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Placebo Hurtle from Dark Winter into an Imperiled Spring on Salient, Soul-Searching ‘Never Let Me Go’ | Album Review

April 1, 2022 Rayna Khaitan

Despite its unsettling facade, Placebo’s ‘Never Let Me Go’ delivers an effortlessly satisfying—even reassuring—ride, veering vivaciously toward a pandemic-emergent, still imperiled, spring.

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Matt Berninger Offers Sedative for Disquieting Times with Uneven Debut Solo Affair ‘Serpentine Prison’ | Album Review

November 20, 2020 Rayna Khaitan
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Berninger cast an intimate, unifying portrait of the human experience on The National’s most recent album (2019’s ‘I Am Easy to Find’), but with his first solo LP, he has unhooked from that tethering.

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The National Tackle Life’s Biggest Questions with Colossally Beautiful ‘I Am Easy To Find’ | Album Review

July 15, 2019 Rayna Khaitan

The band’s eighth studio LP and accompanying film flow from a similarly heaping bank of emotion, both continuously informed by the relationships in our lives that shape our identities.

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Interpol Show Signs of Struggle, Stagnaion and Glancing Brilliance with ‘Marauder’ | Album Review

October 1, 2018 Rayna Khaitan

From its celestial NYC-dwelling dreaminess to the exemplary way the band’s individual talents coalesce, Interpol’s sixth studio album demonstrates the trio are in no way lacking.

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The National’s ‘Boxer (Live In Brussels)’ Is a Showstopping Trip Down Memory Lane | Album Review

August 24, 2018 Rayna Khaitan

‘Boxer Live In Brussels’ was originally released in April of this year as an exclusive Record Store Day vinyl offering, with a wider release coming to fruition last month.

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CHVRCHES Choose Mainstream Ambition Over Authentic Charm with ‘Love Is Dead’ | Album Review

June 12, 2018 Rayna Khaitan

CHVRCHES’ third album flashes an alluring, synthy grin that sometimes manages to disguise its annoyingly saccharine pop core.

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The National’s Escapist ‘Sleep Well Beast’ Offers Glowing Promise in Dark Times | Album Review

October 16, 2017 Rayna Khaitan

The song suite impeccably captures the ongoing inner cacophony and heightening agitation of life post-election here in the U.S.

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Slowdive Resurrect Their Ageless Aesthetic with Incandescent Perfection on 'Eponymous 'Slowdive' | Album Review

May 22, 2017 Rayna Khaitan

Where we’d once accepted Slowdive’s absence as a dismal reality, their revival has rendered us vulnerable again, desperately craving more.

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‘Running Out of Love’ Reinforces The Radio Dept.’s Enduring Promise of Evocative Pop | Album Review

October 25, 2016 Rayna Khaitan

The Swedish band’s fourth studio LP continues their sweet legacy, delivering a cohesive mix of smart, shimmery pop that stimulates both brain and body.

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