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	Crizin da Z.O. Acelero Being fairly unfamiliar to this type of Brazilian music and also not fluent in Portuguese makes it a bit difficult to dive super deep into thoughts on this record but in the end 'Acelero' is packed with energy and a wonderfully entertaining listen from end to end. The complexity in the beats and the rhythms and the attention to detail in the beats makes it one of the more interesting listens of the year so far and one that you can dissect seemingly endlessly. It feels like the more headphones or sound systems I listen on the more sounds I notice and the album just continues to open up after each and every spin. 'Calmo de apasar de tudo' is a	4.5 04.17.24
	MooM Plague Infested Urban Dump Of The Future Solid powerviolence album but after a while the vocals get a bit grating and oit just doesn't have the riffs and transitions that make the individual tracks all that memorable in the long run.	3.0 04.17.24
	Quiet Commotion Red Grasshoppers The 10-minute tracks 'Ghostly Wind' and 'Hollow Moon, Strange Fires' are great but outside of that only 'Moss I Trampled' is a highlight. 53-minutes is a bit too long for this blend of slowcore/indie pop/slacker rock and while the vocals are on par for the genre, they just get old after a bit. When it hits, as the long tracks, it hits the spot but not too much outside of that.	3.0 04.07.24
	Sleater-Kinney Little Rope The title track, 'Needlessly Wild' and 'Small Finds' are really solid tracks but outside of that it doesn't really bring as much to the table as I had hoped. The songs they played from Little Rope live sounded pretty nice in context of a broader setlist and I am glad Sleater-Kinney are still at it but it just feels like the new music output is in a holding pattern since 'No Cities to Love'. Pretty good but inconsistent.	3.0 03.31.24
	Normans Normans Energetic and chaotic noise rock/punk that delivers a nice mix of upbeat, dissonant instrumentation and groovy, bassy riffs. The stretch of songs from 'Shut Up I'm Shopping' to 'Dead Snakes' is the meat of the album and shows that Normans has the ability to deliver on multiple styles of songs (if you compare 'Anti Crusoe' to 'Dead Snakes' for example). In general the instruments sound live, great and there are some great guitar tones here. The vocalist delivers a nice mix of yelling and singing and lyrics that can be funny at times but never cheesy. I hope this project tours at some point.	3.5 03.31.24
	Lucy (US-MA) 100% PROD I.V. The sparse and minimal beats are great and from a production standpoint the album is very enjoyable. That bass in the background of some of the tracks just sounds wonderful. The vocals and lyrics seem to be the dividing point on this project and they just don't do it for me. Almost like a less enjoyable Bladee for me. 'Oil Change' and 'In the Will' are highlights.	3.0 03.31.24
	IDLES TANGK About as middle of the road of artsy rock/post-punk as it gets. Outside of 'Dancer' and 'Gift Horse' there really isn't much here that evokes the raw emotion and catchiness that IDLES was so good at providing previously. TANGK feels like a band running out of ideas that met with a fancy new producer to pivot direction and is just hanging on by a thread. Bands should and can successfully change their style but here it just leads to a very mediocre record end to end.	2.5 03.31.24