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Gorillaz
The Mountain
On The Mountain, Gorillaz render the cinema of life, with its frankness and earnest-heartedness, as naturally as anything they’ve created
PopMatters
Kim Gordon
Play Me
If The Collective was punishing in its density, Play Me is its equal and opposite: leaner and more melodic without sacrificing invention. It's an album that reaffirms Gordon still knows how, and why, to push forward
All Music
Kim Gordon
Play Me
In a time when chaos and unpredictability are the experience de jour, one can push reality away or embrace it. Gordon does the latter. With unflagging allure
Beats Per Minute
James Blake
Trying Times
Over the course of a thirteen-track run, it becomes abundantly clear that James Blake truly, madly, deeply, believes in love
Northern Transmissions
Kim Gordon
Play Me
Consider, then, Kim Gordon’s PLAY ME as a window to that harrowing world of nausea, bad lyrics, gnarly dance beats, and for-profit mentality
Northern Transmissions
Mandy, Indiana
URGH
URGH is creative, scary and club-worthy all at the same time. If you're a fan of industrial music, techno, hip-hop and/or post-punk, there will be something for you to enjoy about this album
Sputnik Music (staff)
Kim Gordon
Play Me
While PLAY ME is an indulgence that can be allowed, it feels like a lesser work given her accomplishments and clear artistic ambitions
Spectrum Culture
Ora Cogan
Hard Hearted Woman
Even at its bleakest, the record resists easy cynicism. Instead, Cogan does the more difficult thing holding open a dark space long enough for light and curiosity to flicker inside it. Resilience lies not in becoming impenetrable, but in finding ways to feel more alive without breaking altogether
God Is In The TV
Ora Cogan
Hard Hearted Woman
The Canadian songwriter draws from gothic Americana, psychedelic folk, and ghostly bluegrass on an album of hypnotic ballads that land like incantations
Pitchfork
Ora Cogan
Hard Hearted Woman
She alternates between fighting the current and giving in. That approach, coupled with vocals balancing despair and determination, lends "The Smoke", with its cathedral synths, and especially "Division", with its narcotised krautrock drumbeat, an unsettling energy that's both treacherous and cathartic. Print edition only
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Ora Cogan
Hard Hearted Woman
With Hard Hearted Woman, Ora Cogan showcases that, in a patriarchal world, you have to be literally and figuratively ready to fight, body and soul
PopMatters
Ora Cogan
Hard Hearted Woman
Her haziest and trippiest yet, involving well over a dozen guests, including on synthesizer, organs, and electric guitar
All Music
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