Daniel Rivera
EP still finds Glover all over the place stylistically, but everything seems more fleshed out as the brevity lends to its vitality.
14y
Though it may seem like Vile tends to waver on just how he wants to be perceived, the lack of commitment is nothing if not intensely deliberate.
15y
It is able to deftly blend the vividness and conviction of a protest album with all of the yearning of what just has to be a genuine patriotic outcry.
15y
The result is easily one of the more intriguing and overlooked releases of 2009, and an infinitely disturbing meld of visceral semblance and quiet complexity.
12y
Whatever Humbug lacks in middle fingers, or even thematic continuity, it makes up for with sinister gazes and scathing ambiguities.
15y
Filled with bounce, bite and surprising cohesion, Post-Nothing is a deceptive little piece that is as much fun as it is subversive.
7y
There is something distinctly perfect about the naivety that the Pains of Being Pure at Heart seem to effortlessly inject into every bouncy ballad of young love and young living that makes their self-titled debut not only a welcome throwback but a much needed vacation from over-calculation.
6y
Feed the Animals, while perhaps not as fresh as Night Ripper, is a sweaty, neon-lit, seizure-inducing, off-the-wall delight.
11y
Chemistry is a natural and seamless masterpiece that might never have happened but for the band's own need to thumb its nose at expectations.
11y
While rich in sonic playfulness, Fasciination is hit or miss in a very disappointing way.
10y
It is not only the Hold Steady's best record, but acts as a culmination of all of the ideas, stories, musical paths and character journeys that they've so pointedly led us down before.
11y
There is a dedication and an ardor in play that cannot be denied.
15y
While the band's debut, Apologies to the Queen Mary, was bold and quirky, At Mount Zoomer is cautiously quiet and silently sinister.
11y
Weezer seems to have driven their old shtick into the ground so perfectly, it almost seems like they’ve purposely become tired and boring.
11y
Really, the most impressive thing about Robyn is just how timeless it is proving to be.
15y
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