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The Tortured Poets Department's songs are calculated, complete, and the most experimental and ambitious of Taylor Swift's work to date ..read more
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Katy Pinke's indie folk music on her debut album comes from deep inside. It's warm and engaging and leaves the listener yearning for more ..read more
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On All Born Screaming, St. Vincent suggests the end of life is really just a new beginning. Love is the purpose. There is no joy without pain ..read more
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Berlin's Jembaa Groove tap into the sonic palettes of African and diasporic forms like highlife and jazz to create a truly elevated work of art ..read more
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Fantômas stand as one of the most audacious music projects of the 1990s. You almost wonder if the quasi-mainstreamish Faith No More held Mike Patton back ..read more
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You can sum up the overall aesthetic concept of the Black Keys' Ohio Players with two main points: It rocks and sounds great in a bowling alley ..read more
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Did gaming the O.J. Simpson murder trial allow for deeper conversations about our most hidden emotions, ugliest prejudices, and disturbing desires ..read more
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Even at this young age, Arthur Melo has a careful hand and a grasp on what's timely as he crafts dreamy new música popular brasileira on his luscious new LP ..read more
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A track-by-track homage to their classic album Ragged Glory, Fu##in' Up highlights Neil Young and Crazy Horse at their best – loose, loud, and long-lasting ..read more
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Like its vast ocean setting, Jules Verne's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea goes deeper into pop culture – its tentacles reaching farther than its creature's – than you may realize ..read more