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AFI  Silver Bleeds the Black Sun...

Silver Bleeds the Black Sun is more than just a new chapter for these rock icons; it is an unfolding narrative of a band unafraid to reinvent the creative mold that initially granted them the success they have today Spill Magazine

AFI  Silver Bleeds the Black Sun...

There are plenty of worthwhile moments for fans that make this entirely worth exploring, but ultimately this should end up being a catalyst for even better things to come from AFI Sputnik Music (staff)

AFI  Silver Bleeds the Black Sun...

‘Silver Bleeds…’ beautifully captures the continuous draw towards the Gothic: a sheer elation at the exorcism of one’s inner demons Clash

AFI  Silver Bleeds the Black Sun...

What makes Silver Bleeds The Black Sun… work is the confidence with which AFI have gone all in, slipping the bonds of expectation once and for all and cutting loose Kerrang!

AFI  Silver Bleeds the Black Sun...

Pushing the quartet onto yet another exciting path of artistic and creative evolution, Silver Bleeds the Black Sun is a fully committed, thematic foray into the darker corners of the AFI experience All Music

Taylor Swift  The Life of a Showgirl

A victim of its own preamble DIY

Idlewild  Idlewild

If you decide to pair playing this and then looking back at their early LPs, there is a sudden realisation of how underappreciated, en masse, Idlewild are God Is In The TV

Sprints  All That Is Over

With a nod to turning personal turmoil into art, All That Is Over is an unvarnished, sometimes exhilarating look at the anxieties that plague a world in flux and is a solid addition to their catalog even if it doesn’t push their sound into entirely new territory Under The Radar

Tune-Yards  Better Dreaming

Tune-Yards’ lyrics range from wanting us to dream better dreams to sucker punching authority. Better Dreaming’s songs are dream-like more than propagandistic PopMatters

Taylor Swift  The Life of a Showgirl

Guaranteed to be one of the year’s biggest pop records, the follow-up to The Tortured Poets Department nevertheless sounds like an artist on autopilot musicOMH

Snõõper  Worldwide

Snooper are having a laugh, but you can tell they’re serious God Is In The TV

Snõõper  Worldwide

Worldwide is everything that a great rock album should be: chaotic, adrenaline-pumping, and infectious, but crucially, it isn’t pretending to be anything that it isn’t. For that, the Nashville group should be lauded among the most exciting rock and roll outfits out there at the moment Far Out

Snõõper  Worldwide

Snooper’s vision of egg punk is more hygienic; the full experience is still reserved for the stage. They’ve fantastically magnified a glimpse of that for larger crowds, but in the studio, Snooper aren’t as wild as we thought they were The Line Of Best Fit

Snõõper  Worldwide

The Nashville punk band shifts into high gear, expelling pent-up energy through warped instruments and tantalizing beats Paste Magazine

Snõõper  Worldwide

Snooper might not be having fun on Worldwide, but they make alienation served with an absurdist wink sound more entertaining than it has in some time All Music