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Consumer Guide: January, 2025

A post-riot-grrrl trio that hasn't given up on love; grooves that break into tunes, sound effects, or both; alt-rappers with sonic treats; and not-one-but-three releases from our heroes in Cincinnati.

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Bright Eyes: Five Dice All Threes (Dead Oceans)

Kim Deal: Nobody Loves You More (4AD)

Fake Fruit: Mucho Mistrust (Carpark)

Inert: 2Inert (self-released)

Kendrick Lamar: GNX (pgLang/Interscope)

Willie Nelson: Last Leaf on the Tree (Legacy)

Phelimuncasi & Metal Preyers: Izigqinamba (Nyege Nyege Tapes)

Previous Industries: Service Merchandise (Merge)

Allen Ravenstine: Nautilus/Rue de Poisson Noir (Waveshaper '21)

Rosali: Bite Down (Merge)

Lucinda Williams: Sings the Beatles From Abbey Road (Highway 20/Thirty Tigers)

Wussy: Cincinnati Ohio (Shake It)

Wussy: The Great Divide (Shake It)

Wussy Duo: Cellar Door EP (Shake It)

And It Don't Stop, January 9, 2025


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