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Cursive: The Ugly Organ (Reissue)
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Cursive: The Ugly Organ (Reissue)

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 / 16 February 2015
Cursive's much-loved rage cannon of a record has been remastered, allowing one to hear every mangled guitar chord, every abused organ note, every polyp in Kasher's throat. It's makes a legendarily bilious album even more so, like watching surgery in HD.
Jean Grae: That’s Not How You Do That: An Instructional Album for Adults
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Jean Grae: That’s Not How You Do That: An Instructional Album for Adults

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 / 27 January 2015
Jean Grae is deep in the no-fucks-to-give phase of her career, and it's kind of great.
Mykki Blanco: Gay Dog Food
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Mykki Blanco: Gay Dog Food

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 / 3 December 2014
Gay Dog Food is a bold statement without a lot of substance, one that isn't even sure of its own meaning.
Katie Kate: Nation
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Katie Kate: Nation

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 / 15 October 2014
Nation isn't an opus. It's a warning.
Die Antwoord: Donker Mag
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Die Antwoord: Donker Mag

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 / 17 September 2014
Die Antwoord have described their work as "exaggerated experience", and that's apt. Anger, lust, passion, violence - all things through the lens of Die Antwoord become amplified to the point of deafening.
Pigeon John: Encino Man
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Pigeon John: Encino Man

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 / 25 July 2014
As a title, Encino Man works both as a shout-out to John's beloved L.A. and a wink toward vintage coolness -- the album is a virtual love letter to '70s and '80s pop radio.
Mimicking Birds: Eons
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Mimicking Birds: Eons

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 / 23 July 2014
With Eons, Nate Lacy opens up his internal world into a vast starry landscape, creating a gorgeously organic record made for headphones.
Bubba Sparxxx: Made on McCosh Mill Road
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Bubba Sparxxx: Made on McCosh Mill Road

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 / 18 July 2014
Bubba Sparxxx has made plenty of good songs and a couple of great albums. Made on McCosh Mill Road, unfortunately, has very few of the former and is not the latter.
Say Hi: Endless Wonder
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Say Hi: Endless Wonder

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 / 11 July 2014
Watching Eric Elbogen's career has been like watching a turtle come out its shell in slow motion, and Endless Wonder is perhaps Say Hi's most fully realized album to date.
Tunde Olaniran: Yung Archetype EP
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Tunde Olaniran: Yung Archetype EP

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 / 13 June 2014
There is no standout track on Yung Archetype. They're all standouts in their own way, as individual as their creator.
Sage Francis: Copper Gone
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Sage Francis: Copper Gone

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 / 6 June 2014
The overall impression of Copper Gone is that of a man alone in his room, pummeling the pillows in an impotent rage, a "hurtin' hot mess" struggling to find his way to stability.
Tomas Barfod: Pulsing EP
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Tomas Barfod: Pulsing EP

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 / 29 April 2014
Pulsing isn't the best entrypoint into the Danish beatmaker's body of work, but as a prelude to the impending full-length, it does its job admirably.