"...On Catacombs, his fourth full-length and most stripped-down effort to date, the singer-songwriter steps out from behind the curtain that's cloaked his work in the past. And despite the sparser arrangements and increased focus on direct lyricism, it's every bit as aurally hypnotic as his previous work. It seems like he realized there was someone he really did want to sing to."

[8.2 / Best New Music]

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Today brings the debut album from Nasvhille all-girl country-rockers Those Darlins (it rules), the newest from Def Jux rapper Cage, heartbreaking rock from Scots Broken Records, and some classic jazz from the Matt Wilson Quartet!

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The Silence of Love ends up being a revolving door of folk rock tunes; whether or not you knew the original artists, who strummed up these lyrics over the combined course of 40 years, you'll love the way Alela Diane delivers them so much, you'll want more, and find yourself bouncing back and forth between this great compilation and the original records.

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Let me introduce The Kickdrums by listing just some of the artists that they have produced for, remixed, or mashed-up: 50 Cent, Talib Kweli, Slaughterhouse, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Lil Wayne, Estelle, The Black Kids, MGMT, Justice, The Tings Tings, and Kid Cudi. Phew!

With an eager aptitude for navigating genres and two killer mixtapes under their belt, the Kickdrums come to us with their official debut, Just A Game.

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