Album Reviews

Upcoming albums to keep on your radar this month

Danae Leake • Jul 7, 2016

Usually, music doesn’t pick and choose its season, but there’s something about new tunes in the summertime that keeps the season fresh. Maybe we need to consume refreshing tracks to cool down the hot, sizzlin’, bacon cracklin’ heat.

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Album Review: Chance The Rapper’s evolution continues on a trippy, religious note

Nick Blank • May 18, 2016

Chance The Rapper is proving nominative determinism wrong. “Rapper” is a limiting term for him, just like it was for Andre 3000.

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Record Store Day: The Ultimate Guide

Rachel Cazares • Apr 15, 2016

Vinyl-lovers rejoice, the tenth-annual Record Store Day is spinning this Saturday at record stores around the globe, and a couple places right in Jacksonville.

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Most Anticipated Album Releases for Spring

Rachel Cazares • Mar 3, 2016

As we await Drake's new album, View From the 6, plenty of other great albums are rearing their heads this spring to hold us over.

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Spin This: Spring Concert Guide 2016 Edition

Rachel Cazares • Jan 30, 2016

In this week's Spin This, we give you all the best local spring concerts to keep on your radar.

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Spin This: Playlists of the best Punk, Hip-Hop, and Rap of 2015

Rachel Cazares • Jan 22, 2016

Spin This brings you effortless playlists that fuse together for that perfect "I can't stop bobbing my head" feeling.

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Spinnaker Record Club: Battles holds Lana Del Rey at bay

Douglas Markowitz • Sep 22, 2015

Also this week: Petite Noir, Bikini Kill and Ratking's Sporting Life.

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Spinnaker Record Club: The Weeknd doesn’t know what to say on Beauty Behind the Madness

Douglas Markowitz • Sep 15, 2015

Also this week: Micachu and the Shapes, Beirut, Deradoorian and more.

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Spinnaker Record Club: Foals refine their signature style with What Went Down

Douglas Markowitz • Sep 8, 2015

Plus: new music from Destroyer, FKA twigs, Panda Bear and Aphex Twin.

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Album Review: Beach House steps out of its comfort zone with Depression Cherry

Douglas Markowitz • Aug 26, 2015

The Baltimore dream pop duo gets experimental (but not too experimental) on their latest LP.

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Titus Andronicus invents punk opera with The Most Lamentable Tragedy

Douglas Markowitz • Jul 30, 2015

The Most Lamentable Tragedy is a 29-song story about manic depression, and it might be the most positive album of the year.

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Album Review: Tame Impala proves that nostalgia is killing indie

Douglas Markowitz • Jul 16, 2015

The Australian rock band’s new album is bad, but more importantly, it’s part of a trend.

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