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In-depth album reviews built around a one-on-one conversation with the artist, going track by track through the sound, story, process, and meaning behind the project.
SALT
As its catalog comes to streaming, an overlooked band from the thriving 1980s Boston indie rock scene gets a proper reintroduction w...
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After 24 years, Jarvis Cocker and his baroque-pop band return to remind you, with rakish wit and horny wisdom, that your whole life...
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Church of Kidane Mehret
The latest in the always interesting batch of reissues from the Ethiopian pianist focuses on her most explicitly religious songs, wh...
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Endling
In a prequel to his orchestral work about a post-human Earth, the Dawn of Midi drummer and synthesist imagines the last survivor’s f...
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A Tropical Entropy
The exceptional debut album from the Miami producer captures the lively, menacing, and sensual sounds of his home—a dembow pop recor...
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The Universe Will Take Care of You
The British producer and Polish clarinetist take a playful approach on their collaborative album, their compositions buoyed by the p...
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Lotus
The UK rapper battled self-doubt and legal woes in the run-up to her sixth album; now, however, framed by uncluttered jazz- and rock...
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Soft New Magic Dream
The Pittsburgh synth misfits reopen the haunted funhouse with their first album since 2018. The ooky-spooky hypnagogia hasn’t change...
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Different Rooms
Folding live recordings into improvised studio sessions, the Los Angeles synth-and-viola duo patiently unspools meditative soundscap...
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Ripped and Torn
The young Chicago band crams its debut album with streamlined hooks and a reverence for pop, punk, and post-punk history.
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moisturizer
The UK duo’s second album is a near-reinvention, an unbridled and clear-eyed testament to their songwriting chops that hones their v...
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SWAG
Pop’s youngest elder statesman continues to evolve his R&B sound by enlisting some big names from the underground. His seventh album...
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INFINITY CLUB II
Back for round two, the Toronto DJ’s thrilling bashment rave tracks temper turbo-charged riddims and booming bars with frosty electr...
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Tomorrow Comes Crashing
The Chicago band brings a bombastic energy to its third album, scaling up its hooks and digging deeper into dream-pop textures.
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I’ll Be Waving as You Drive Away
On his most majestic and sincere record yet, the Texas guitarist plays with grace and power, evoking the gentle emptiness of the Ame...
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Now That’s What I Call Crank! 25
Both nostalgic and forward-looking, the latest entry in the veteran DMV rap producer’s mixtape series offers an insider’s tour of a...
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Tha Carter VI
Seemingly written and recorded in a very expensive vacuum, the sixth chapter of Wayne’s legacy-making album series would be a disast...
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American Heart
Benson Boone’s flair can’t make up for the fact that his songs aren’t very good and that he lacks a unique point of view.
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Phantom Island
The prolific Australian group lavishes its gently trippy compositions with orchestral arrangements. The results are often frustratin...
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PRINCESS OF POWER
The Welsh pop singer’s sixth album returns to established themes of feminist empowerment and disco-pop maximalism. It often feels li...
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It’s Closeness, It’s Easy
From the bleary depths of shoegaze, ambient, and downer metal, Thom Wasluck’s first new album since 2017 returns with a pearl of har...
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Tracks II: The Lost Albums
The sequel to 1998’s outtakes collection gathers a bounty of unreleased and largely unknown material. Offering unexpected, never-bef...
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