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-- Kevin & Derek

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Sianna Plavin’s folk solo debut ‘Go on Now’

Providence, Rhode Island folk singer/songwriter Sianna Plavin has released her solo debut, Go on Now. Does the album make you wanna stay or go? Watch our review to find out.

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SOUNDS LIKE • Joanna Newsom, Kat Edmondson, and Angel Olsen camp out beneath the stars • Ingrid Michaelson, served Alabama Shaken, not stirred KEY TRACKS Cruel, Low Hum, Blessed Be, Go on Now BEST LYRICS "Hold on to your mountain / Hold on to your sea / That old mean monkey / He got a hold of me" – Cruel "I will fight for you, but I can’t fight you" – Blessed Be OVERALL RATING Kevin: 3/5 Derek: 4/5

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Sianna Plavin -- Go on Now -- Album Review Episode #169 -- Published 8/4/15

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The Maccabees bring the energy and expansiveness on ‘Marks to Prove It’

London rockers The Maccabees just dropped their 4th album, Marks to Prove It. Do they take a musical beating or roll with the sonic punches? Watch our review to find out.

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SOUNDS LIKE • The Vaccine(s) to reduce the risk of frostbite from extended Coldplay with Arctic Monkeys • The National, Radiohead, and Arcade Fire walk the streets of London from dusk till dawn KEY TRACKS Marks to Prove It, Kamakura, Silence, Something Like Happiness BEST LYRICS "If it’s over, let it be over / Because time and again you have tried it again / And you’ve worn it down to the bone" -- Something Like Happiness "He's given a bloody nose to the best friend he knows / The only time he's cried since he was seven years old / Your best friends forgive you / Your best friends forget you get old" -- Kamakura OVERALL RATING Derek: 4/5 Kevin: 4/5

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The Maccabees -- Marks to Prove It -- Album Review Episode #168 -- Published 8/4/15

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Wilco drops surprise album ‘Star Wars’

Chicago alt-country rockers Wilco just dropped their 9th studio album, Star Wars. Besides its surprise release, what’s so surprising about it? Watch our review to find out.

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SOUNDS LIKE • Episode 1 (the Star Wars movie), whereas Yankee Hotel Foxtrot is The Empire Strikes Back • Wilco goes back in time and space to jam with Wilco  KEY TRACKS Random Name Generator, The Joke Explained, You Satellite, Cold Slope BEST LYRICS "I better smoke my chains / With whoever measures the crest / They can have my broken chest / It's a staring contest / In a hall of mirrors / I was in tears / But I don't ever cry" -- The Joke Explained "All along, I couldn’t take a kiss like you" -- Taste the Ceiling OVERALL RATING Derek: 4/5 Kevin: 4/5

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Wilco – Star Wars – Album Review Episode #167 – Published 7/21/15

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Tame Impala trades guitars for synths on ‘Currents’

Aussie psych band Tame Impala just dropped their 3rd album, Currents. Is their new electronic sound a natural evolution or a jolting departure? Watch our review to find out.

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SOUNDS LIKE • Prince, Daft Punk, and Toro y Moi go for a super-stoned swim at sundown • An introspective Yellow Submarine in danger of getting caught in a strong undertow KEY TRACKS Yes I'm Changing; Reality in Motion; New Person, Same Old Mistakes BEST LYRICS “Like the brutal autumn sun / It dawns on me, what have I done? / Saying sorry ain't as good as saying why / But it buys me a little more time” – Cause I'm a Man “Well, somewhere between a lover and a friend / It was different back then / Surreal, poetic so I'd say, like a bizarre chick flick with a confusing end” – Past Life OVERALL RATING Kevin: 4/5 Derek: 4/5

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Tame Impala – Currents – Album Review Episode #166 – Published 7/21/15

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Ezra Furman's new genre-bending 'Perpetual Motion People' -- Album Review

Oakland-based Ezra Furman mixes rock, doo-wop, and punk with his 3rd album, Perpetual Motion People. Does he always keep things moving or never find his footing? Watch our review to find out.

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SOUNDS LIKE • A continuously blending smoothie of Talking Heads, Ariel Pink, and Violent Femmes • Foxygen and Modest Mouse venting frustrations to therapist, Dr. Dog KEY TRACKS Lousy Connection, Ordinary Life, Body Was Made BEST LYRICS "Never classify me / Don’t try me" -- Wobbly "I think it’s time you brought your face across the railroad to my place / I can’t share this whiskey with you through the phone" -- Hour of Deepest Need OVERALL RATING

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Ezra Furman -- Perpetual Motion People -- Album Review Episode #165 -- Published 7/14/15

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Anderson East's soul country debut 'Delilah' -- Album Review

Nashville artist Anderson East just dropped his first major album, Delilah. What’s the secret to the strength behind his soul country sound? Watch our review to find out.

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SOUNDS LIKE • Alt-country of Ryan Adams, folk of Ray Lamontagne, and blues of Ray Charles • Pickwick opening for a Ryan Adams solo show KEY TRACKS Satisfy Me, Quit You, Lonely BEST LYRICS "Lord, forgive me for what I’m thinking / Saturday night and I’m high and I’ve been drinking / But come tomorrow morning across the aisle / I look over and see her smile / Bow my head and the choir sings / Lord, forgive me; she’s bringing out the devil in me" -- Devil in Me "I sipped the finest brandy, is not as sweet as perfume / I kissed the softest lips, but even they wouldn't do / I drove the Autobahn, in a Coupe de Ville / Climbed Kilimanjaro, it was just a hill" -- Satisfy Me OVERALL RATING

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Anderson East -- Delilah -- Album Review Episode #164 -- Published 7/14/15

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Best Albums of 2015 So Far -- Special Edition

2015 has already been an awesome year of music, and here are our picks for the best albums so far. Which albums made our list and what's so great about them? Watch to find out.

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BEST ALBUMS OF 2015 SO FAR • Unknown Mortal Orchestra: Multi-Love • Young Fathers: White Men Are Black Men Too • Ryan Bingham: Fear & Saturday Night • Courtney Barnett: Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit • Lord Huron: Strange Trails • Alabama Shakes: Sound & Color

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Best Albums of 2015 So Far -- Special Edition Episode #162 -- Published 7/7/15

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Fraser A. Gorman's alt folk debut 'Slow Gum' -- Album Review

Australian singer/songwriter Fraser A. Gorman just dropped his debut album, Slow Gum. Does it lose its flavor too quickly or leave you chomping at the bit for more? Watch our review to find out.

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SOUNDS LIKE • Somewhere between Conor Oberst and Langhorne Slim • Lou Reed composing M. Ward fronting The Band KEY TRACKS Big Old World, We're All Alright, Blossom & Snow BEST LYRICS "Did you hear about the girl from New York City? / She nearly lost her mind / Gazing out the window of her hotel room / I guess I won’t contest she died doing what she did best / It’s a big old world on a sunny afternoon" -- Big Old World "Wintertime is long gone / It’s just summer till I get old and gray" -- We're All Alright OVERALL RATING

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Fraser A. Gorman -- Slow Gum -- Album Review Episode #163 -- Published 7/7/15

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hey guys, just wanted to say that i love your work! love the structure of your reviews and your consistency. keep it up! been recommending your youtube channel to many - hope your success continues. all the best!

Wow, thanks so much for the kind words! Really glad you like our reviews, and thanks a ton for recommending us to others. Keep on rockin’ in the free world! -- Kevin & Derek

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Country + grunge = crunge on T. Hardy Morris' new 'Hardy & the Hardknocks: Drownin on a Mountaintop' -- Album Review

After a highly acclaimed solo debut, alt country rocker T. Hardy Morris is back with his 2nd album, Hardy & The Hardknocks: Drownin on a Mountaintop. Is this new sound solid as a rock or too craggy to climb? Watch our review to find out.

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SOUNDS LIKE • Langhorne Slim, Ryan Adams, and Uncle Tupelo -- but ain’t no knock-offs either • PUJOL gets a Deer Tick that infects him with Nirvana KEY TRACKS Quieter (When I Leave Town), Cut & Dry BEST LYRICS "Just like the movies our eyes met / And just like the movies by the end they were wet / Just like in the movies I can’t catch each word / Love is a language with no subtitles" -- Just Like the Movies "I’m leaving now and coming back never / You can’t kill time without hurting forever" -- Quieter (When I Leave Town) OVERALL RATING

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T. Hardy Morris -- Hardy & The Hardknocks: Drownin on a Mountaintop -- Album Review Episode #161 -- Published 6/30/15

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Do some old school soul searching with Leon Bridges' debut 'Coming Home' -- Album Review

Fort Worth crooner Leon Bridges just dropped his much-hyped debut album, Coming Home. Is its retro soul a bridge to the past that’s worth the drive? Watch our review to find out.

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SOUNDS LIKE • A B-sides compilation of Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, The Temptations, and Al Green • Familiar blues, soul, R&B, and gospel sounds create for a sunny stroll down memory lane KEY TRACKS Shine, Pull Away BEST LYRICS "The complexion of a sweet praline / Hair long as the sea / Heart warm like Louisiana sun / Voice like a symphony" -- Lisa Sawyer "What can I do? What can I do? / To get back to your heart / I’d swim the Mississippi River / If you would give me another start" -- Better Man OVERALL RATING

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Leon Bridges -- Coming Home -- Album Review Episode #160 -- Published 6/30/15

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Rock to the wanderlust blues of Heartless Bastards' new 'Restless Ones' -- Album Review

Austin-by-way-of-Cincinnati blues rockers Heartless Bastards have released their 5th album, Restless Ones. So when the Heartless get restless, do they also get aimless, or fearless? Watch our review to find out.

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SOUNDS LIKE • Collective Soul hop in a Fleetwood Mac truck and try to outdrive The Byrds flying overhead • Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Dawes, and the Alabama Shakes take a working road trip on Interstate 10 through West Texas KEY TRACKS Gates of Dawn, Into the Light BEST LYRICS "Stars light up the summer sky / Still is the night, so restless the dawn / Oh, we swallow the rivers dry / And walk through the ancient thoughts in our minds" -- Eastern Wind "Oh I have spun out and filled myself with doubt" -- Black Cloud OVERALL RATING

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Heartless Bastards -- Restless Ones -- Album Review Episode #159 -- Published 6/23/15

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Hallucinate inside your heart with Gengahr's debut 'A Dream Outside' -- Album Review

London psych-pop quartet Gengahr just dropped their debut album, A Dream Outside. Is it a heavenly dream beneath the stars, or a sleepless nightmare in a poorly constructed, leaky tent? Watch our review to find out.

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SOUNDS LIKE • A musical monster lurking in the dark, with the psych-rock prowess of Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Glass Animals, and Portugal. The Man, and Bon Iver-esque falsetto vocals • The Bee Gees have a lucid dream jam session with MGMT and Silversun Pickups KEY TRACKS Bathed in Light, Fill My Gums with Blood BEST LYRICS "Stubborn to see through / But there’s one thing I can do without / I listen on repeat to the same shit you’ve been bleating out" -- She’s a Witch "Soft in the middle, melting away / Lonely as a shark in dark room, counting away" -- Lonely as a Shark OVERALL RATING

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Gengahr -- A Dream Outside -- Album Review Episode #158 -- Published 6/23/15

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Get in touch with all your roots with The Deslondes' self-titled debut -- Album Review

New Orleans-based "country-meets-Southern-R&B hybrid" The Deslondes just released their self-titled debut album. Are these roots revivalists doing anything new with old sounds? Watch our review to find out.

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SOUNDS LIKE • A musical gumbo of Hank Williams, George Jones, and Fats Domino • The Avett Brothers, Old Crow Medicine Show, and JD McPherson got drunk in New Orleans and performed together somewhere on Frenchman Street KEY TRACKS The Real Deal, Out on the Rise BEST LYRICS "I heard her heart beat just like a gunshot" -- Still Someone "Like a train I was made to roll / Like an old dog I walked in stray / Though all my days have seemed to stall / I saw the light and I walked away" -- Heavenly Home OVERALL RATING

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The Deslondes -- The Deslondes -- Album Review Episode #157 -- Published 6/16/15

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Get deep and moody with Of Monsters And Men's 'Beneath the Skin' -- Album Review

Icelandic indie folk-pop band Of Monsters And Men just dropped their sophomore release, Beneath the Skin. So does the album live up to its name? Watch our review to find out.

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SOUNDS LIKE • OMAM grow into their sound (and maybe should have released their debut under the name Of Monsters and Boys) • Shout Out Louds mixed with Highasakite KEY TRACKS Thousand Eyes, We Sing BEST LYRICS "I am a stranger / I am an alien inside a structure / Are you really gonna love me when I'm gone?" -- I of the Storm "I of the Storm" -- I of the Storm OVERALL RATING

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Of Monsters And Men -- Beneath the Skin -- Album Review Episode #156 -- Published 6/16/15

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Kick back to classic rock with Dawes' All Your Favorite Bands -- Album Review

California folk rockers Dawes just dropped their 4th album, All Your Favorite Bands. Does the band sound like themselves, or all your favorite classic rock bands? Watch our review to find out.

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SOUNDS LIKE • Dawes jamming with The Eagles, Eric Clapton, and Elvis Costello • In any time lost with The New Basement Tapes, Dawes found a fuller, more mature sound KEY TRACKS Things Happen; Now That It’s Too Late, Maria BEST LYRICS "She was as new and as ancient as the solar paneled hills" -- Somewhere Along the Way "When I think of you, you still got on that hat that says ‘let’s party’ / I hope that thing is never thrown away" -- All Your Favorite Bands OVERALL RATING

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Dawes -- All Your Favorite Bands -- Album Review Episode #154 -- Published 6/9/15

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