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ALBUM REVIEW: On Self-Titled 11th Album, The Avett Brothers Keep to Their Path

ALBUM REVIEW: On Self-Titled 11th Album, The Avett Brothers Keep to Their Path

With their latest and self-titled LP, The Avett Brothers offer earnest and wistfully philosophic songs set within well-polished soundscapes. Continuing to mine the light-pop and folk-rock MO honed on their major-label debut, 2009’s I and Love and You, the band again collaborates — effectively, if predictably — with producer Rick Rubin.

ALBUM REVIEW: Rick Estrin and the Nightcats Pack a Punch on ‘The Hits Keep Coming’

ALBUM REVIEW: Rick Estrin and the Nightcats Pack a Punch on ‘The Hits Keep Coming’

ALBUM REVIEW: Pokey LaFarge Strives for Higher Ground on ‘Rhumba Country’

ALBUM REVIEW: Pokey LaFarge Strives for Higher Ground on ‘Rhumba Country’

ALBUM REVIEW: Shannon and the Clams Carry Grief Unflinchingly Through ‘The Moon Is in the Wrong Place’

ALBUM REVIEW: Shannon and the Clams Carry Grief Unflinchingly Through ‘The Moon Is in the Wrong Place’

ALBUM REVIEW: Songs and Sounds of Social Justice Fire Up The Reverend Shawn Amos’ ‘Soul Brother No. 1’

ALBUM REVIEW: Songs and Sounds of Social Justice Fire Up The Reverend Shawn Amos’ ‘Soul Brother No. 1’

ALBUM REVIEW: On ‘Anniversary,’ Adeem the Artist Draws From Their Beautiful, Impossible American Life

ALBUM REVIEW: On ‘Anniversary,’ Adeem the Artist Draws From Their Beautiful, Impossible American Life

ALBUM REVIEW: Chris Smither Cuts Deep on ‘All About the Bones’

ALBUM REVIEW: Chris Smither Cuts Deep on ‘All About the Bones’