Album Reviews
- Animal Collective
The Painters EP
After 2016’s loopy Painting With, Animal Collective return with a companion EP.
- King Woman
Created in the Image of Suffering
On King Woman’s debut LP, band mastermind Kristina Esfandiari finds her own path to redemption in doom—and it’s enough to inspire new believers outside of metal circles.
- Young Marco
Selectors 002
Amsterdam DJ Young Marco Sterk mixes Buchla experiments with Nintendo-derived dance in his ambitious new mix.
- Meatbodies
Alice
Chad Ubovich is already a proven guitar hero, having played in Fuzz and with Mikal Cronin. His second Meatbodies album is a mellower, full-band effort with more psychedelic textures than before.
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