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Dirty Hit
AllMusic Rating: 4.0 stars
The band navigates life's dance between joy and grief by adding earthier sounds and candid songwriting to their anthemic style.
- Heather Phares
Easy Eye Sound
AllMusic Rating: 4.0 stars
Tightly wound and somewhat restrained, the trio dig into some low slung grooves and tough ballads while occasionally bursting out in gnarly guitar workouts.
- Tim Sendra
Run On Records
AllMusic Rating: 4.0 stars
The band skillfully explore some new sounds like rock steady, doo wop, and Ethiopian jazz, on this excellent album, their 13th.
- Tim Sendra
Ansonia Records / Kuroneko
AllMusic Rating: 4.5 stars
Magical update and deconstruction of the music of Mexican cumbia innovator Rigo Tovar, done with love by two sonic pranksters/geniuses.
- Tim Sendra
Northern Spy
AllMusic Rating: 4.0 stars
The cosmic Americana trio paint a series of twilight scenes on their sixth studio album.
- Paul Simpson
drink sum wtr
AllMusic Rating: 4.5 stars
The poet follows her Grammy-nominated debut with an anguished if unyielding set co-produced with Meshell Ndegeocello and Justin Brown.
- Andy Kellman
Island
AllMusic Rating: 4.5 stars
Originally released in 1993, Everybody Else Is Doing It So Why Can't We? introduced The Cranberries' distinctive sound, driven by Dolores O'Riordan's vocals and the band's melodic songwriting. Reissued on 22 May 2026 as a 33rd Anniversary Deluxe Edition.
4AD
AllMusic Rating: 4.0 stars
The synth pop group celebrates two decades in the game by collecting non-album tracks mainly issued on limited singles.
- Paul Simpson

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AllMusic Staff Pick – May 23, 2026
2001
An offshoot of noise-gazers Lovesliescrushing, Astrobrite is more melodic and pop-oriented, but still often sound like they're being blasted from jet engines rather than speakers. Their debut album (actually recorded to four-track cassette in the mid-90s) is a near-perfect batch of forlorn melodies drowning in feedback noise and trippy effects. There's also a more professional-sounding studio re-recording called Super Crush, which also sounds nice, but the original versions on Crush are mind-blowing.
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