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Swirling guitars and glittering electronics lead the way, with female vocals weaving in and out.

Monaco’s music is marked by the immediately distinctive bass playing of Peter Hook.

It’s pretty obvious where The Waterfall Effect derives its sound, but it does so without sounding terribly derivative.

This disk will fit nicely next to that E.A.R. record you own (or should).

Bon Voyage plays beautiful, sweet pop perfection.

But there’s just too much going on at once in these songs, and it’s not used effectively.

This single song shows why they are currently putting out some of the best music today.

After the Flood takes the eerie otherworldliness of Lucid’s music and makes it more musical and listenable.

I quite literally have never heard of a situation this sad, ever.

Samori has taken the art of hip-hop a notch higher with his beautifully crafted musical tracks and passionate lyrics.

I’m still pondering some the lyrics on this album.

This is the wonderful sound of a rock band that sounds like a machine you’re afraid to get close to for fear your shirt might catch in the gears and your arms will get ripped off.

I mean, you name the shoegaze accoutrement, they’ve got it.

Mathias Anderson displays considerable talent in creating “experimental” music that’s surprisingly easy to listen to.

Anti-Pop Consortium’s detours are not the same old breaks trotted out which are sure to rock a crowd.

Arco’s Chris Healey has just about the softest, whispery-est voice in pop music.

The result is something pure and natural, as wholesome as can be, but also full of tension and anxiety.

Another impressive jazz album from the North Carolina band.

There’s really no way for me to accurately convey just how disappointing this film was.

Jim Kelly returns in this inane followup to 1974’s Black Belt Jones.