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Travis Harmon and Jon Corbin’s first collaboration spanned six years and two countries, but the feel-good Christian hip hop is fresh and inspiring despite the project’s constraints.

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This new soundtrack from Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross is their first to feature outside collaboration. Mogwai and the composer of Brokeback Mountain both lend their styles to these compositions of hope and unease.

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Saint Motel: saintmotelivision Review - Unsung Sundays

In the realm of catchy and hummable music, you’d be hard-pressed to find anything more relevant and exciting than saintmotelevision, the second feature-length record from Saint Motel.

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D.D Dumbo: Utopia Defeated Review - Unsung Sundays

Utopia Defeated is the rare sort of debut that inspires thanks to its delightfully inventive approach to songwriting.

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Liz Loughrey's "Rise Up" Video - Unsung Sundays

Liz Loughrey’s soulful pop makes for a disarming music video that serves as a call to peace for all of us.

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This issue's table of contents:

Review • D.D Dumbo: Utopia Defeated

Review • Saint Motel: saintmotelivision

Review • Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross: Before the Flood

Review • R & R: Travis harmon and Jon Corbin Are R & R

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In the realm of modern classical music, Clem Leek’s new EP is comparable to Nils Frahms’ best work. But Clem’s piano compositions have more complex textures and structures, despite their laid back sounds.

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Anderson .Paak’s ascendance continues as he partners with Knxwledge on Yes Lawd! for his second great release in a single calendar year.

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Thirty years into their career, Meshuggah prove on The Violent Sleep of Reason that they still do progressive death metal better than anybody else in the biz.

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Phantogram: Three Review - Unsung Sundays

It’s easy to love Phantogram’s new record. Despite being their most approachable album yet, the duo maintains their ability to surprise us with their wide tonal vocabularies.

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Two Door Cinema Club: Gameshow Review - Unsung Sundays

On their third record, Two Door Cinema Club embrace the ’80s. But they also become more comfortable being themselves.

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Issue 149 is out now!

This week, we groove with Two Door Cinema Club, get down with Anderson .Paak and Knxwledge, and bang our heads to Meshuggah’s newest prog metal attack.

Review • Two Door Cinema Club: Gameshow

Review • Phantogram: Three

Review • Meshuggah: The Violent Sleep of Reason

Review • NxWorries: Yes Lawd!

Review • Clem Leek: 2Pianos I

Video: • Chance the Rapper: “How Great”

Video: • Liz Loughrey: “Rise Up”

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Lisa LeBlanc: Why You Wanna Leave, Runaway Queen? Review - Unsung Sundays

The self-described “folk trash” singer embraces her rock roots more than ever on her third album — a record so fun that it’s immune to criticism.

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Apollo Brown & Skyzoo: The Easy Truth Review - Unsung Sundays

The Easy Truth is an echo of 1990s hip hop, but it feels inventive despite playing with familiar constraints. For people who miss vintage beats, that might be enough.

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It’s Canadian Thanksgiving! We’re thankful for new records from Solange, Tycho, Lisa LeBlanc, and more. Content: - Review • Solange: A Seat at the Table - Review • Lisa LeBlanc: Why You Wanna Leave, Runaway Queen? - Review • Apollo Brown & Skyzoo: The Easy Truth - Review • Tycho: Epoch - Review • Dan Mangan: Nice, Nice, Very Nice

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Two brilliant minds from The Walkmen and Vampire Weekend come together to make one of the year’s best and most inventive records.

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Gold Complex’s debut EP is a fun soul pop EP that shows a lot of potential.