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• Hana Vu Revels in 'Romanticism' | PopMatters
'Romanticism' emerges as a whole, as Hana Vu's space to ask some big questions, though the answers she's receiving are mostly ambivalent at best.

• Les Savy Fav Stretch Their Sound on 'OUI, LSF' | PopMatters
Les Savy Fav's 'OUI, LSF' is an energetic blast of post-punk that makes many of the newer bands in that scene sound pale in comparison.

• Dua Lipa: Radical Optimism | album review | PopMatters | May 7, 2024, 2:15 p.m.
With the help of Kevin Parker and Danny L. Harle, Dua Lipa's new album Radical Optimism sounds like Tame Impala meets PC Music and goes to headline Glastonbury.

• New Album Takes the Lemon Twigs Into Pop's Golden Years | PopMatters
The Lemon Twigs' 'A Dream Is All We Know' displays scholarly mastery of the complex techniques their forbears invented. The sheer musicality is prodigious.

• Kelsey Waldon Finds Inspiration In What Came Before Her | PopMatters
As Kelsey Walden sings on Ola Belle Reed's triumphant "I've Endured", the Kentucky country artist knows these songs have lasted for a reason.

• Pokey LaFarge Invites Us to Dance for Our Lives on Rhumba Country | PopMatters
There's a joyful element to Pokey LaFarge's Rhumba Country that may be found in the Lord's spirit, the pleasure of bouncy rhythms, or the magic of making music.

• Justice Dance Through the Decades on 'Hyperdrama' | PopMatters | April 26, 2024, midnight
Justice. Ed Banger / Because Music. 26 April 2024. In 2007 and 2008, Justice ‘s debut album, Cross , was inescapable. From clubs, festivals, and speakers across the globe, the album was...

• Snarls Wear Their Hearts on Their Sleeves on 'With Love' | PopMatters
There are few things more thrilling in music than hearing a band reach another level of mastery of their craft, and Snarls sound positively inspired on With Love.