Spectreview
Here you’ll find a collection of music reviews using the Spectreview system. We cover everything from popular releases to local music.
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Spectreview: Guayaba – Fantasmagoria
Guayaba’s multi-faceted, wondrously heady Fantasmagoria literally feels pulled from the earth.
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Spectreview: ings – Lullaby Rock
ings’ Lullaby Rock is a triumphant debut LP and a profound panacea for today's daily onslaught of negativity.
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Spectreview: Mount Eerie w/ Julie Dorian – Lost Wisdom Pt. 2
On Mount Eerie’s stark, beautiful sequel to Lost Wisdom, Phil Elverum poignantly dedicates himself to the pursuit of love.
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Spectreview: Leif Vollebekk – New Ways
Leif Vollebekk shifts ever so slightly from the porch to the jazz club in his latest LP.
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Spectreview: FKA twigs – MAGDALENE
FKA twigs’ MAGDALENE is all raw nerve and emotional nudity, fashioned with the confidence and exacting care of a truly great artist.
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Spectreview: Sudan Archives – Athena
Sudan Archives’ first full-length is top-notch conscious alt-R&B with dazzling violinistic flourishes.
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Spectreview: Michael Kiwanuka – KIWANUKA
Michael Kiwanuka’s self-titled album is as sprawling as his 2016 breakthrough but more streamlined, with a fresh, soulful regality.
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Spectreview: Earl Sweatshirt – FEET OF CLAY
The surprise-released FEET OF CLAY EP continues the impressive, warped, lo-fi inscrutability that currently defines Earl Sweatshirt.
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Spectreview: Dry Cleaning – Boundary Road Drinks and Snacks
Dry Cleaning’s excellent second EP finds a scatterbrained beauty in life's banalities.
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Spectreview: Bobbygrooves, DEEMO & Sous Chef – Acid Cloud
Acid Cloud is skillfull improvisational jazz that’s alternately relaxing and unnerving.