Maritime – “Glass Floor”
GENRE: Indie RockLABEL: DeSotoRELEASED: 2004 7.7 With Glass Floor, Davey von Bohlen quietly stakes his claim as a foundational figure
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Album Reviews
Chamberlain – “Exit 263”
GENRE: Alt-CountryLABEL: DoghouseRELEASED: 2001 7.8 On Exit 263, Chamberlain fully abandons their post-hardcore origins and settles comfortably into a dusty,
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Carly Rae Jepsen – “Emotion”
GENRE: PopLABEL: 604/Schoolboy/InterscopeRELEASED: 2015 9.0 When Carly Rae Jepsen released Emotion in 2015, most of the world had already filed
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Janelle Monáe – “Dirty Computer”
GENRE: FunkLABEL: Bad Boy/AtlanticRELEASED: 2018 9.1 By the time Janelle Monáe released Dirty Computer, she had already proven herself a
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Recover – “This May Be the Year I Disappear”
GENRE: Post-HardcoreLABEL: Universal/StrummerRELEASED: 2004 7.4 By the time Recover released This May Be the Year I Disappear, the Texas-based post-hardcore
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Hot Hot Heat – “Make Up the Breakdown”
GENRE: Indie RockLABEL: Sub PopRELEASED: 2002 7.7 Released in the thick of the early 2000s garage and dance-punk revival, Make
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Cursive – “The Ugly Organ”
GENRE: Indie RockLABEL: Saddle CreekRELEASED: 2003 8.2 Few albums in the early 2000s indie scene arrived with as much theatrical
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The Juliana Theory – “Love”
GENRE: EmoLABEL: EpicRELEASED: 2003 6.7 By 2003, emo was morphing into something shinier — ditching basements for radio studios, heartbreak
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Heatmiser – “Mic City Sons”
GENRE: Indie RockLABEL: Virgin/CarolineRELEASED: 1996 8.3 Some albums feel like accidents of timing — the last breath of a band
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Jay-Z – “The Black Album”
GENRE: Hip-HopLABEL: Roc-A-Fella/Def JamRELEASED: 2003 9.0 In hip-hop, retirement announcements are rarely about the absence of future work — they’re
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