ALBUMS: August 2022 In Review
New LPs by Julia Jacklin, Panic! At The Disco and The Mountain Goats are in order for late summer
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Emotional Punk Rock aka Emo
Cosmopolitan Blood Loss: Glassjaw’s Worship & Tribute At 20
Looking back at the Long Island post-hardcore mavens’ complicated sophomore classic
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How Near How Far: 20 Years of Source Tags & Codes
The third LP from …And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead bottled the band’s unstable but undeniable chemistry as they clawed upwards to their early 2000s peak
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Can We Be Mature: The Dismemberment Plan’s Change Turns 20
Looking back on the time these DC indie heroes swapped sarcasm for sincerity
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Watching Grunge Leg Drop New Jack Through A Press Table: Pinkerton at 25
Reckoning with the complex legacy of the LP everyone thinks is the best Weezer album
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Before Every Second Act, There Must Be A First Act: Nada Surf’s High/Low at 25
A look at the band’s more than just “Popular” debut LP
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‘Enough To Hold You To The Brightest Of Lights’: Celebrating 20 Years Of Atmosphere’s ‘Lucy Ford’
Originally intended as a tour-only special release, its national distribution changed everything for the premier Minneapolis hip-hop crewalmost immediately
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Millennium Tension: Jupiter is the OK Computer of Heavy Metal
Cave In’s breakout album turns 20
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History To The Defeated: Left and Leaving at 20
On their classic second album, The Weakerthans shored up on their strengths as a prominent band in their own right
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The Racing Pulses: Something To Write Home About
The sharped dressed pop auteurs out of Madison, Wisconsin are one to watch in 2020 as they prep their first new LP in three years
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Le Tigre and the Dismemberment Plan Took Punk Into the Next Millennium
How two of indie-rock’s greatest albums broke down every remaining barrier in one day
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