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- Wipers
Youth of America
Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today, we revisit the gnarly, psychedelic, and insurrectionary sound of the Portland punk band’s best album.
- Summer Walker
Life on Earth EP
Summer Walker’s follow-up to her 2019 debut album offers a quick tour through the Atlanta singer’s world—a couple sultry strip club joints, a couple guitar-led ballads, and a playful reunion with PARTYNEXTDOOR.
- Haux
Violence in a Quiet Mind
In a vaporous swirl of voice and emotions, Massachusetts songwriter Woodson Black asks a profound question: Music can always make you feel better, but can it ever make you healed?
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The talented young Seattle band plays sly and uncommonly melodic odes to ’70s sleaze-rock on its self-released debut.
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