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Album Review: How Big How Blue How Beautiful by Florence + The Machine

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June 17, 2015
Florence Welch flourishes in drama. Her piercing shrieks and quavery voice accentuate her elaborate emotions and they’re on full display on the very aptly titled How Big How Blue How Beautiful. If that sounds like a dramatic way of saying Florence + The Machine likes their music big, that’s because the band’s third album repels the notion of smallness and

Review: “West End Girl” by Lily Allen

Welcome back, Lily Allen. I mean no shade when I say this, but is it 2025 or 2007? Listening to a Lily Allen album on repeat makes me feel like I’m in high school again. It’s been over a decade since I stopped listening to her music. It wasn’t a

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