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New Reviews for August 8, 2025

No Rain, No Flowers
The Black Keys
No Rain, No Flowers
Warner Music / Warner Records
Pop/Rock
Quickly recovering after a tumultuous 2024, the Ohio duo deliver another reliable set of catchy blues-rock.
- Neil Z. Yeung
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Osees
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Deathgod
Pop/Rock
A blistering excursion into the group's punk side, tempered by the occasional prog side trip; it's a prime example of why the band is so vital.
- Tim Sendra
Tunnel Vision
Beach Bunny
Tunnel Vision
AWAL
Pop/Rock
The third album by the Chicago punk-pop group is a little more polished but still full of heart and soul.
- Tim Sendra
Anyway
Anamanaguchi
Anyway
Polyvinyl
Pop/Rock, Electronic
The chiptune heroes convened in the American Football house to write their most traditionally band-oriented album yet.
- Paul Simpson
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Big Freedia
Pressing Onward
Queen Diva Music
Religious, Pop/Rock
Surprisingly powerful pivot to gospel that infuses songs of hope and resilience with the energy of New Orleans bounce.
- Neil Z. Yeung
Surrender InsteadEditor's choice
Field Medic
Surrender Instead
Alternate Side Records / Many Hats
Pop/Rock
A decade into his craft, this multi-genre songwriter brings a newfound self-assuredness to some of his best written and most carefully arranged songs to date.
- Fred Thomas
CBGB 12.13.88
Galaxie 500
CBGB 12.13.88
Silver Current
Pop/Rock
Ripping live set from 1988 that shows a more energetic side of the legendary indie rock band as they tear through songs from Today.
- Tim Sendra
BuglandEditor's choice
No Joy
Bugland
Sonic Cathedral
Pop/Rock
The genre-defiant polymath collaborates with co-producer Fire-Toolz on an album of maximalist pop that never stops changing gears but somehow never overwhelms.
- Fred Thomas

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A veteran of the L.A. psychedelic scene, Michael Collins turns the trippiness down to a slow boil for his Drugdealer project. Built around his smooth keyboard playing and plangent soft rock melodies, the band re-creates the laid-back sound and vibe of Laurel Canyon of the '70s, while also sounding as technically pure as a studio full of session players. Two albums recorded in the late 2010s (The End…  Read More about Drugdealer

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Phantoms
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Acceptance
Phantoms
April 26, 2005
Alternative/Indie Rock
Revisiting Phantoms two decades after its original release, it's impressive how much these songs hold up. Merging an emo-punk pedigree with melodic rock heft, this is essential listening and one of the seminal releases from that era. Blast off with "In Too Far," "Breathless," "Over You," and "Permanent." Yearning and earnestness rarely rock this hard. Celebrating the 20th anniversary of this beloved debut, the Seattle emo-punks will return this September with a newly recorded duets version of the LP featuring a slew of special guests.
- Neil Z. Yeung
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