E.Town Concrete – “The Renaissance”
GENRE: Rap MetalLABEL: Resurrection A.D.RELEASED: 2001 7.4 E.Town Concrete’s The Renaissance stands as one of the most fully realized examples
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Album Reviews
Dua Lipa – “Future Nostalgia”
GENRE: Dane PopLABEL: WarnerRELEASED: 2020 8.5 Dua Lipa’s sophomore album, Future Nostalgia, arrived with a fully formed aesthetic. The title
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Collective Soul – “Collective Soul”
GENRE: Post-GrungeLABEL: AtlanticRELEASED: 1995 8.3 After the surprise success of Hints Allegations and Things Left Unsaid, Collective Soul found themselves
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Banner Pilot – “Collapser”
GENRE: Punk RockLABEL: Fat Wreck ChordsRELEASED: 2009 7.7 Collapser is one of the great under-the-radar punk albums of the late
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Dr. Dre – “The Chronic”
GENRE: West Coast Hip-HopLABEL: Death RowRELEASED: 1992 9.6 The Chronic arrived after a turbulent and very public fracture within N.W.A.
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Against Me! – “New Wave”
GENRE: Punk RockLABEL: SireRELEASED: 2007 8.1 New Wave arrived with controversy baked into its release. Against Me! had been a
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Hot Rod Circuit – “Sorry About Tomorrow”
GENRE: EmoLABEL: VagrantRELEASED: 2002 7.6 Hot Rod Circuit’s Sorry About Tomorrow arrived at a moment when early 2000s emo was
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D12 – “Devil’s Night”
GENRE: Hip-HopLABEL: Shady RecordsRELEASED: 2001 6.7 D12’s Devil’s Night arrived at a moment when Eminem had become one of the
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The Starting Line – “Say It Like You Mean It”
GENRE: Pop PunkLABEL: Drive ThruRELEASED: 2002 7.9 The Starting Line’s Say It Like You Mean It arrived during the height
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Alexisonfire – “Alexisonfire”
GENRE: Post-HardcoreLABEL: Distort/Equal VisionRELEASED: 2002 8.5 Alexisonfire’s self-titled debut hit like a lightning strike when it arrived in 2002. The
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