Music

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   1. Brightblack Morning Light: Motion to Rejoin

   I’m not sure there’s any record in recent memory that falls under the category of “grower” more than Brightblack Morning Light’s self-titled album from two years ago. ...read more

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   2. Woods: Songs of Shame

   Words will never quite be enough for Woods. Not to suggest this Brooklyn outfit is The. Greatest. Thing. Ever!, just that when I tell you Songs of Shame is a collection of ramshackle floaty folk-ro...read more

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   3. Crystal Antlers: Tentacles

   Make room for just one…more…friggin’...crystal band. Because West Coast sextet Crystal Antlers has sprayed a whole career worth of ideas onto one blistering, technicolor rock albu...read more

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   4. The Warlocks: The Mirror Explodes

   The Warlocks’ ten-year space-rock odyssey continues. Though I’m often a sucker for a band riffing on the Velvets’ blueprint, this group’s L.A. style didn’t mesh with i...read more

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   5. Stardeath and White Dwarfs: The Birth

   Glance at this album’s artwork and your brainy-matter might flash on any number of Flaming Lips record covers. For good reason: This Oklahoma quartet is led by Dennis Coyne, nephew to Wayne, ...read more

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   6. The Skygreen Leopards: Gorgeous Johnny

   For their fourth Jagjaguwar release, California duo (and prime movers in the lazy-psych Jewelled Antler scene) the Skygreen Leopards show no blemish from the passage of time, mainly keeping on with...read more

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   7. Om: God Is Good

   Although there’s a new drummer in the midst, have no fear. From the opening notes of God Is Good, it’s obvious that Om are continuing to do what they do best; ecstatic head-nodding sto...read more

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