Tag Archives: PJ Harvey
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The 45 best albums of 2023: 20–1
RIFF’s best albums of 2023 include Olivia Rodrigo, Paramore, Lana Del Rey, Mitski, boygenius, Slowdive, Hozier, Yves Tumor, Foo Fighters, Corinne Bailey Rae, Kylie Minogue, The Clientele, Avenged Sevenfold, PJ Harvey, Depeche Mode, Caroline Polachek, Blur, Feist, Sonic Youth and Billy Woods with Kenny Segal. Our album reviews are…
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ALBUM REVIEW: PJ Harvey lets art come at its own pace on ‘I Inside the Old Year Dying’
PJ Harvey, “I Inside the Old Year Dying.” Rock and grunge pioneer PJ Harvey has consistently changed her sound and structure with each album. I Inside the Old Year Dying, the British singer-songwriter’s first album in seven years and her 10th overall, is yet another example of her artistic and…
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ALBUM REVIEW: Sleater-Kinney explore new territory on ‘The Center Won’t Hold’
Sleater-Kinney is an institution. Like Kathleen Hanna’s Bikini Kill before them, Sleater-Kinney became known for both their authenticity as well as their serious musical chops. Both bands carved out a place for themselves in the largely male world of rock and roll. The Center Won’t Hold Sleater-Kinney Mom +…
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Tuesday Tracks: Your Weekly New Music Discovery – April 3
Every week, there’s a plethora of new music at our fingertips. Artists on platforms such as Spotify and Bandcamp are plentiful, and the radio offers a steady deluge of new singles, but who has time to sort through all that? RIFF does! We pooled our resources to find some of the best…
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Album Review: Crystal Fairy resurrects Melvins with a Butcherettes twist
There’s always been something a little fascist about heavy metal. Putting aside the violent imagery, the sexist lyrics and the glaring absence of femininity, the tyranny of metal demanded conformity; conformity to the mathematical exactitude of double bass drums and power chords, minor scales played at blistering speeds, to…