- 1. Danny Denial's Third Record Tackles Anxiety, Community, And Heartbrea
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- ... while, “I’m Not Your Type” (featuring DoNormaal) is Nine-Inch-Nails-style industrial rock over an anguished early Hole sample. Fuck Danny Denial is raw goth-pop at its best. (4/5) By Bree McKenna ...
- Created on 18 September 2020
- 2. Hayley and The Crushers Serve Nostalgia on "Vintage Millennial
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- ... Domme”) to a post-apocalyptic mall visit (“Attention Shoppers”), plus covers of Kim Wilde, there’s a sunny, East Bay-tinged gem on Vintage Millennial for everyone. (4/5) By Bree McKenna Vintage ...
- Created on 18 May 2020
- 3. "Memory" By Vivian Girls Is The Return Fans Deserv
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- ... group back to its core sounds--pleasantly melancholic fuzz, waves of guitar, and textured harmonies--while exploring even more unsettling themes. (4/5) By Bree McKenna Memory was released September ...
- Created on 23 September 2019
- 4. 20 Albums To Download Right Now
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- ... dance tracks—most notable on the dystopian-feeling “You’ve Changed” and opening anthem “Until the Fire.” The result is a complementary combination, like adding syrup to effervescence. 5/5 –BREE MCKENNA ...
- Created on 11 February 2019
- 5. Ladytron Is Back After A 7-Year Hiatus
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- ... “Until the Fire.” The result is a complementary combination, like adding syrup to effervescence. 5/5 By Bree McKenna Ladytron is out February 15, 2019 This piece originally appeared in the ...
- Created on 07 February 2019
- 6. 21 New Albums to Listen To This Summer
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- ... feel. Bag also looks at issues of race, with tracks like piano ballad “White Justice,” and aging however you please, with the Spanish song “Se Cree Joven.” Viva! 4/5 –BREE MCKENNA BEACH HOUSE 7 (Sub ...
- Created on 18 June 2018
- 7. 19 New Albums To Listen To This Spring: Playlist
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- ... out of your coolest BFF’s basement show. 4/5 –Bree McKenna HOP ALONG Bark Your Head Off, Dog (Saddle Creek) The chief aesthetic virtue of Hop Along has always been its ability to wed a raggedy ...
- Created on 05 April 2018
- 8. 7 New Albums To Listen To This March: Playlist
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- Welcome to the second half of our music reviews from our February/March 2018 issue! (See the first half here.) March brings us new albums from the Breeders, the Orielles, U.S. Girls and more. Read ...
- Created on 09 March 2018
- 9. 17 New Albums To Get Obsessed With Before 2017 Ends: Playlist
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- ... wall of sound on “Sorry” echoes the raw pop sensibility of P.S. Eliot. 4/5 –BREE MCKENNA MAVIS STAPLES If All I Was Was Black (ANTI-) Mavis Staples’ voice transcends generations with a history ...
- Created on 07 December 2017
- 10. 15 New Albums By Women You Should Be Listening To This October: Playlist
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- ... – Bree McKenna COLD SPECKS Fool’s Paradise (Arts & Crafts) Toronto songwriter Ladan Hussein returns with her third album and perhaps most raw work to date. The Polaris Music Prize nominee ...
- Created on 29 September 2017
- 11. Grab Your Hospital Gowns, Punk Supergroup Childbirth Is Going On Tour
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- ... at Baby’s All Right on June 10, and Shea Stadium on June 9. Childbirth will be joined by Aye Nako, Sharkmuffin, Tin Vulva and Drella at Shea Stadium. Julia Shapiro, Bree McKenna and Stacy Peck from ...
- Created on 17 May 2016
- 12. Childbirth Goes 'Super Punk, Funny, Feminist' On New Album 'Women's Rights': BUST Interv
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- "We’re a super group duh,” Childbirth proclaims to the world in their Facebook bio - and with three rocking feminists like Julia Shapiro, Bree McKenna and Stacy Peck, we are inclined to agree. Trust me, ...
- Created on 19 October 2015
- 13. The Stranger Presents: Men Who Rock II (You Must Read This)
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- ... came out in 2012. These awesome feature stories are written by Bree McKenna and Emily Nokes of pop-punk band Tacocat. “Men Who Rock” finally puts the focus on up-and-coming male musicians, a much needed ...
- Created on 28 May 2015
