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Ashnikko – ‘Smoochies’ review: like eavesdropping on the most shocking conversation in the restaurant
On her brilliant second album, the alt-pop agitator threads K-pop and country into her lusty sonic assault Six years after she broke through with ‘Stupid’, a savage breakup banger that blew up on TikTok, former NME Cover star Ashnikko is fiercer and funnier than ever. On ‘Full…
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Ashnikko – ‘Smoochies’ review: like eavesdropping on the most shocking conversation in the restaurant
On her brilliant second album, the alt-pop agitator threads K-pop and country into her lusty sonic assault Six years after she broke through with ‘Stupid’, a savage breakup banger that blew up on TikTok, former NME Cover star Ashnikko is fiercer and funnier than ever. On ‘Full…
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Militarie Gun – ‘God Save The Gun’ review: Los Angeles punks reach new heights on ambitious second album
Go-for-broke rock songs and total vulnerability make the Gun’s second LP their most compelling yet “I want to make pop rock music for people who are fucked up,” Militarie Gun frontman Ian Shelton said in a recent interview for the band’s new album, ‘God Save The Gun’. Shelton comes from hardcore punk,…
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Militarie Gun – ‘God Save The Gun’ review: Los Angeles punks reach new heights on ambitious second album
Go-for-broke rock songs and total vulnerability make the Gun’s second LP their most compelling yet “I want to make pop rock music for people who are fucked up,” Militarie Gun frontman Ian Shelton said in a recent interview for the band’s new album, ‘God Save The Gun’. Shelton comes from hardcore punk,…
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Tame Impala – ‘Deadbeat’ review: lyrical inertia bogs down Kevin Parker’s psych-rave meditation on adulthood
The psych hermit-turned-pop hitmaker turns to dance music – and openly embraces his introversion and insecurities If you came of age in the early-2010s, it can be hard to fathom that Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker has now spent more years affiliated with Rihanna than his local psych-rock scene. His…
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Tame Impala – ‘Deadbeat’ review: lyrical inertia bogs down Kevin Parker’s psych-rave meditation on adulthood
The psych hermit-turned-pop hitmaker turns to dance music – and openly embraces his introversion and insecurities If you came of age in the early-2010s, it can be hard to fathom that Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker has now spent more years affiliated with Rihanna than his local psych-rock scene. His…
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The Last Dinner Party – ’From The Pyre’ review: a darker, more accomplished return
Instead of switching lanes, the band develop the dramatic baroque-pop sound they first introduced themselves with on their highly anticipated second album If artists’ catalogues are often able to be divided into defined eras, each album distinct from the next, The Last Dinner Party are doing things…
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The Last Dinner Party – ’From The Pyre’ review: a darker, more accomplished return
Instead of switching lanes, the band develop the dramatic baroque-pop sound they first introduced themselves with on their highly anticipated second album If artists’ catalogues are often able to be divided into defined eras, each album distinct from the next, The Last Dinner Party are doing things…
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