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Dead Cross, Dead Cross
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Toro Y Moi, Boo Boo
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Deservingly heralded as one of today’s most forward-thinking hardcore acts, Code Orange also projects a…

Given that so many people contribute to our yearly best-of lists, it’s hard to get a glance at an individual’s…

Author Kem Nunn’s California is a land of broken dreams, where visions of peaceful beach communities are swallowed…

Think of some bands that have been around for 30 years. Now narrow that list down to those that are still any good.…

Like most kids, I was drawn to Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith’s The Stinky Cheese Man And Other Fairly Stupid Tales by…

Permanent Records is an ongoing closer look at the records that matter most.

One central challenge for instrumental rock bands is to find that elusive middle ground between developed musical…

2016 has been a big year for music, with the likes of Beyoncé, Kanye West, Kendrick Lamar, Radiohead, Chance The…

Having officially passed 2016’s midway point—look for a catch-up guide on the year’s best releases soon—the new…

With a collective résumé of Isis (the band), Old Man Gloom, Baptists, Botch, and Russian Circles, it would be…

Every Friday, dozens of new records are released into the wild. Some make big splashes, and others sink almost…

Permanent Records is an ongoing closer look at the records that matter most.

In 2014, Matt Daniels compiled a data analysis for Polygraph that ranks several rappers according to their…

Every Friday, dozens of new records are released into the wild. Some make big splashes, and others sink almost…

Every Friday, dozens of new records are released into the wild. Some make big splashes, and others sink almost…

The title of The Body/Full Of Hell collaboration makes a promise that the album delivers tenfold. Released on Neurot…

Permanent Records is an ongoing closer look at the records that matter most.

Every Friday, dozens of new records are released into the wild. Some make big splashes, and others sink almost…