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A music club for old kids who love albums & littering the internet with arbitrary scores and one sentence reviews.

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The Bolg's annual best songs of the year so far... for those of you that enjoy being lulled into a midday nap to be awoken by cathartic screaming. thebolg.com/post/72329452206…
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Meernaa So Far So Good by Meernaa 7.6 - Carly Bond’s smooth vocals propel you through a warm velvety quiet storm lit by a slow moving disco ball. 7.9 - Eyes-closed-honey-syrup slow jams will lift...

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This week's review of @KassaOverall's ANIMALS had us wondering when was the last great hip-hop album that featured a variety of jazz artists as collaborators and who Kassa would bring on tour with @digibleplanets. thebolg.com/post/73198237719…

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Kassa Overall ANIMALS by Kassa Overall 7.8 - I feel like an experimental hip-hop album with a bunch of featured jazz musicians (that gets better with every listen) is long overdue and I really hope...

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Sufjan Stevens Javelin by Sufjan Stevens Part of what I love about Sufjan is that his albums make sense, and in a week of listening, I haven't figured out what he's talking about, but it sounds like...

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Is intellectual hip-hop a thing? Is Billy Woods starting a movement? I wonder where we are going. tmblr.co/ZHUH3rea4QbB8e00

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Armand Hammer We Buy Diabetic Test Strips by Armand Hammer 8.3 - The year of Billy Woods continues with a very hard-to-describe, creative, off-kilter set of rap that unfolds in new ways as you...

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These @geese_band were made to FLY!!!! tmblr.co/ZHUH3reXms4L8u00

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Geese 3D Country by Geese 8.5 - Tickles my fuckit impulse to push aside my pretension and go play with those hippie looking weirdos frolicking out in the field despite the fact that I’m pretty sure...

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Party music at its finest, @EzraCollective thebolg.com/post/72926285217…

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Ezra Collective Where I'm Meant To Be by Ezra Collective 8.8 - Party music at its finest - shades of afrobeat, funk, latin, and altogether groove music by a band that seems to be having a VERY good...

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It's not advertisement music - it's another dimension!! tmblr.co/ZHUH3reSeRbmGe00
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As we bring Aphex Twin Week to a close, we cast a gaze to the seminal Selected Ambient Works Vol 2: tmblr.co/ZHUH3reK_ph2qi01
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Aphex Twin Week...Day 7! Ahead of our Selected Ambient Works, Vol 2 throwback review tomorrow, we look at the excellent 33 1/3 book series' entry on the same: tmblr.co/ZHUH3reKaMN-Km01
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Aphex Twin Week...Day 6! Enjoy this 2019 live set from Manchester that bobs and weaves in ways only Aphex can provide: tmblr.co/ZHUH3reKEhqkOi01

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Aphex Twin Week...Day 6! We're back with another live set to feast your ears and eyes on. This 2019 set from Manchester showcases the endless possibilities in an Aphex Twin live set: beautiful,...

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Aphex Twin Week...Day 5! "Why is there a mysterious blimp flying over London?" tmblr.co/ZHUH3reJwRA0Gu00
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Aphex Twin Week...Day 4! Enjoy a live set from Field Works in 2017, where Aphex delivers a set only he could: tmblr.co/ZHUH3reJcMZfOe00

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Aphex Twin Week...Day 4! In 2017, Aphex Twin performed in the UK for the first time in 5 years at the epic Field Day festival. The set is doused in acidic textures and mightily swings around in...

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Aphex Twin Week, Day 3! Thanks to internet sleuthing, we know the identity behind user18081971: tmblr.co/ZHUH3reJGwNmyy00
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Day 2 of Aphex Twin Week! Check out this interview during the Syro press cycle and get a rare glimpse inside Aphex Twin's world: tmblr.co/ZHUH3reIyBL30i00
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HAPPY APHEX TWIN WEEK! We're celebrating Richard D James all week ahead of a throwback review of Selected Ambient Works, Vol II. Enjoy this live set from 2019: tmblr.co/ZHUH3reIdrhl4q00

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APHEX TWIN WEEK! This week, we're celebrating Aphex Twin all week ahead of a throwback review of Selected Ambient Works Volume II. To get it kicked off, please enjoy this epic live set from London...

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From jazz flute to spoken word and everything inbetween, @speakerscornerq flirt with brilliance as they fill the range of sound between jazz and hip-hop. thebolg.com/post/72538463548…

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Speakers Corner Quartet Further Out Than the Edge by Speakers Corner Quartet 7.8 - Is it jazz-driven hip-hop or hip-hop-driven jazz… either way, the Speakers Corner Quartet presents an album that...

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One thing is for sure, CRJ will find a way to sink into the listener's mind. ⬇️⬇️⬇️ tmblr.co/ZHUH3reGN-iamy00
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Chicago teens, @lifeguard_band are building local scenes across the world by hanging out in basements and making inspiring print zines and broody post-apocalyptic street rock. thebolg.com/post/72438148087…

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Lifeguard Dressed in Trenches by Lifeguard 9.1 - I usually try to not do research on bands and just let the music guide my review, but I read this article about Lifeguard and the fact they are...

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Japanese House rocked two Bolgers' wheelhouse this week, but one was questioning why. tmblr.co/ZHUH3reAM9JzKm00
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