The Australian six-piece’s name suits them well. Alpine’s airy female vocals float over tinkly piano lines that pop into the air like icicles. The songs sound fresh and crisp, clouds of breath expelled from the band’s mouths. Despite their wintery sound, Alpine’s debut album is anything but cold. The jaunty tunes sounds like they’re taking […]
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Fragrant World is one of those records that requires a few listens to get into, but it’s definitely worth an investment of time.
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Sometimes certain songs are sweeter the second time around.
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This album isn’t a patriotic tribute or a collection of anthems …
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It’s clear that this album going to be blaring out of people’s car windows all summer long.
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If the band Stepdad were an actual stepdad, they’d probably be the cool kind that takes his stepson to his favorite band’s concerts and plays catch with him in the backyard.
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Hot Fuss thrust Brandon Flowers and his band to the front of popular music when it came out in 2004.
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We wanted to have something that was our own.
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The entire album pulses with playfulness, energy and life.
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The sophomore release feels heavy and confrontational, lacking the fun of her 2008 debut.
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Lucero’s songs mirror her own musical journey–simultaneously fragile and arresting.
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