Jan. 29, 2025, midnight
    • On their fifth album, crazy arms, Pigeon Pit posit that learning how to create art and community within that churn is the only way to ... Pigeon Pit: crazy arms. $23 at Rough Trade. $23 at Amazon ...
  • Pigeon Pit Keep Country and Pop-punk Sounds Experimental on 'Crazy Arms ... | Glide Magazine | Jan. 17, 2025, 3:57 a.m.
    • In from Olympia, Washington’s Pigeon Pit, you can hear elements of everyone from the Violent Femmes and Old 97s to Social Distortion in the latest Crazy Arms, their fourth LP. Despite moments of beauty within the harmonies and music, it is still a soundtrack to truly uncertain times.
  • "Bronco" by Pigeon Pit | Northern Transmissions
    • Pigeon Pit, have dropped new single “Bronco,” the track is off their forthcoming album Crazy Arms, available January 17 via Ernest Jenning Record Co. On the single the band’s frontwoman Lomes Oleander says, “Bronco is about being psycho.

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Curation 4 | Jace!

Released: Nov. 22, 2024
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album cover: Dust

Dust | Say Lou Lou

Released: Nov. 22, 2024
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  • Say Lou Lou Share ‘Blue Ruin’ Short Film - clashmusic.com | Clash Magazine
    • Say Lou Lou have shared a new short film, titled ‘Blue Ruin’. The sisterly duo made their long-awaited return this Autumn, sharing new album ‘Dust’ to huge acclaim. Effervescent pop with a real sense of depth, Say Lou Lou challenged themselves on the record, pushing their music into fresh areas.
  • Say Lou Lou Unveils Shimmering New Album 'Dust' | Broadway World
    • The critically acclaimed duo SAY LOU LOU - composed of twins Elektra and Miranda Kilbey - have unveiled their brand new album DUST. The album is the band’s first full-length record in 6 years, the second half of Dust Pt. 1, an EP released in April of this year.
  • Say Lou Lou Find catharsis on their new album | Northern Transmissions | Nov. 19, 2024, 6:14 p.m.
    • Say Lou Lou interview with with Northern Transmissions. The duo talked about the emotional challenges leading up to their LP Dust and more

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album cover: Enemies

Enemies | Magic City Hippies

Released: Jan. 10, 2025
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Essonne History X | Ziak

Released: Jan. 9, 2025
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  • Ziak prépare le terrain avec "Belle Madame" | Hip Hop Corner : Actu rap français, US et culture | Jan. 4, 2025, 10:59 p.m.
    • Le rappeur masqué du 91, Ziak, est de retour avec fracas. Après une pause de presque deux ans et un parcours marqué par des hauts et des bas, il revient sur le devant de la scène avec un nouveau projet audacieux, Essonne History X.

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album cover: Haunted Disc

Haunted Disc | DJ Suzy

Released: Nov. 22, 2024
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album cover: Hopeless & Unending

Hopeless & Unending | Astrophysics

Released: Jan. 3, 2025
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Humanhood | The Weather Station

Released: Jan. 17, 2025
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  • The Weather Station - Humanhood | Northern Transmissions | Jan. 13, 2025, 2 p.m.
    • Humanhood by The Weather Station album review by David Saxum for Northern Transmissions. The LP drops on January 17 via Fat Possum/Next Door
  • Albums Of The Week: The Weather Station | Humanhood | Tinnitist | Jan. 17, 2025, 5:01 a.m.
    • THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Humanhood, the most arresting album Tamara Lindeman has ever made as The Weather Station, was written during one of the most difficult periods of her life — then rendered by a rock band with improvisational chops — just as she began to recover by reckoning with a complicated truth: Sometimes, life […]
  • The Weather Station – Humanhood | KLOF Mag | Jan. 17, 2025, 3:11 p.m.
    • The Weather Station’s ‘Humanhood’ is a sharp-edged bulletin from the 2025 frontline. Within, hope can be found, not just in the human spirit but also in the boundless forward-motion energy that creativity offers us all.
  • Soulful Sunday With THE WEATHER STATION And New Album 'HUMANHOOD' | TURN UP THE VOLUME | Jan. 19, 2025, 11:21 a.m.
    • Reveries for the laziest day of the week 19 January 2025 Album artwork Band: THE WEATHER STATION Who: Canadian folk/pop act fronted by singer-songwriter Tamara Hope. New album: HUMANHOOD Her 7th one. “Much of Humanhood is a riveting and real document of what it means to be lost, to be hamstrung by confusion, unease, and […]

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album cover: INDI

INDI | Gazzelle

Released: Jan. 24, 2025
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  • Recensione: GAZZELLE - "Indi" | Newsic.it | Jan. 24, 2025, 7:34 a.m.
    • "INDI" di Gazzelle è un viaggio tra malinconie urbane e poesia cantautorale, dove Roma fa da cornice emotiva a brani che intrecciano minimalismo e introspezione.
  • GAZZELLE: torna a casa oggi con “INDI”, il nuovo disco fuori ovunque | www.megamodo.com
    • Gazzelle è pronto a stupire ancora una volta il pubblico con il suo ultimo lavoro discografico intitolato “INDI”. L’album, definito come “cinematografico, intenso, potente, autoironico”, promette di lasciare un’impronta significativa nella storia della musica italiana. “INDI”, un progetto atteso e attuale, rappresenta un punto di svolta per l’artista che, con queste parole enigmatiche, ha anticipato […]
  • Gazzelle pubblica oggi il nuovo album Indi | Zazoom Social News | Jan. 24, 2025, 3:05 p.m.
    • Gazzelle pubblica il nuovo album Indi, che porterà dal vivo in un due concerti evento a giugnoCinematografico, intenso, potente, autoironico, in una sola parola: Gazzelle.

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into a pretty room | lots of hands

Released: Jan. 17, 2025
Articles:
  • lots of hands - into a pretty room | Northern Transmissions
    • into a pretty room is lots of hands’ new album and Fire Talk Records debut. Conceived through painful moments of growth and grief, lots of hands presents a pastoral collection of songs that offers up a warm hug, surely to ward off any of your remaining seasonal depression.
  • In Conversation: lots of hands | Features | Clash Magazine Music News ... | Clash Magazine | Jan. 20, 2025, 11:54 a.m.
    • It makes it a lot easier for me to have a starting point, because he’s very writing-focused and melody-focused. So, your new record ‘into a pretty room’ is due for release soon, and you’ve shared a few great singles. The most recent, ‘backseat 30’ feels like a strong highlight.
  • Newcastle’s lots of hands Share New Song ‘game of zeroes’ | Clash Magazine
    • Freshly signed to Fire Talk, lots of hands will released new album ‘into a pretty room’ on January 17th. The 12 songs on the record were built from the ground up, their hazy methodologies favouring feeling and emotion, over any longing for perfection.
  • lots of hands continue to grow as artists | Northern Transmissions
    • lots of hands is beginning to venture far past Billy Woodhouse and Elliot Dryden’s humble north England roots. Their new album, into a pretty room, lives within the cavernous and universal space of adolescence.
  • Lots Of Hands Share New Song "Barnyard": Listen | Stereogum | Jan. 14, 2025, 3:24 p.m.
    • UK duo Lots Of Hands are set to release their new album (and Fire Talk Records debut) into a pretty room on Friday; they’ve shared a handful of singles from that project so far, such as...

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Live in Belgium | Xavier Rudd

Released: Dec. 31, 2024
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album cover: Mahashmashana

Mahashmashana | Father John Misty

Released: Nov. 22, 2024
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  • AOTM – January – Father John Misty: Mahashmashana | thisisnothappening.net | Dec. 30, 2024, 6:17 p.m.
    • Well, Father John Misty is back. And it’s January. So why not pick it, given my relationship with him? That’s the simple ‘yes’ answer. The more complex answer is, well, comp…
  • Estelle Clifford: Album - Mahashmashana by Father John Misty - Saturday Morning with Jack Tame | omny.fm
    • From NME - “Contrasting with this recollection, there’s a peacefulness to ‘Mahashmashana’, the tone grounded even when its author veers into psych-rock (the pounding ‘She Cleans Up’) and strutting funk (‘I Guess Time Makes Fools of Us All’). Half of its eight tracks spool on for more than six minutes and he’s not minded, these days, to explain them in interviews or on social media. Insteadhe’s bowed out from the spotlight to produce a record that tunes into love, ageing and the search for meaning without the compulsion for a punchline or wry aside. As a result, the lush ‘Mahashmashana’ doesn’t quite mainline the zeitgeist in the same way that ‘Honeybear’ and ‘Pure Comedy’ did. Then again, there’s something to be said, in 2024, for logging off in favour of self-reflection. On the swooning ‘Mental Health’, Misty rejects the hive mind, concluding that his own particular “insanity” is “indispensable”. Whoever the folk he is underneath that beard, the good Father
  • Album Review: Father John Misty – Mahashmashana | ACRN.com | Dec. 9, 2024, 4:46 p.m.
    • By Kourtney Gierke, Contributor [Sub Pop; 2024] Rating: 9/10 Key Tracks: “I Guess Time Just Makes Fools of Us All,” “She Cleans Up,” “Mahashmashana” The highly anticipated Mahashmashana album from …
  • “Mahashmashana” is not my favorite Father John Misty album | The Observer
    • Released Nov. 22, “Mahashmashana” is the sixth studio album by Josh Tillman under the moniker Father John Misty. Like Tillman’s previous albums, “Mahashmashana”—an anglicization of the word for “cremation ground” in Sanskrit—manages to balance a deeply cynical tone alongside a surprising amount of emotional depth. Let me start with what I liked. Tillman’s lyricism sparkles,...
  • Father John Misty – (2024) Mahashmashana  | Dalton Koss HQ | Dec. 5, 2024, 10:33 p.m.
    • It’s Friday 6th December 2024, and it’s almost the end of another year, I don’t mean to bring you all down but that’s another 365 days completed of crawling to the inevitable falling off the existe…
  • Father John Misty – Mahashmashana | Axl's Catch Groove | Dec. 5, 2024, 7:31 p.m.
    • 2024 Father John Misty (FJM) née Josh Tillman’s new album, Mahashmashana, returns to Fear Fun and I Love You, Honeybear territory, but with a fresh new take on his smarmy lounge singer mystiq…
  • Father John Misty: Mahashmashana | Spectrum Culture | Nov. 22, 2024, 6:07 a.m.
    • With a lyrically dense and sonically diverse assortment of songs, Father John Misty’s sixth album is brilliant and moving — a record that can be interpreted in various ways that all relate to the human condition.
  • Mahashmashana, Father John Misty | Tortoise | Nov. 22, 2024, 7:13 a.m.
    • The title for the sixth album from Josh Tillman, aka Father John Misty, is very much on-brand for the poster boy of soft rock. Mahashmashana is an anglicisation of the Sanskrit word for the “great cremation ground” encountered before death, symbolising the cycle of life. You may eye-roll at a Western musician choosing such a …
  • Review | Father John Misty - Mahashmashana | Clunk Magazine | Nov. 22, 2024, 11:05 a.m.
    • A 50 minute whirlwind of 8 songs, 'Mahashmashana' scintillates and delights - just like any sweeping cinematic project should
  • Father John Misty - Mahashmashana | Northern Transmissions | Nov. 21, 2024, 1 p.m.
    • Mahashmashana by Father John Misty album review by David Saxum for Northern Transmissions. The LP drops on 11/22 via Sub Pop/Bella Union
  • Father John Misty - 'Mahashmashana' album review | Far Out Magazine | Nov. 21, 2024, 10:02 a.m.
    • On his new album, 'Mahashmashana', Father John Misty brings together every previous chapter and each previous version of the artist on this expansive release.

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Make His Ribs Show | Make His Ribs Show

Released: Jan. 10, 2025
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MYTH: Side Two | The Narcissist Cookbook

Released: Jan. 7, 2025
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Night Diving | Max McNown

Released: Jan. 24, 2025
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  • NEW Max McNown “Night Diving” | Americana UK | Jan. 28, 2025, 1:21 p.m.
    • Max McNown’s second album builds strongly on foundations of debut. Max McNown is a singer-songwriter, originally from the Pacific Northwest but now based in Nashville after spending the early…

album cover: Nobody Loves You More

Nobody Loves You More | Kim Deal

Released: Nov. 22, 2024
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  • Musician Kim Deal : Bullseye with Jesse Thorn | NPR
    • With a little help from the smash hit Cannonball, The Breeders became one of the biggest names in early '90s alternative rock. In 2018, we chatted with the band's lead guitarist and singer Kim Deal. The band just released their first new record in 10 years. Just this past month, Deal recorded her first ever solo album: Nobody Loves You More. She talked about the music scene in her hometown of Dayton, Ohio, how unintended her success was, and transitioning from the Pixies to The Breeders.
  • Kim Deal – Nobody Loves You More - Substrate Radio | Substrate Radio - - | Nov. 29, 2024, 3:17 a.m.
    • By - Paul Cordes Wilm Saving All My Love Kim Deal has one of the most recognizable voices in indie rock history. We first heard her as a backup and occasional lead vocalist long, long ago when she was part of the pioneering band The Pixies, formed in 1986. Then, we heard her unmistakable voice
  • ALBUM OF THE WEEK: Kim Deal - "Nobody Loves You More" | POST-TRASH
    • Nobody Loves You More is undoubtedly Kim Deal’s most sincere album. Its warm and sunny tone has been widely noted – there is a pink flamingo on the LP’s sleeve like it’s a Christopher Cross album – and explained as a reflection of her unanticipated time in Florida.
  • Kim Deal explores chamber pop in her debut ‘Nobody Loves You More’ | The Daily Campus | Dec. 3, 2024, 11 a.m.
    • Kim Deal is a singer, songwriter, guitarist, bassist and keyboardist who has her hands all over the alternative rock scene. As a former member of the Pixies, the Amps and the Breeders, it’s safe to say that Deal has cemented her legacy
  • Album Review: Kim Deal – Nobody Loves You More | Highway Queens | Dec. 3, 2024, 7:58 p.m.
    • As a teenager growing up in the 90s I thought Kim Deal was cool in the best way – talented, fun and like she just didn’t give a fuck about anything. In the early 00s I met her while I was wor…
  • Kim Deal Releases Debut Solo Album, "Nobody Loves You More" | No Treble
    • Former Pixies bassist and Breeders frontwoman Kim Deal has been making music for decades, but she’s just released her first ever solo album. “Nobody Loves You More” began over a decade ago, but came more into focus when she was in the Florida Keys during the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Kim Deal: Nobody Loves You More | Spectrum Culture | Nov. 27, 2024, 6:09 a.m.
    • Kim Deal’s first solo record is a pleasant and likeable album with hidden depths, channeling deep, powerful and often ambivalent emotions into a set of surprisingly mild and melodic pop songs.
  • Kim Deal, You Were Worth the Wait | Paste
    • Paste Magazine is your source for the best music, movies, TV, comedy, videogames, books, comics, craft beer, politics and more. Discover your favorite albums and films.
  • Kim Deal Is Ready to Go Solo. It Just Took 4 Decades. | New York Times | Nov. 15, 2024, 10 a.m.
    • The Breeders leader has long been one of the most enchanting and elusive figures in rock. At 63, she’s releasing her first full album under her name, filled with musical and emotional twists.
  • Today's Song: The Quiet Confidence of Kim Deal’s “A Good Time Pushed” | Atwood Magazine | Nov. 23, 2024, 6:15 p.m.
    • The uplifting, cathartic finale to Kim Deal’s debut solo album ‘Nobody Loves You More,’ “A Good Time Pushed” is a gentle ode to self: A declaration of acceptance exuding a quiet confidence as Deal delivers an understated reflection on the end of relationships.

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album cover: Perverts

Perverts | Ethel Cain

Released: Jan. 8, 2025
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  • 10. Perverts - Ethel Cain | substack.com
    • Ethel Cain's Perverts and the personal grapple with creativity in an age of tech supremacy and anti-intellectualism
  • Review: Ethel Cain — Perverts | SLUG Magazine | Jan. 27, 2025, 6:50 p.m.
    • In spite of its massive runtime, this is an album with no fat to trim — it’s not some bloated prog epic or exercise in time wasting.
  • Ethel Cain Shares New 55-Minute Piece On NTS, 'Perverts' Demos On SoundCloud | Stereogum | Jan. 25, 2025, 3:28 p.m.
    • 2025 is shaping up to be the year of Ethel Cain. The alt-pop recluse dropped Perverts earlier this month, a terrific piece of music that’s labeled as an EP despite its 90-minute length. She made her TV debut when Fox News complained about her Instagram post calling for the killing of more CEOs following Luigi Mangione’s alleged assassination of Brian Thompson, and she doubled down in response. Now, she’s already back with a 55-minute piece on NTS.
  • Ethel Cain releases new album "Perverts" | Technique | Jan. 24, 2025, 4:17 p.m.
    • Although Ethel Cain’s newest release may appear to be an unexpected pivot from her previous albums, “Perverts” still captures Cain’s raw, unwavering reverence. Through the...
  • Review: Ethel Cain’s ‘Perverts’ channels pain, shame and ambiance - The Baylor Lariat | baylorlariat.com | Jan. 22, 2025, 4:36 a.m.
    • Much like the rest of Cain’s discography, “Perverts” isn’t exactly a casual listen. It’s not meant to be consumed while doing the dishes, walking on the treadmill or going grocery shopping. It’s one of those albums you listen to in a dark room, in silence, maybe curled up in bed. It demands undivided attention, solemnity respect.
  • “Perverts”: Breaking Down the Mystique, Theology and Meaning behind Ethel Cain | thehoya.com
    • “Ethel Cain” is the stage name of Florida native Hayden Anhedönia, who drew critical acclaim and the internet’s attention following her 2022 debut LP “Preacher’s Daughter.” Her artistry is largely lore-driven: “Preacher’s Daughter” follows the character Ethel Cain as she runs away from home and meets a man who promises to show her the West,...
  • ”Perverts” is a unique take on music | The Echo
    • Ethel Cain released her fourth album, “Perverts,” on Jan. 8. Cain started making music in 2017, and over her eight-year career, she has earned many loyal fans while gaining 2.7 million monthly listeners on Spotify. The album consists of nine songs with a runtime of one hour and 29 minutes. Most songs are just under...
  • Ethel Cain premieres new ambient sound in latest album | The Observer
    • This past Wednesday, Jan. 8, singer/songwriter Ethel Cain released her fourth studio album, “Perverts.” The newest album from Cain quickly became an online sensation, with much contention as to how it compared to the singer’s previous studio albums. The main reason for this debate emerges from the ambient, droning sounds that accompany most of “Perverts.”...
  • An Album Review of Ethel Cain’s ‘Perverts’ | KSDT | Jan. 20, 2025, 11:49 p.m.
    • On January 9, 2025, Christmas came early for the cool kids; I am not talking about Letterboxd Wrapped, but the release of Hayden Anhedönia, also known as Ethel Cain’s, album Perverts. Since her ann…
  • Review of Perverts by mauve - Musicboard | musicboard.app
    • Review of Perverts by Ethel Cain. mauve rated the album 4.5 / 5 stars. I’m late with this review because Ethel Cain is not an artist who’s album I want to review after just one listen. As some of you may know, Preacher’s Daughter is still my favorite album of the 2020s so far. And now she’s back 3 years later with an album that is somehow even darker than Previous Daug...
  • Ethel Cain - Perverts | The Needle Drop | Jan. 18, 2025, 10:47 p.m.
    • Ethel Cain tests her mettle in the world of drone and dark ambient on Perverts.
  • Ethel Cain — Perverts | EUPHORIA. | Jan. 13, 2025, 3 p.m.
    • Be prepared to be blown away by Ethel Cain's latest 90-minute project Perverts, which follows her 2022 debut album Preacher's Daughter.
  • Album Review: Ethel Cain, 'Perverts' | Our Culture | Jan. 14, 2025, 9:43 p.m.
    • from the dark ambient pieces to the more conventional songs, Perverts is towering both in its claustrophobia and gravitational pull.
  • Album Review: Ethel Cain - 'Perverts' | When The Horn Blows
    • Ethel Cain’s newest musical creation retreats into the corners of a darker family of genres: Slowcore, dark wave and occasional noise rock. In providing us with an exceptional nightmare to begin 2025, she proves herself to be a worthy crypt sister to the likes of Lingua Ignota, Uboa, and Converge.
  • First Reactions To…Ethel Cain’s ‘Perverts’ : | Kendall Lacey's Webworld | Jan. 11, 2025, 9:10 a.m.
    • Holy shit, what the fuck is this? It has been a long time since that has been my first reaction to an album and Perverts is very much An Album in the old school sense, You’re unlikely to pick a tra…
  • Ethel Cain: Perverts | Spectrum Culture | Jan. 10, 2025, 6:06 a.m.
    • If Preacher’s Daughter was the sound of someone barely holding things together, then Perverts is the sound of that same person letting things fall apart completely.

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Slowly, It Dawns | Victoria Canal

Released: Jan. 17, 2025
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  • Victoria Canal is Totally Fucking Fine | SPIN | Jan. 21, 2025, 4 p.m.
    • It is the eve of the release of Victoria Canal’s much-anticipated debut album, Slowly, It Dawns, and the singer/songwriter is just getting off the ski
  • Victoria Canal: Slowly, It Dawns | Spectrum Culture | Jan. 21, 2025, 6:06 a.m.
    • A rising singer/songwriter bursts with well-earned confidence while questioning herself and her choices.
  • Victoria Canal talks winning an Ivor Novello, playing with Coldplay at ... | DIY | Jan. 16, 2025, midnight
    • Album Review. Victoria Canal — Slowly, It Dawns. 4-5 Stars. A gorgeous debut. 15th January 2025. News. Lambrini Girls are on the cover of DIY ’ s Class Of 2025 issue. Our bumper December/ January double issue — out now! — introduces 11 emerging artists that are set to be in the pink in 2025. 9th December 2024. Neu
  • Victoria Canal – Slowly, It Dawns | Reviews | Clash Magazine Music News ... | Clash Magazine | Jan. 17, 2025, 11:01 a.m.
    • A debut album that spotlights the breadth and depth of her abilities, ‘Slowly, It Dawns’ it lit up by Victoria Canal’s lyrical flair – insightful, often painfully honest, she makes the intensely personal sound universal, continually inviting you into her world. ‘swan song’ is driven by an urge to communication, and it’s hushed ...
  • Albums Of The Week: Victoria Canal | Slowly, It Dawns | Tinnitist | Jan. 16, 2025, midnight
    • From the sun-kissed indie pop of June Baby and Cuban-inflected sizzle of California Sober, to the meditative instrumentals of Totally Fucking Fine and the cinematic desperation of Cake, Canal’s stunning range is on full display across 12 revealing tracks.
  • Victoria Canal - Slowly, It Dawns review • DIY Magazine | DIY | Jan. 15, 2025, midnight
    • Class Of 2025: Victoria Canal. After a whirlwind 2024 that saw her perform with Coldplay at Glastonbury and win her second Ivor Novello award, the Spanish-American singer is ready to show off even more sides of herself with debut album ‘Slowly, It Dawns’. 16th January 2025. News. Lambrini Girls are on the cover of DIY ’ s Class Of 2025 issue
  • Victoria Canal – Slowly, It Dawns - Dork - readdork.com | Dork | Jan. 15, 2025, midnight
    • Label: Parlophone Released: 17th January 2025 Victoria Canal has that air of an artist who knows how to spin magic out of her music. Capable of delivering with a clarity that can stop time, she’s in possession of a raw, unvarnished truth that forces you to pause whatever you’re doing and really, properly listen – which, as it happens, is exactly what her debut album ‘Slowly, It Dawns ...

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Small Changes | Michael Kiwanuka

Released: Nov. 22, 2024
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  • Small changes af Michael Kiwanuka | bibliotek.dk
    • Lån Small changes af Michael Kiwanuka som musik (cd) eller musik (grammofonplade). Lån fra alle Danmarks biblioteker. Afhent på dit lokale bibliotek eller find online.
  • Small Changes. Michael Kiwanuka | wonomagazine.blogspot.com
    • Small Changes was one of the bigger releases in the fall. It took Michael Kiwanuka five years to come up with the follow up album to 'Kiwanu...
  • MICHAEL KIWANUKA - SMALL CHANGES | SOUL SURMISE
    • Bill Withers. We’ll get that comparison out of our way quickly. Kiwanuka would readily confess to channelling Withers’ 70s soul on this his fourth album, Small Changes. But there is more than Bill Withers at work here and where Damien...
  • Michael Kiwanuka - World Cafe (Full Interview) | Live Sessions
    • Michael Kiwanuka joins contributing host Kallao for a World Cafe interview to discuss his new album, "Small Changes." Recorded at WXPN's performance studios in Philadelphia on 09.29.24. Complete sessions: https://www.npr.org/sections/world-cafe/ Daily Playlists: http://playlist.worldcafe.org/ Facebook www.facebook.com/WorldCafe Twitter www.twitter.com/WorldCafe Instagram www.instagram.com/worldcafe Youtube www.youtube.com/worldcafe
  • REVIEW: Michael Kiwanuka "Small Changes" | Americana Highways | Nov. 25, 2024, 4:24 p.m.
    • Michael Kiwanuka has a new album "Small Changes." We reviewed it. Enjoy our quality music coverage and reviews on Americana Highways.
  • Michael Kiwanuka: Small Changes | Spectrum Culture | Nov. 15, 2024, 6:04 a.m.
    • Michael Kiwanuka has always been most comfortable in the reflective quiet that sits beneath even his rowdiest cuts. Small Changes finally sees him lead with it.
  • Michael Kiwanuka - Small Changes | Northern Transmissions | Nov. 23, 2024, 1 p.m.
    • Small Changes by Michael Kiwanuka album review by Greg Walker for Northern Transmissions, the LP is now out via Universal records and DSPs
  • Albums Of The Week: Michael Kiwanuka | Small Changes | Tinnitist | Nov. 22, 2024, 5:09 a.m.
    • THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Small Changes is the followup to Michael Kiwanuka’s eponymous third LP, the Mercury Prize-winning and Grammy-nominated Kiwanuka. Small Changes was produced alongside Danger Mouse and Inflo, the team behind the globally acclaimed Kiwanuka and its equally acclaimed predecessor, Love & Hate. The new record was recorded between London and Los Angeles. The […]
  • Michael Kiwanuka – Small Changes | Dork | Nov. 20, 2024, 4:48 p.m.
    • 'Small Changes' is one of those rare albums that fits almost any situation. Whether it's a bright November morning sipping coffee
  • Michael Kiwanuka - 'Small Changes' album review | Far Out Magazine | Nov. 21, 2024, 10:01 a.m.
    • On his long-awaited fourth album, 'Small Changes', Michael Kiwanuka crafts a glorious body of work that puts a British spin on the cosmic music of the 1970s.
  • Sound, Soul & Small Changes: Michael Kiwanuka's Upcoming Album | The Gryphon | Nov. 21, 2024, 9:44 a.m.
    • A striking voice you may recognise from the Big Little Lies soundtrack, Michael Kiwanuka follows his Mercury prize winning, eponymous KIWANUKA (2019) with the hotly anticipated Small Changes. Released on the 15th November 2024 via Polydor Records, Small Changes is a confident reply to those awaiting Kiwanuka’s return.  In Small Changes, Michael Kiwanuka leans into […]

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Spiral Your Way Out | zzzahara

Released: Jan. 10, 2025
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  • zzzahara – Spiral Your Way Out | Dork | Jan. 8, 2025, midnight
    • Unpretentious yet unafraid, ‘Spiral Your Way Out’ is zzzahara leaving their trauma behind and preparing to take on the world in 2025. They’ve shaken off the chains of heartbreak and are ready to fly free, and off the strength of this album, the sky’s the limit.
  • zzzahara Introduces New Album ‘Spiral Your Way Out’ | Clash Magazine
    • LA-based artist zzzahara will release their new album ‘Spiral Your Way Out’ on January 10th. The Mexican-Filipino artist made a deep impression with their debut album ‘Tender’, released last year.

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The Coward Brothers | The Coward Brothers | T Bone Burnett | Elvis Costello

Released: Nov. 21, 2024
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  • The Coward Brothers - brooklynvegan.com | BrooklynVegan
    • Elvis Costello & T-Bone Burnett reunite for The Coward Brothers podcast & album The podcast play was directed by Christopher Guest and features the voice talents of Harry Shearer,...
  • Saturday Sessions: The Coward Brothers perform "Tipsy Woman" | CBS News
    • The Coward Brothers — better known as Elvis Costello and T Bone Burnett — began playing together more than 40 years ago, but until this week, the duo hadn't released any new music since 2006. Now, their new, self-titled album is earning critical acclaim. Now, from "The Coward Brothers," here are the Coward Brothers with "Tipsy Woman."

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The Human Fear | Franz Ferdinand

Released: Jan. 10, 2025
Articles:
  • Album Review: The Human Fear by Franz Ferdinand | Shatter the Standards
    • At least no one here needs to be afraid of change with Franz Ferdinand’s latest effort. It works, it steams, it churns out another Ferdinand. If only Franz Ferdinand were a coffee machine.
  • Franz Ferdinand Cover “Bigmouth Strikes Again” With Johnny Marr: Watch | Stereogum | Jan. 19, 2025, 7:05 p.m.
    • Franz Ferdinand just put out their new album The Human Fear, and to celebrate, they played a set for Amazon Music UK’s Sounds In The City Sessions. It was a true melding of UK indie rock greats, as the Scottish band brought out ex-Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr for a rendition of a song he helped make famous, “Bigmouth Strikes Again.”
  • Franz Ferdinand ‘The Human Fear’ – Review | Pop goes the Weasel | Jan. 23, 2025, 9:34 p.m.
    • Watching the most vital bands of your youth age can be a drag. Skinny suits don’t fit so well In your 40s. The quiffs start to thin. The bass-lines start to sag. Franz Ferdinand were the very defin…
  • The Human Fear – Franz Ferdinand – ALBUM REVIEW | PEANUTBUTTERPOPE | Jan. 19, 2025, 12:46 p.m.
    • The Human FearAlbum by Franz FerdinandReleased 10 January 2025Indie RockProduced by Mark RalphRating – 6/10 A drowsy nod to youth puddles its way into The Human Fear. Nobody should regret the…
  • Album Review: The Human Fear by Franz Ferdinand | substack.com
    • At least no one here needs to be afraid of change with Franz Ferdinand’s latest effort. It works, it steams, it churns out another Ferdinand. If only Franz Ferdinand were a coffee machine.
  • Franz Ferdinand disappoints with new album ‘The Human Fear’ | The Pitt News | Jan. 15, 2025, 4:02 p.m.
    • “The Human Fear,” Franz Ferdinand’s latest album, is a musical exploration of what drives fear and the power behind defeating it. It’s also a reminder of the band’s core sound change and the divergence from their former 2000s rock glory.
  • Franz Ferdinand: The Human Fear | Spectrum Culture | Jan. 15, 2025, 6:03 a.m.
    • It feels like learning a fundamental truth about the band that even longtime fans may not have wanted to accept: perhaps Franz Ferdinand has plateaued, even stagnated.
  • Franz Ferdinand - The Human Fear Review | Still Listening
    • Franz Ferdinand continue to find new ways to enthrall on their sixth record. Franz Ferdinand have always been guided by a desire to move forward. Singer Alex Kapranos admitted as much in an interview shot as part of the band’s ‘ Tour De Franz ’ documentary that followed their first world tour. “I
  • Franz Ferdinand - The Human Fear (Domino) | God Is In The TV | Jan. 13, 2025, 2:50 p.m.
    • Several listens in, and as this album works its considerable charms with each successive listen, the thought occurs: have we been guilty of taking Franz
  • Album Review: Franz Ferdinand – The Human Fear | Birthday Cake For Breakfast | Jan. 11, 2025, 6:15 p.m.
    • Words: Ben Forrester In a year that will see some of the great 00’s indie bands celebrate milestone albums and play big outdoor shows, Franz Ferdinand have different plans. Sure, last year saw a 20…
  • Album Review: Franz Ferdinand - The Human Fear | Nova.ie | Jan. 11, 2025, 4:25 p.m.
    • Franz Ferdinand playing Oxegen, around the time of monster-hit Take Me Out, stands out as one of my great early festival memories, and I will always have a soft spot for them after that magic gig.
  • Night Or Day, for The Human Fear, by Franz Ferdinand | www.metalocus.es
    • Franz Ferdinand released their first new album in seven years, "The Human Fear", on January 10, following up on 2018's "Always Ascending", which showcases a return to the lively indie-rock-turned-pop that helped them emerge from Scotland and onto the international scene in the 2000s. The new album is headlined by the singles "Audacious," "Hooked," and this "Night or Day.""Night or Day" is directed by Rianne White and was recorded at AYR Studios.
  • The Human Fear | No Ripcord
    • I’m not sure anyone asked for a new Franz Ferdinand album, but The Human Fear is here and it’s probably worth 35 minutes of your time just to hear the chorus of Cats. It’s unclear as

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TRANSA | Red Hot Org

Released: Nov. 22, 2024
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  • Stream Red Hot’s 'TRAИƧA' Comp Feat. Adrianne Lenker, Fleet Foxes, Grouper, Clairo, & More | Stereogum | Nov. 22, 2024, 5:02 a.m.
    • A couple of months ago, Red Hot announced the stacked TRAИƧA compilation. “Young Lion,” Sade’s first new song in six years, was released as an advance single, along with Lauren Auder + Wendy & Lisa of the Revolution covering Prince’s “I Would Die 4 U,” Sam Smith reimagining “Ever New” with Beverly Glenn-Copeland, and more. Now, the full 46-track comp is finally out.

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Triecade | Steven R. Smith

Released: Jan. 1, 2025
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Who Let the Dogs Out | Lambrini Girls

Released: Jan. 10, 2025
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  • Lambrini Girls – Who Let The Dogs Out | Tommy Girard | Jan. 25, 2025, 2:06 p.m.
    • The name Lambrini Girls is one I’d heard floating around over the last few years from shows with other up and coming bands I was familiar with as well as when they played opening and support slots …
  • Lambrini Girls - "Who Let the Dogs Out" | Everything Is Noise | Jan. 23, 2025, 9:09 a.m.
    • Lambrini Girls kick and scream their way into an inevitably toxic 2025 with the acerbic, visceral punk rock energy of debut album "Who Let The Dogs Out"
  • COVER STORY | Lambrini Girls Let Loose | Paste
    • Paste Magazine is your source for the best music, movies, TV, comedy, videogames, books, comics, craft beer, politics and more. Discover your favorite albums and films.
  • Album Review: Lambrini Girls – Who Let the Dogs Out | ACRN.com | Jan. 23, 2025, 4:02 a.m.
    • By Grant Kelly, Contributor [City Slang; 2025] Rating: 7/10 Key Tracks: “Bad Apple,” “Company Culture,” “Filthy Rich Nepo Baby” Who Let The Dogs Out is the debut full-length album by English punk r…
  • Lambrini Girls – Who Let The Dogs Out: Review | The Weekly Coos | Jan. 22, 2025, 10:02 p.m.
    • When Lambrini Girls appeared in my algorithm due to their profile on NME.com, I became intrigued, specifically by the aesthetic of sheer punk they imbued. Popping in some singles and eventually the…
  • Lambrini Girls: Who Let the Dogs Out | Spectrum Culture | Jan. 16, 2025, 6:03 a.m.
    • No amount of aggressive production or spirited shouting fixes the fact that Who Let the Dogs Out has little particularly novel or radical to say, and the project is at its best when there’s no pretense about this fact.
  • Lambrini Girls Are Undeniable | PAPER | Jan. 13, 2025, 3:05 p.m.
    • “We’re really proud of it. It’s like, get on board or get out of the fucking way!”
  • Album: Lambrini Girls - Who Let the Dogs Out | theartsdesk.com | Jan. 11, 2025, 12:46 a.m.
    • Phoebe Lunny and Lilly Macieira are furious. Livid with the rapist cops, sleazy men, gentrifying landlords, nepo babies and, to be fair, a significant chunk of mainstream society.
  • Lambrini Girls - Who Let The Dogs Out? review • DIY Magazine | DIY | Jan. 8, 2025, midnight
    • Class of 2025: Lambrini Girls. Confident, clued-up and uncompromising, Lambrini Girls’ message of empowerment and inclusivity has been pissing off all the right people. Readying for the release of debut LP ‘Who Let The Dogs Out’, Phoebe Lunny and Lilly Macieira have got all the ingredients to become Britain’s next vital punk band.
  • Lambrini Girls Are the Punk Rock Radicals We Need Right Now | Rolling Stone | Jan. 10, 2025, midnight
    • Explosive U.K. duo debuts with the excellent Who Let the Dogs Out. On the engagingly titled “Cuntology 101,” the U.K. duo Lambrini Girls offers a seminar on what it means to be, well, cunty.
  • Album review: Lambrini Girls – Who Let The Dogs Out? | Kerrang! | Jan. 10, 2025, midnight
    • Lambrini Girls: “It’s time for the genre of ‘women in music’ to be put to bed” As their exuberant debut Who Let The Dogs Out arrives this week, Brighton punks Lambrini Girls dive into ...
  • Lambrini Girls turned chaos into their greatest creative weapon for ... | Dork | Jan. 10, 2025, midnight
    • Surrendering to their whims is clearly what works for Lambrini Girls. The resulting album, ‘Who Let The Dogs Out,’ is such a visceral force that it couldn’t have come from anything other than instinct. The time pressure clearly leant itself to the urgent energy of the record, mirroring their frenetic live set.
  • Lambrini Girls – ‘Who Let The Dogs Out’ review | NME | Jan. 8, 2025, midnight
    • With ‘Who Let The Dogs Out’, Lambrini Girls prove punk is alive and kicking. They’re unapologetically amplifying chaos, calling out societal wrongs, and daring us all to feel something.
  • Lambrini Girls – Who Let The Dogs Out | Reviews | Clash Magazine Music ... | Clash Magazine | Jan. 7, 2025, 4:58 p.m.
    • As raw and energetic as ‘Who Let The Dogs Out’ is, it’s over after a breathless half-hour. There’s enough variety to keep attention firmly on this exciting duo, who might just be one of the best up-and-coming British bands. 9/10. Words: Adam England Inset Photo Credit: Harv Frost. Related: CLASH Goes Lambrini Tasting With Lambrini Girls —

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