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I hope for The National‘s sake that the time is right for varying audiences to accept Trouble Will Find Me because its breathtakingly beautiful. 4AD, 2013 9.8 / 10 So, brief history of...

Better than "Kill Bill". Soul Temple Music, 2013 7.5 / 10 Twelve Reasons to Die is an excuse for Ghostface Killah to perform over hip-hop beats made by Adrian Younge, the man responsible...

What Would Jesus Listen To? Probably Big Inner. Domino, 2013 8.8 / 10 Matthew E. White proves yet again that looks can be deceiving. Taking in the cover of his new album, Big...

Rounds turns ten this month. Has time been kind to one of the first folktronica albums to hit so many ears? Domino, 2013 7.3 / 10 Determining the validity of a reissue is...

From hardcore to synth pop, New Mexico has shifted gears and they are hoping Malpaís will get them out of the local band scene Self Released, 2013 6.2 / 10 New Mexico is...

Second Amendment brings the pink noise! Full Time Hobby, 2013 9.0 / 10 Full Time Hobby  is the record label responsible for introducing many of us to White Denim, The Leisure Society, The Hold...

Hello band, welcome to my ears. Have a seat, stay awhile. Alcopop! Records, 2013 6.8 / 10 Stagecoach is a band out of Surrey, which if your like me and hate geography, is...

San Francisco veterans Tea Leaf Green make with the happy just in time for spring. Greenhouse Records, 2013 8.0 / 10.0 Veteran San Francisco Rock and Roll outfit Tea Leaf Green throw everything...

Savages new album is hard to keep quiet about. Matador Records / Pop Noire, 2013 8.5 / 10 For as much hype as the London four-piece Savages have been causing on the Internet,...

Put Eric Clapton's guitar in a garage band just learning distortion with a good producer and that is basically Head in the Dirt. Innovative Leisure, 2013 4.6 / 10 This is only Hanni...

"Wonder twin powers activate! Form of (comic book reference)!" Brick Records, 2013 5.2 / 10 There’s a story arc in 30 Rock that comes to mind when I think about Czarface. Tracy Jordan...

Mark Lanegan returns with another collaboration that is almost like making an album with himself. Ipecac Records, 2013 7.2 / 10.0 Mark Lanegan has made a name for himself over the last decade...

As an American, do you know how much it bugged me not to change ‘Realised’ to ‘Realized’? Delphi, 2013 7.6 / 10 The early 2000s marked an incredible time for the emo/screamo music...

After you read this review, you’ll be finished reading it. Mazarine Records, 2013 5.3 / 10 I wonder if pacificUV gave credit to Captain Obvious in the liner notes for naming their new...

This skull is ironic. No.19 Music, 2013 3.5 / 10 The duo that make up Tone of Arc posture as though they are making post-rock with tons of purpose and heart, but their...

This is one for the record books. Rune Grammofon, 2013 9.0 / 10 At this point, I don’t think Jenny Hval can open an album without dropping a head-snapping line. 2011’s Viscera opened...

It’s an electronic journey through time with Groove Armada’s Andy Cato. Apollo Records, 2013 6.4 / 10 A flamboyant and popular music video from the ‘80s once proclaimed, “Groove is in the heart.”...

No one will have any trouble controlling their desires around this album. Jagjaguwar, 2013 1.8/ 10 Small Black is a small band from Brooklyn, New York. They have toured the country and been...

There is no tearing down this WALL. Big Picnic Records, 2013 6.4 / 10 London singer Lyla Foy records under the pseudonym WALL (all caps, bro), and not even a request from Ronald...

It seems that the nightmare has ended. Temporary Residence Ltd., 2013 7.5 / 10 For Matthew Cooper, aka Eluvium, the title to his new double LP Nightmare Ending could refer to finally completing...