Mojo's Scores
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For 10,495 reviews, this publication has graded:
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53% higher than the average critic
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5% same as the average critic
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42% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 0.5 points lower than other critics.
(0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 72
| Highest review score: | Hundred Dollar Valentine | |
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| Lowest review score: | Milk Cow Blues |
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Positive: 6,850 out of 10495
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Mixed: 3,611 out of 10495
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Negative: 34 out of 10495
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More than half of these 10 crisp, vital songs derive from guitarists Pete Astor and Andy Strickland co-writing for the first time, applying decades of hard-earned wisdom and fresh vitality to quintessential designs. [Jun 2026, p.84]- Mojo
Posted May 8, 2026 -
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The touchstones - Julee Cruise, Kate Bush, The Blue Nile - are more classic than experimental but the heartbreaking emotions remain utterly real. [Jun 2026, p.88]- Mojo
Posted May 5, 2026 -
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What matters is that Harding remains a fascinating songwriting provocateur, preternaturally discipline, but able to trip emotional wires you might not even know you had. [Jun 2026, p.82]- Mojo
- Posted May 5, 2026
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It's a moody, unpredictable thing, from the Call's Balearic moment of ecstasy, to the deconstructed country-folk of Feist's What Happens Now, to the indie-noir of This Briefest kiss, all sulphurous bass and saxophone, but these many facets cohere brilliantly. [Jun 2026, p.88]- Mojo
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Sol. Hz radiates a luxuriant warmth that's hinted in its title. [Jun 2026, p.93]- Mojo
Posted Apr 30, 2026 -
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Expressing both righteous anger and relaxation of spirit, this is her most assured record yet. [Jun 2026, p.85]- Mojo
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Posted Apr 29, 2026 -
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Another album of homages, jammed fast and loose in early 2025 at Auerbach’s Easy Eye Sound studio in the wake of a cancer diagnosis for the singer’s father Chuck – who died soon after on March 29. The urgency and catharsis in these tracks makes sense in that context, but there’s something else here: a deep connection with music, felt in every groove and texture. [Jun 2026, p.89]- Mojo
- Posted Apr 29, 2026
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Their latest band, captured on Live Forever in full electric flow. [Jun 2026, p.84]- Mojo
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These are certainly boss songs – Easter Lily feels like the strongest collection of material U2 have mustered in at least 20 years.- Mojo
- Posted Apr 28, 2026
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Their third LP proper was still their best, most filler-free creation. .... Reminds us how much The Lovin' Spoonful mattered, and why Neil Young fantasied about joining them. [Jun 2026, p.94]- Mojo
Posted Apr 27, 2026 -
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The best Paisley Underground-adjacent, Byrds-infatuated new LP you've heard in a while. [Jun 2026, p.68]- Mojo
Posted Apr 27, 2026 -
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Like its closest Amos siblings, Scarlet Walk (2002) and American Doll Posse (2007, it's far from immediate, but the delayed gratification reaps rewards aplenty. [Jun 2026, p.86]- Mojo
- Posted Apr 27, 2026
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As trad indie goes, The World Is Not Good Enough is concise, fluid beauty, just 229 minutes of plangent songwriting that explores Solomon's alarming lack of cope mechanisms. [Jun 2026, p.86]- Mojo
Posted Apr 24, 2026 -
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It is simultaneously comforting and haunting, an emotional closeness that is both playful an unsettling. [Jun 2026, p.93]- Mojo
Posted Apr 24, 2026 -
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The epic A Friend Like You, the tenderest song about being unable to walk away from a relationship, rueing "why the hell do you have to be so sweet", or the self-explanatory Sad Song, ironically the jauntiest track here. [Jun 2026, p.87]- Mojo
Posted Apr 24, 2026 -
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The best pieces here really are as good as their previous iterations; very occasionally, perhaps even better. [Jun 2026, p.96]- Mojo
Posted Apr 24, 2026 -
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Throughout, Starr’s drumming is reliably great, and while he may indeed have travelled a long long road, here he sounds 85 years young. [Jun 2026, p.86]- Mojo
- Posted Apr 24, 2026
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While the song selections are unimpeachable, the execution varies massively. [May 2026, p.101]- Mojo
Posted Apr 23, 2026 -
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It's a new remix of the original album that dazzles. [May 2026, p.101]- Mojo
Posted Apr 23, 2026 -
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On Fenian they back that shrewdness with songs of depth and substance. [Jun 2026, p.90]- Mojo
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Reverberant secular folk, with spectral guitar and magic-realist vocals. [May 2026, p.93]- Mojo
Posted Apr 22, 2026 -
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Grohl can still subvert his own formula: opener Caught In The Echo brilliantly synthesises Ian MacKaye with Paul McCartney, and the needling pulse of Window is superior Josh Homme-age. The wired Child Actor, meanwhile, reveals a conflicted man behind the persona. [Jun 2026, p.86]- Mojo
- Posted Apr 22, 2026
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There is nothing brash or student bout these subtle, layered songs: her vocals remain hushed, confiding, blurry, a distant cousin of Justin Vernon's abstract exhalations. [Jun 2026, p.84]- Mojo
Posted Apr 21, 2026 -
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If Come Closer occasionally strays into the arena of techno-hippy (admittedly a compliment on the siren-squall of Ring The Alarm), the duo provide enough incentives to keep you there quite happily for a while. [Jun 2026, p.90]- Mojo
Posted Apr 20, 2026 -
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It is a little heavier on the electric-piano than the louche post-punkers' previous outings, with Diaphanous, Map Of The Night Sky and Out Sweet Sould reaching out toward the baroque, Coral-style musical theatre that defined Bid's records as Scarlet's Well. [May 2026, p.89]- Mojo
Posted Apr 17, 2026 -
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If dark forces are gathering, her songs do not lack an icy beauty. [Jun 2026, p.90]- Mojo
Posted Apr 17, 2026 -
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Fidelity is beautiful, diaristic and a very real portrait of modern black womanhood. [May 2026, p.86]- Mojo
Posted Apr 17, 2026 -
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They're also practitioners of the ancient art form of popcraft, constructing tight, clever confections then working with longtime co-producer Pat Dillett to ensure the hooks are delivered cleanly and efficiently. They remain funny, too. [Jun 2026, p.88]- Mojo
Posted Apr 16, 2026 -
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Muscular, melodic... this is the best outing yet from the Etheridge-Travis Soft Machine. [May 2026, p.90]- Mojo
Posted Apr 14, 2026 -
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Kammerkonzert's immediacy and dynamism feel more like a concert recording than studio album, powered by the incandescent energy of its creator. [Jun 2026, p.93]- Mojo
Posted Apr 14, 2026 -
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The impression left by Total Dive is that Brown Horse still have many miles in them yet. [Jun 2026, p.91]- Mojo
Posted Apr 14, 2026 -
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Questionable sequencing and some strange production choices (layers of synths and suffocating syntheric strings) sometimes make Jordan sound like a guest artist o her own album. [Jun 2026, p.86]- Mojo
Posted Apr 14, 2026 -
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The urgency is tangible, as is the sense that while Simpson is smashing up genres as a rapid response to extreme times, he’s also landed on one of the best ideas of his increasingly remarkable career. Mutiny After Midnight doesn’t propose an escape from the now, it demands we confront it head-on, by being our most righteous and uninhibited selves. [Jun 2026, p.84]- Mojo
- Posted Apr 14, 2026
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Those smitten with Myriam Gendron and Josephine foster's more direct missives will be instantly seduced. [May 2026, p.89]- Mojo
Posted Apr 13, 2026 -
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It's frequently beautiful psych-pop songs throb with a gentle electronic pulse. [May 2026, p.93]- Mojo
Posted Apr 10, 2026 -
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Like Bridgers, Nagler is clearly fond of Elliott Smith's slow-release devastation - see Hammer And Nail or Another Mona Lisa - but even her most downbeat songs come with an easy, melodic shrug that keeps her on the sunnier side of the street. [Apr 2026, p.92]- Mojo
Posted Apr 9, 2026 -
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Eternal Hand, Dream Of Mine and the love-up, XTC-flavoured relish The Possibility honour the band's history and mystery. [Apr 2026, p.86]- Mojo
Posted Apr 8, 2026 -
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It sets the same intense listening pace as XTC, Jim O'Rourke or second-act Black Country, New Road. Amid the coiled violence (In The Blink Of An Eye) and brutalist romance (One Night) lie moments of pastoral loveliness. [May 2026, p.86]- Mojo
Posted Apr 8, 2026 -
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Befitting the audiophile sonic explorer that Vernon is - sound reliably excellent. [May 2026, p.86]- Mojo
Posted Apr 7, 2026 -
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Motorpsycho's commitment to their heavy cause is admirable, but even part-timers will benefit from a day trip through their universe. [May 2026, p.88]- Mojo
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One of their best, with most tracks written by various band members. [May 2026, p.89]- Mojo
Posted Apr 3, 2026 -
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Despite being awash with regret, this record never falls apart, keeping its integrity, holding itself together with warmth and grace. [May 2026, p.88]- Mojo
Posted Apr 3, 2026 -
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Indigo Park finds Hornsby in a curiously reflective mood, singing about his past while touching upon many of his signature jazz-inflected idiosyncrasies. [May 2026, p.84]- Mojo
Posted Apr 2, 2026 -
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Bear witness to the city's enduringly restless guitar-led, predominantly white male aesthetic - obnoxious, inventive, middle finger raised. [Mar 2026, p.95]- Mojo
Posted Apr 2, 2026 -
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Positivity lights up the British Nigerian's debut. [Apr 2026, p.94]- Mojo
Posted Apr 2, 2026 -
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Thundercat has finally made the all-out pop album he's been hinting at. It fits like a glove. [May 2026, p.91]- Mojo
Posted Apr 1, 2026 -
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The album's nine tracks oscillate between driving neo-Krautrock and string-caressed pastoralism, everything garlanded by Kaye Gibson's euphoniously harmonised lead vocals and buffed to a gleaming finish by John Entire's mix. [May 2026, p.91]- Mojo
Posted Mar 31, 2026 -
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This is, ultimately, music you feel in your body, your gut, your skull, a sensation of constant sonic regeneration and psychoactive power that, like the group's use of grim robes and smoke machines when playing live, survives on its enduring air of mystery. [May 2026, p.82]- Mojo
Posted Mar 31, 2026 -
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There's beauty here, but Pine slowly melts away the frosted surface to reveal it's not an uncomplicated joy. [Apr 2026, p.88]- Mojo
Posted Mar 27, 2026 -
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Posted Mar 27, 2026 -
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Throughout, Susman's serene croon delivers tantalising oblique images - "We'll talk a different language eventually/Shape every disaster carefully" (Mediocre Demon) - which add more layers to an already rich hue. [May 2026, p.88]- Mojo
Posted Mar 27, 2026 -
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Placing a rich overlay of guitars, piano, banjo and synths over bleak and difficult circumstances, Cullum restores a gentle magic to the world. Heads, he wins. [May 2026, p.86]- Mojo
Posted Mar 27, 2026 -
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These new songs see González deepening his palette with subtle gradations, his response to a chaotic world reassuringly measured yet still heartfelt. [May 2026, p.84]- Mojo
Posted Mar 26, 2026 -
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Overall, a compelling set clearly completed in the aftermath of a storm. [May 2026, p.87]- Mojo
Posted Mar 26, 2026 -
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This is the message of Barnett’s fourth: that a blind leap of faith is better than wearing a further groove into your rut; that actually, if it is broke, you should fix it. Because perhaps songs as rewarding as those on Creature Of Habit are waiting on the other side of such a change. [May 2026, p.85]- Mojo
- Posted Mar 24, 2026
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The Twilight Sad’s first album since reducing to founding duo James Graham and Andy MacFarlane yields the most powerful version of the band’s cathartic soundworld. [May 2026, p.92]- Mojo
- Posted Mar 23, 2026
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Flea proves to be a nice rather than barnstorming trumpeter, allbeit a subtly ambitious sone: witness his Chet Bakerish take on Funkadelic's Maggot Brain. But ultimately, he respects the collectivist energies of the LA scene he's infiltrated. [May 2026, p.84]- Mojo
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A deceptively simple set of songs that manage to explore his Southern roots while sounding as if they've always been around. [May 2026, p.84]- Mojo
Posted Mar 20, 2026 -
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The track I See Red radiates synth euphoria but the Pet Shop Boys-ish Death In London and single Kingdom Undersea are more about introspection than rapture. [May 2026, p.88]- Mojo
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Its [an eccentric take on the Stones' Wild Horses] unlikely beauty is typical of Taylor's bold approach here. [May 2026, p.85]- Mojo
Posted Mar 18, 2026 -
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High Noon Hymns is possibly the Ryders' most directly activistic LP of all, from the title itself through to the anti-Trump sentiments of Four Winters Away and the T. Rex-powered Stand A Little Further In The Fire. [May 2026, p.87]- Mojo
Posted Mar 18, 2026 -
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In turning inward, back to their own natural successors, Tinariwen have made a fine tenth album befitting of that milestone. [Apr 2026, p.86]- Mojo
Posted Mar 17, 2026 -
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Besides A Sympathetic Person's skippable spoken-word intro, every move lands securely, with melody and frontman Ramon Shanker further assets. [Apr 2026, p.90]- Mojo
Posted Mar 13, 2026 -
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It's to the band's credit, then, that Only You Left spins in its own unpredictable orbit, pulling out new mysteries from their off-centre helix of goth, shoegazing and post-punk. [Apr 2026, p.85]- Mojo
Posted Mar 12, 2026 -
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It all conjures visions of student unrest, mud-strewn festivals and the pink island label, and the chutzpah and belief at work make it pretty much irresistible. [Apr 2026, p.89]- Mojo
Posted Mar 11, 2026 -
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As closing track Assagasswar fades out, we are left with a synthetic breeze, the sound of the 21st century Sahara. [Feb 2026, p.89]- Mojo
Posted Mar 11, 2026 -
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Another vibrant, joyful, fun rock'n'roll record, albeit 'fun' with a slighter smaller 'f'. .... The music world is a better place for having The Black Crowes and A Pound Of Feathers in it. [Apr 2026, p.82]- Mojo
Posted Mar 11, 2026 -
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It seems to have been compiled via the randomness of fridge poetry, but that's a strength rather than a weakness. [Mar 2026, p.96]- Mojo
Posted Mar 6, 2026 -
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The guests - six singers including Belle And Sebastian's Stuart Murdoch and SFA's Gruff Rhys - seem attuned to Wasylyk's rising star, all sounding suitably entranced and inspired. [Apr 2026, p.93]- Mojo
Posted Mar 6, 2026 -
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While Oldham frames his Bonnie 'Prince' Billy alias as a group name this time out, it's a collaboration which enhances his long-running idiosyncrasies rather than blandifies them. [Apr 2026, p.92]- Mojo
Posted Mar 6, 2026 -
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In Of The Earth he has slipped its bonds almost entirely, crafting a holistic, electro-acoustic world music that defies categorisation. [Apr 2026, p.89]- Mojo
- Posted Mar 5, 2026
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Crooked Fingers' downcast Americana hues always felt like Bachmann's most commercially potent mode, a point Swet Deth proves time and again. [Apr 2026, p.91]- Mojo
Posted Mar 5, 2026 -
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With [producer Justin] Raisen, she creates a powerhouse sound, one that twists so it can't be easily "curated", labeled, boiled down for vibes. [Apr 2026, p.87]- Mojo
Posted Mar 5, 2026 -
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Forgotten outfits like The Romans and Mod Fun come on like the '60s band Thomas Pynchon invented in The Crying Of Lot 49, but the prevailing geekdom suggests a scene that's ultimately as indie and introverted as our own C86. [Apr 2026, p.98]- Mojo
Posted Mar 4, 2026 -
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GENA craft deliciously anachronistic R&B, rewiring the lushness and melodic complexity of '70s soul and funk for the post-Dilla era. [Apr 2026, p.91]- Mojo
Posted Mar 4, 2026 -
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West's intimations of mainstream modern pop sit alongside the less direct and impressionistic. [Mar 2026, p.89]- Mojo
Posted Mar 4, 2026 -
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It is - and it sits comfortably besides Squeeze's finest works of the late '70s. It might even be better. [Apr 2026, p,92]- Mojo
- Posted Mar 3, 2026
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Yet if neurosis, despair and paranoia remain his materials, here he uses them well. In as impressive voice as ever been. [Apr 2026, p.84]- Mojo
Posted Mar 3, 2026 -
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Eleven-minute workout Don't Look Down's shifting continents of influence cement the notion of a band tightrope walking with aplomb. [Apr 2026, p.91]- Mojo
Posted Feb 27, 2026 -
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Even though Marathon is rife with such oblique, ominous trails (Safety offers "Compleete us/King snake ringed with rust"), it still feels like a personal and revealing testimonial. [Apr 2026, p.93]- Mojo
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Meek may wander but he can't help but drift back to idiosyncratic introspection which gives the album an entrancing sense of dream logic. [Apr 2026, p.85]- Mojo
Posted Feb 25, 2026 -
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Frisell is travelling a unique, but to old admirers, rather familiar path here. [Apr 2026, p.91]- Mojo
Posted Feb 25, 2026 -
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Sounding sharper than they have done in years, they’re more up for the fight than perhaps ever before.- Mojo
- Posted Feb 24, 2026
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Every song on Nothing's About To Happen To Me bears Mitski's distinctive mark. [Apr 2026, p.85]- Mojo
- Posted Feb 24, 2026
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Hen's Teeth is benchmark roots music from start to finish. [Apr 2026, p.85]- Mojo
Posted Feb 24, 2026 -
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Nearly seven years and three albums after Shepherd In A Sheepskin Vest, the first record to emerge from Callahan the family man, listeners should probably be acclimatized to his mid-life openness by now, but even by his recent standards, My Days Of 58 exhibits a clarity, a directness – even, on the tender depressive ramble of Stepping Out For Air, a sharp vulnerability. [Mar 2026, p.78]- Mojo
- Posted Feb 23, 2026
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