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The Avett Brothers, True Sadness | Album Review
The Avett Brothers aren’t nearly as melancholy as title ‘True Sadness’ suggests, delivering a fine effort with their latest LP.
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Ingrid Michaelson, Hell No / Light Me Up 🎵
Ingrid Michaelson’s singles “Hell No” and “Light Me Up” foreshadow the potential greatness of forthcoming album, ‘It Doesn’t Have to Make Sense.’
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Critics Had Mixed Feelings On These 2016 Albums
Not every album is beloved by critics. In the case of the nine albums that grace this list, overall, critics were mixed or totally disliked them.
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The Game Keeps It 100 on ‘Streets of Compton’
On latest album ‘Streets of Compton,’ The Game doesn’t depart from the modus operandi – the script is familiar. Tried-and-true, The Game remains gritty.
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Jasmin Stone, Time | Track Review 🎵
What makes Jasmin Stone so special? She offers something different and different is what the music world is starving for these days, particularly stateside. “Time” exceptionally introduces Stone to a new audience.
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YG, Still Brazy | Album Review
West coast rapper YG returns with highly anticipated sophomore album, ‘Still Brazy’. Indeed, he is “still brazy,” and it’s great!
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Bastille, Good Grief | Track Review 🎵
The best way to characterize the new Bastille single, “Good Grief,” the first single from sophomore LP, Wild World? It’s infectious!
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Hozier, Better Love | Track Review 🎵
Although quite loud, “Better Love” – the lead single from the motion picture, ‘The Legend of Tarzan’ – is epic and shows why Hozier is an intriguing artist.
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Jake Bugg, On My One | Album Review 💿
British singer/songwriter Jake Bugg Shows Willingness to Experiment on his third studio album, On My One, which encompasses many styles.
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Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Getaway | Album Review 💿
Funk-rock vets Red Hot Chili Peppers deliver one of the year’s best albums with ‘The Getaway’, which does the break-up album superbly.
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Alicia Keys, Hallelujah | Track Review 🎵
Alicia Keys latest single “Hallelujah” is respectable, but not the “second coming.” “Hallelujah” likely isn’t a ‘pop’ hit. Still, there’s something here.
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Logic, Flexicution | Track Review
Continually rising Maryland rapper Logic ‘flexes hard’ on “Flexicution,” a record filled with braggadocio to the nth degree.