Patric Fallon
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Hercules and Love Affair: In Amber Album Review
Stripping away the dancefloor euphoria of his most recognizable work, Andy Butler’s latest is a moody left-turn highlighted by some winning collaborations with ANOHNI. → Read More
Purity Ring: graves Album Review
On the follow-up to 2020’s WOMB, the duo is torn between looking back and moving forward. Mostly, they add layers of polish to their familiar electro-pop sound. → Read More
Deerhoof: Actually, You Can Album Review
Through a collection of songs that range from anxious garage funk to mercurial power pop, the San Francisco experimentalists argue for an urgent remaking of the world. → Read More
Disclosure: DJ-Kicks Album Review
On their first official mix album, the Lawrence brothers broaden their horizons, focusing on a selection of classic-sounding house. It’s a far more intimate vibe than their festival-stage fare. → Read More
The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die: Illusory Walls Album Review
The band’s dense and ornate fourth album sacrifices intimacy and warmth in favor of the most technically proficient and hard-hitting music of their career. → Read More
Clark: Playground in a Lake Album Review
Following the recent turn toward acoustic instruments in his soundtrack work, the UK electronic polymath investigates neoclassical modes on an album inspired by climate change. → Read More
Chromatics: Closer to Grey Album Review
Chromatics set their surprise “seventh” album at the witching hour, telling a sometimes-muddled tale of heartbroken lovers reaching out to the spirit realm. → Read More
Lightning Bug: October Song Album Review
The gorgeous and hypnotic second Lightning Bug album focuses more than ever on songwriter Audrey Kang's hushed voice and simple, soulful lyrics. → Read More
Blanck Mass: Animated Violence Mild Album Review
The Fuck Buttons member’s fourth solo album channels the horrors of the surveillance state and the creeping dread of everyday life into the most aggressive music of his career. → Read More
Hayden Thorpe: Diviner Album Review
The former Wild Beasts singer embarks on a new direction on his soul-searching solo debut, stripping back his songwriting to a reverent hush. → Read More
Jeremy Enigk: Return of the Frog Queen Album Review
The Sunny Day Real Estate leader's 1996 solo debut is often viewed through the prism of his Christian rebirth. Sub Pop's reissue reveals how its orchestral grandeur helped shape indie rock's future. → Read More
Daniel Avery: Song for Alpha Album Review
Turning away from the mix of big-room energy and outré sounds that marked his debut, the London producer’s surprisingly muted second album is a catch-all for his varied tastes. → Read More
Special Request: Belief System Album Review
Amplifying the scope of his rave-nostalgia project, Paul Woolford expands his ambitions but loses sight of the spontaneity that made the music so thrilling in the first place. → Read More
“Reptilian” by Converge Review
Leading up to the release of their first album in five years, the hardcore band Converge has gradually teased out new wrinkles in their manic, complex sound. The first single from The Dusk In Us, “I Can Tell You About Pain,” revealed the raw emotional core that was smothered in the feedback and blast-beats of 2012’s All We Love We Leave Behind. The more we hear from this new album, the more they… → Read More
Ben Frost: The Centre Cannot Hold Album Review
Recording in Chicago with Steve Albini at the controls, Ben Frost unleashes volleys of brutalizing electronic sound as an allegory for the grim state of the world. → Read More
Golden Retriever: Rotations Album Review
The Portland duo Golden Retriever have created their own musical language using bass clarinet and a modular synth rig. Rotations expands their sound, adding 10 classical musicians to the mix. → Read More
Patricia: Several Shades of the Same Color Album Review
The Brooklyn producer Max Ravitz makes homespun techno with lush pads, errant noise, and intricate rhythms. His latest LP offers variations on the sound made with a limited palette. → Read More
Nick Murphy: Missing Link EP Album Review
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Caddywhompus: Odd Hours Album Review
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Blue Iverson: Hotep Album Review
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