'California-based rapper, producer, and DJ AWOL One (aka Tony Martin) can't be pinned down to a specific sound or vision, which is a good thing. His ninth album (including collaborations), The War of Art, is an almost defiantly underground statement, featuring a mix that's so muddy and {lo-fi} that it has to have been a deliberate artistic choice. For most of the album, the beats are similarly low-key, with the distorted faux-Middle Eastern whine of The Drums being the primary standout simply by virtue of...   [ read more ]

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On their singles and EPs, Good Shoes seemed like the scrappy kid brothers of similarly bouncy, angular bands like Maxnmo Park and the Futureheads, but on their debut album, the Shoes come into their own: Think Before You Speak is a set of cheeky, vulnerable songs with all the sugar-rush immediacy, and addictiveness, of a crush. The band's singles still exemplify their economic yet jam-packed style. "All in My Head" pairs giddy riffs and a breathless melody with self-aggrandizing and self-...   [ read more ]

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