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The Foo Fighters have already rescheduled some of their Van Tour 2020 dates
By Gwen Ihnat March 17, 2020 | 7:07pm
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The real thing got canceled, so please enjoy The A.V. Club’s digital SXSW 2020 party
By Alex McLevy March 17, 2020 | 1:00pm
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What’s the best mixtape you’ve ever received?
By The A.V. Club, Laura Adamczyk, Gwen Ihnat, Shannon Miller, Sam Barsanti, Randall Colburn, Alex McLevy, Patrick Gomez, Erik Adams March 14, 2020 | 1:00pm
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5 new releases we love: Chika's soulful debut, The Districts' return, and more
By The A.V. Club, Shannon Miller, Matt Sigur, Astrid Budgor, Adam Isaac Itkoff March 13, 2020 | 6:00pm
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5 new releases we love: U.S. Girls find the light, Stephen Malkmus gets traditional, and more
By Alex McLevy, Matt Williams, Jesse Hassenger, Mosi Reeves, Nina Corcoran, John Everhart March 6, 2020 | 6:00pm
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Pearl Jam, NCT 127, and 9 more albums we can’t wait to hear in March
By The A.V. Club, Katie Rife, Randall Colburn, Erik Adams, Laura Adamczyk, Shannon Miller, Alex McLevy, Gwen Ihnat, Danette Chavez March 3, 2020 | 2:00pm
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5 new releases we love: Ratboys’ musical evolution, Moses Sumney’s return, and more
By The A.V. Club, Max Freedman, Katie Rife, Matt Sigur, Randall Colburn February 28, 2020 | 6:00pm
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8 creepy love songs we love anyway
By The A.V. Club, Patrick Gomez, Sam Barsanti, Gwen Ihnat, William Hughes, Randall Colburn, Katie Rife, Shannon Miller, Erik Adams February 15, 2020 | 2:00pm
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5 new releases we love: Tennis’ simmering piano pop, Beach Bunny’s explosive debut, and more
By The A.V. Club, Shannon Miller, Erik Adams, Mosi Reeves, Matt Williams February 14, 2020 | 6:15pm
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5 new releases we love: Lil Wayne has a ball, Nicolas Jaar reaches new heights, and more
By The A.V. Club, Shannon Miller, Randall Colburn, Mosi Reeves, Nina Corcoran February 7, 2020 | 6:00pm
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Tame Impala, Grimes, and 23 more albums we can’t wait to hear in February
By The A.V. Club, Katie Rife, Alex McLevy, Shannon Miller, Randall Colburn, Erik Adams, David Anthony, A.A. Dowd, Gwen Ihnat, Patrick Gomez February 5, 2020 | 4:00pm
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TLC grew more confident with CrazySexyCool, inspiring young girls to do the same
By Shannon Miller February 1, 2020 | 4:00pm
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5 new releases we love: Frances Quinlan branches out, Dan Deacon returns, and more
By The A.V. Club, Alex McLevy, Max Freedman, John Everhart, Matt Williams January 31, 2020 | 6:00pm
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What is the worst karaoke experience you’ve ever had?
By The A.V. Club, Gwen Ihnat, Patrick Gomez, Alex McLevy, Katie Rife, Randall Colburn, Danette Chavez, William Hughes, A.A. Dowd, Erik Adams January 25, 2020 | 2:00pm
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5 new releases we love: Wolf Parade soundtracks our tech anxiety, Hayley Williams goes solo, more
By The A.V. Club, Kelsey J. Waite, Lily Moayeri, Josh Modell, Randall Colburn January 24, 2020 | 6:00pm
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They Might Be Giants defied the major-label curse with Flood
By Gwen Ihnat January 20, 2020 | 2:00pm
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5 new releases we love: Algiers’ urgent return, Georgia’s perfect dance pop, and more
By The A.V. Club, John Everhart, Tabassum Siddiqui, Lily Moayeri, Andy Crump January 17, 2020 | 6:05pm
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The 24 albums we can’t wait to hear in 2020
By The A.V. Club, Laura Adamczyk, Randall Colburn, Alex McLevy, Gwen Ihnat, Shannon Miller, Katie Rife, A.A. Dowd January 16, 2020 | 12:00pm
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Trixie Mattel on the nostalgic dolls that inspired her upcoming Grown Up world tour
By Marah Eakin December 19, 2019 | 3:30pm
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The 20 best albums of 2019
By The A.V. Club, Randall Colburn, Shannon Miller, Alex McLevy, Baraka Kaseko, Katie Rife, Danette Chavez, Brian Howe, Annie Zaleski, Clayton Purdom, Max Freedman, Mosi Reeves December 19, 2019 | 12:00pm
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The best albums of 2019: The ballots
By The A.V. Club, Shannon Miller, Katie Rife, Baraka Kaseko, Danette Chavez, Randall Colburn, Alex McLevy, Annie Zaleski, Clayton Purdom, Mosi Reeves, Max Freedman, Brian Howe December 19, 2019 | 12:00pm
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5 holiday releases we love from Kacey Musgraves, Lucy Dacus, Andrew Bird, and more
By The A.V. Club, Danette Chavez, Alex McLevy, Josh Modell, David Brusie December 13, 2019 | 6:00pm
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From Beyoncé to Bowie: We remember our favorite music of the 2010s
By Baraka Kaseko December 7, 2019 | 6:00pm
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5 new releases we love: Blood Incantation goes galactic, Lido Pimienta is back, and more
By The A.V. Club, Brian Howe, Dianca London Potts, Nate Rogers, Kim Kelly December 6, 2019 | 6:02pm
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What is your favorite concept album?
By The A.V. Club, Alex McLevy, Gwen Ihnat, William Hughes, Sam Barsanti, Randall Colburn, Angelica Cataldo, Katie Rife, Danette Chavez, Erik Adams, Kelsey J. Waite November 30, 2019 | 2:00pm
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5 new releases we love: Wye Oak gets tectonic, Andy Stott slows it down, and more
By The A.V. Club, Max Freedman, Brian Howe, Nina Corcoran, Josh Modell November 22, 2019 | 6:00pm
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The 2010s were the decade of the single
By Annie Zaleski November 21, 2019 | 12:00pm
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Dolly Parton and the cast of Heartstrings on the best Dolly songs to sing at karaoke
By Cameron Scheetz November 20, 2019 | 4:30pm
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The 50 best albums of the 2010s
By The A.V. Club, Laura Adamczyk, Alex McLevy, Katie Rife, Shannon Miller, Randall Colburn, A.A. Dowd, Annie Zaleski, Mosi Reeves, Marty Sartini Garner, Nina Corcoran, Max Freedman, Josh Modell, Brian Howe November 20, 2019 | 12:00pm
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5 new releases we love: Juliana Hatfield sings The Police, DJ Shadow rocks it, and more
By The A.V. Club, Alex McLevy, Astrid Budgor, John Everhart, Annie Zaleski November 15, 2019 | 6:00pm
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Beyoncé's Lemonade was a sweet moment of free Black womanhood and total agency
By Shannon Miller November 12, 2019 | 6:00pm
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5 new releases we love: FKA Twigs transfigures, Gang Starr throws it back, and more
By The A.V. Club, Max Freedman, Josh Modell, Andy Crump November 8, 2019 | 6:00pm
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It took a decade to see how dark Kanye’s Fantasy was
By Clayton Purdom November 4, 2019 | 4:00pm
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5 new releases we love: Tame Impala outruns doubt, Miranda Lambert gets rowdy, and more
By The A.V. Club, Dianca London Potts, Nate Rogers, Annie Zaleski, Adam Isaac Itkoff November 1, 2019 | 5:00pm
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These Memphis rap tapes aren’t actually haunted, but they are awesome
By Katie Rife October 30, 2019 | 11:00am
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What song are you adding to our Halloween party playlist?
By The A.V. Club, Alex McLevy, Katie Rife, Shannon Miller, Erik Adams, Gwen Ihnat, William Hughes, Kelsey J. Waite, Randall Colburn, Angelica Cataldo October 26, 2019 | 5:00pm
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Cigarettes After Sex get extra intimate, Guided By Voices hits heavy, and more
By The A.V. Club, Brian Howe, Marty Sartini Garner, Lily Moayeri, Matt Williams October 25, 2019 | 5:00pm
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What is a song lyric you didn’t understand until years later?
By The A.V. Club, Erik Adams, Alex McLevy, Gwen Ihnat, Danette Chavez, Katie Rife, Shannon Miller October 19, 2019 | 1:00pm
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5 new releases we love: Vagabon breaks through, Mark Lanegan looks forward, and more
By The A.V. Club, Randall Colburn, Shannon Miller, Annie Zaleski, Clayton Purdom, Brian Howe October 18, 2019 | 5:00pm
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Anna Wise is stepping into the spotlight after a decade of singing in the background
By Shannon Miller October 18, 2019 | 3:00pm
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For some fans, Selena’s major-label debut was her first crossover success
By Danette Chavez October 17, 2019 | 4:00pm
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5 new releases we love: Billy Woods gets weird, Nick Cave begins again, and more
By The A.V. Club, Marty Sartini Garner, Mosi Reeves, Lily Moayeri, Max Freedman, Clayton Purdom October 11, 2019 | 5:00pm
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5 new releases we love: Wilco gets positive, Chromatics return, and more
By The A.V. Club, Clayton Purdom, Matt Williams, Randall Colburn, Nina Corcoran, Astrid Budgor October 4, 2019 | 5:00pm
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FKA Twigs, Danny Brown, and Angel Olsen turn over new leaves this October in music
By The A.V. Club, Katie Rife, Laura Adamczyk, Gwen Ihnat, A.A. Dowd, Alex McLevy, Shannon Miller, Randall Colburn, Erik Adams October 1, 2019 | 7:15pm
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5 new releases we love: New Pornographers surge to life, Tegan And Sara look back, and more
By The A.V. Club, Danette Chavez, Annie Zaleski, Marty Sartini Garner, Erik Adams September 27, 2019 | 7:44pm
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“Art meets the devil via James Brown”: The everlasting impact of Gang Of Four’s Entertainment!
By Gwen Ihnat September 26, 2019 | 3:00pm
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All hail Veruca Salt: The oral history of American Thighs
By Alex McLevy September 25, 2019 | 11:00am
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5 new releases we love: Brittany Howard goes solo, Vivian Girls return to form, and more
By The A.V. Club, Clayton Purdom, Josh Modell, Nina Corcoran, Matt Williams September 20, 2019 | 6:20pm
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A Led Zeppelin lullaby: Inside the Rockabye Baby world
By Marah Eakin September 19, 2019 | 7:30pm
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Beehives, farewells, and a Wu-Tang surprise made up the best of Riot Fest 2019
By The A.V. Club, Katie Rife, Alex McLevy, Jill Hopkins September 16, 2019 | 8:10pm
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5 new releases we love: JPEGMAFIA tweaks styles, Highwomen get rootsy, and more
By The A.V. Club, Kelsey J. Waite, Clayton Purdom, Annie Zaleski September 13, 2019 | 5:00pm
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Founder Mike Petryshyn on how this year's Riot Fest is even more of a retrospective than usual
By Danette Chavez September 12, 2019 | 5:00pm
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5 new releases we love: Tinariwen drops a classic, Lower Dens dance it off, and more
By Katie Rife, Marty Sartini Garner, Nina Corcoran, Matt Sigur, Alex McLevy September 6, 2019 | 5:00pm
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Chelsea Wolfe, JPEGMAFIA, and 28 more albums we can’t wait to hear in September
By The A.V. Club, Katie Rife, David Anthony, Alex McLevy, Danette Chavez, Randall Colburn, Shannon Miller September 2, 2019 | 11:00am
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5 new releases we love: Whitney folks around, Little Brother returns, and more
By Alex McLevy, Clayton Purdom, Randall Colburn, Mosi Reeves, Nina Corcoran, Josh Modell August 30, 2019 | 5:00pm
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Bon Iver’s i,i and indie rock’s environmental apocalypse
By Clayton Purdom August 29, 2019 | 1:00pm
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Missy Elliott, Iconology, and the impact of belated praise
By Shannon Miller August 27, 2019 | 6:00pm
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How MTV sucked the life out of the VMAs
By Alex McLevy August 26, 2019 | 11:00am
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5 new releases we love: Jay Som gets smooth, Missy throws it back, and more
By The A.V. Club, Katie Rife, Mosi Reeves, Marty Sartini Garner August 23, 2019 | 5:00pm
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If you must die, you might as well have Laurie Anderson guiding you through it
By Erik Adams August 20, 2019 | 3:00pm
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Colleen Green’s album-length cover of Blink-182’s Dude Ranch is a sepia-toned ode to adolescence
By Randall Colburn August 19, 2019 | 3:30pm
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In 1989, The Frogs took a chainsaw to homophobic stereotypes
By Alex McLevy August 17, 2019 | 5:00pm
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5 new releases we love: Shura gets intimate, Ross From Friends has an epiphany, and more
By The A.V. Club, Steven Edelstone, Max Freedman, Marty Sartini Garner, Clayton Purdom August 16, 2019 | 5:00pm
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The Soft Bulletin still stands as The Flaming Lips’ trippy masterpiece
By Gwen Ihnat August 11, 2019 | 3:00pm
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5 new releases we love: Drake issues an all-timer, Marika Hackman keeps it raw, and more
By Alex McLevy, Max Freedman, Randall Colburn, Clayton Purdom, Andrew Paul, Katie Rife August 9, 2019 | 5:00pm
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Power chords and Pennywise: 90 minutes of 1999’s best pop punk
By Randall Colburn August 8, 2019 | 5:00pm
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1999 was Cash Money’s turn to shine
By Marty Sartini Garner August 6, 2019 | 11:00am
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Hey now, they’re all stars: Sigur Rós, MF Doom, Le Tigre, and other under-heard hits of 1999
By The A.V. Club, Erik Adams, Laura Adamczyk, Katie Rife, Randall Colburn, David Anthony, A.A. Dowd, Alex McLevy, Marah Eakin, Danette Chavez August 5, 2019 | 11:05am
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4 new releases we love: Angel Olsen cues the strings, Clairo stuns, and more
By The A.V. Club, Marty Sartini Garner, Randall Colburn, Clayton Purdom, Max Freedman August 2, 2019 | 5:15pm
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From Tool to Taylor Swift, here’s the new music coming to your ears in August
By The A.V. Club, Randall Colburn, William Hughes, Kelsey J. Waite, A.A. Dowd, Gwen Ihnat, Alex McLevy, Danette Chavez, Shannon Miller August 2, 2019 | 11:00am
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5 new releases we love: Spoon takes a victory lap, B Boys get jagged, and more
By The A.V. Club, John Everhart, Marty Sartini Garner, Annie Zaleski, Lily Moayeri, Gwen Ihnat July 26, 2019 | 6:00pm
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Soccer Mommy on why she's more of a Spike stan than an Angel fan
By Marah Eakin July 25, 2019 | 3:30pm
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Jay Som on social media, MySpace music, and recording her new album at home
By The A.V. Club July 24, 2019 | 6:00pm
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Low's Alan Sparhawk talks about the 5 records that most influenced him as an artist
By The A.V. Club July 23, 2019 | 6:00pm
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The A.V. Club braved the heat (and an evacuation) for the 2019 Pitchfork Fest
By The A.V. Club, Laura Adamczyk, Alex McLevy, Randall Colburn July 22, 2019 | 8:55pm
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What is the best set you’ve seen at a music festival?
By The A.V. Club, David Anthony, Alex McLevy, Randall Colburn, Gwen Ihnat, Laura Adamczyk, Katie Rife, A.A. Dowd, Danette Chavez July 20, 2019 | 1:00pm
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5 new releases we love: Maxo Kream makes a name for himself, Hunny's sweet, and more
By The A.V. Club, Clayton Purdom, Annie Zaleski, Mosi Reeves, Marty Sartini Garner July 19, 2019 | 5:00pm
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Raucous indie rockers and dance-pop icons: 13 of Pitchfork 2019’s best bets
By The A.V. Club, Alex McLevy, Laura Adamczyk, Randall Colburn July 17, 2019 | 11:00am
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5 new releases we love: David Berman returns, Bleached sobers up, and more
By The A.V. Club, Alex McLevy, Randall Colburn, Danette Chavez, Mosi Reeves July 12, 2019 | 5:00pm
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Chance The Rapper and more new music we can’t wait to hear in July
By The A.V. Club, Katie Rife, David Anthony, Alex McLevy, Laura Adamczyk, A.A. Dowd, Randall Colburn, Danette Chavez July 1, 2019 | 1:00pm
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5 new releases we love: A beautiful bummer, a fuck-you to creeps, and more
By The A.V. Club, Katie Rife, Alex McLevy, Josh Modell, Clayton Purdom June 28, 2019 | 5:00pm
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The best music of 2019 so far
By Kelsey J. Waite, Erik Adams, Shannon Miller, A.A. Dowd, Danette Chavez, Randall Colburn, Alex McLevy, Katie Rife, Clayton Purdom, Annie Zaleski, Max Freedman, Nina Corcoran, Adam Isaac Itkoff, Tabassum Siddiqui, Laura M. Browning June 22, 2019 | 1:00pm
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5 new releases we love: Polished punk, star-studded breakup bangers, and more
By The A.V. Club, David Anthony, Gwen Ihnat, Brian Howe, Max Freedman June 21, 2019 | 5:30pm
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From loud to loudest: The A.V. Club’s favorite queer rock of 2019 (so far)
By Randall Colburn June 17, 2019 | 4:00pm
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5 new music releases we love: Whispery lo-fi, gender transition love songs, and Afrobeat vibes
By The A.V. Club, Mosi Reeves, Nina Corcoran, Josh Modell, Max Freedman, John Everhart June 14, 2019 | 7:45pm
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Justifying our love: An hour of Madonna’s greatest non-hits
By Alex McLevy & Kelsey J. Waite, Kelsey J. Waite June 13, 2019 | 1:00pm
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The hot, turbulent summer of Public Enemy’s “Fight The Power”
By Mosi Reeves June 11, 2019 | 5:00pm
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Gay bars and wavvy beats: 90 minutes of queer hip-hop
By Baraka Kaseko June 10, 2019 | 4:45pm
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5 new releases we love: A pop visionary’s reprise, a flamenco summer jam, and more
By Kelsey J. Waite, Shannon Miller, Danette Chavez, Randall Colburn, Max Freedman June 7, 2019 | 5:00pm
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Kick off Pride Month with The A.V. Club’s queer country playlist
By Kelsey J. Waite June 3, 2019 | 3:00pm
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Madonna and The Boss lead an otherwise indie-heavy June in new music
By The A.V. Club, A.A. Dowd, William Hughes, Katie Rife, Alex McLevy, Laura Adamczyk, Gwen Ihnat, Randall Colburn June 1, 2019 | 3:00pm
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5 new releases we love: A sexy, riff-heavy collision, a bracing alté debut, and more
By The A.V. Club, Gwen Ihnat, Mosi Reeves, Marty Sartini Garner, Brian Howe May 31, 2019 | 5:00pm
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Stream sets from Nas, Low, Courtney Barnett, and more at Primavera Sound
By Kelsey J. Waite May 30, 2019 | 4:10pm
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Fairweather friends: Elton John’s best collaborations, from Aretha to A Tribe Called Quest
By Annie Zaleski May 30, 2019 | 3:00pm
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Sublime’s legacy is more complicated than the bros (and the haters) would have you think
By Marty Sartini Garner May 28, 2019 | 3:00pm
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5 new releases we love: Antsy art-pop, cosmic L.A. funk, and more
By The A.V. Club, Alex McLevy, Randall Colburn, Nina Corcoran, Mosi Reeves May 24, 2019 | 5:00pm
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5 new releases we love: Resilient disco pop, experimental hip-hop, and more
By The A.V. Club, Randall Colburn, Clayton Purdom, Annie Zaleski May 17, 2019 | 5:00pm
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Meet Ian Noe, the Kentucky troubadour who’s gone from the oilfields to opening for John Prine
By Andrew Paul May 14, 2019 | 5:00am
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5 new releases we love: Roaring power-pop, AI collaborations, and more
By Kelsey J. Waite, A.A. Dowd, Shannon Miller, Randall Colburn, John Everhart May 10, 2019 | 5:00pm
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On Silent Alarm, Bloc Party said hello and goodbye to indie rock
By Danette Chavez May 8, 2019 | 4:00pm
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5 new releases we love: An effervescent R&B album, a sultry love song, and more
By Shannon Miller, Randall Colburn, Clayton Purdom, Brian Howe, Dan Bogosian May 3, 2019 | 5:00pm
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Vampire Weekend, Flying Lotus, and Carly Rae Jepsen lead a massive May in new music
By Kelsey J. Waite, Katie Rife, Alex McLevy, Caitlin PenzeyMoog, William Hughes, Shannon Miller, David Anthony, Randall Colburn May 1, 2019 | 3:00pm
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5 new releases we love: A pop revolutionary returns, an L.A. rapper bounces back, and more
By Kelsey J. Waite, Randall Colburn, Max Freedman, Clayton Purdom, Adam Isaac Itkoff April 26, 2019 | 5:00pm
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5 new releases we love: A luminous rap record, a rejuvenating prelude to summer, and more
By Kelsey J. Waite, Katie Rife, Randall Colburn, Clayton Purdom April 19, 2019 | 6:00pm
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5 new releases we love: Ramshackle West Coast funk, throwback Latin pop, and more
By The A.V. Club, A.A. Dowd, Danette Chavez, Randall Colburn, Mosi Reeves April 12, 2019 | 5:20pm
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5 new releases we love: Filmic folk-pop, rock’s restless edge, and more
By Kelsey J. Waite, Randall Colburn, Katie Rife, Clayton Purdom, Max Freedman April 5, 2019 | 5:50pm
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“Come Back” to earth with the new single by Naytronix, a.k.a. Tune-Yards’ Nate Brenner
By Kelsey J. Waite April 4, 2019 | 2:00pm
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Weyes Blood’s Titanic Rising is a stunning early contender for album of the year
By Steven Edelstone April 2, 2019 | 4:00pm
