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: Gifted Gab – Cause & Effect
Gab spits fire and ice on her excellent, half trap/half neo-soul new album.
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Spectreview: Beyoncé – HOMECOMING (THE LIVE ALBUM)
The career victory lap of HOMECOMING cements Beyoncé’s legacy as one of the greatest musical artists in American history.
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Spectreview: The Budos Band – The Budos Band V
The Budos Band continue their streak of unfiltered instrumental Afro-soul on their fifth album.
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Spectreview: Weyes Blood – Titanic Rising
Weyes Blood jumps to full-on chamber pop on her gorgeous, heartbreaking new album.
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Spectreview: Cheekface – Therapy Island
Cheekface’s catchy slacker-punk is in retrograde on their brilliant debut.
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Spectreview: The Black Tones – Cobain and Cornbread
The Black Tones’s Cobain and Cornbread is a bowl of chunky, comforting blues garnished with a dash of punk.
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Spectreview: Palatine Trio – Palatine Trio
Palatine Trio’s lush, restrained approach to progressive rock rolls smoothly on their debut album.
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Spectreview: Julia Shapiro – “Natural” [single]
Julia Shapiro’s first single off her upcoming solo album is gutting in its simplicity.
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Spectreview: Lena Raine – Oneknowing
Lena Raine’s debut standalone album works as both a surface-level emotional salve and a complex portrayal of self-care.
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Spectreview: Actionesse – The Deep, Bright Below
Actionesse’s debut album is a ferocious, goofily fun take on post-hardcore.