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D’Angelo’s long-awaited Black Messiah is devastatingly great
By Kyle Fowle December 16, 2014 | 5:20pm
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Nicki Minaj unwittingly defends poptimism with raw outbursts of feeling
By Sheldon Pearce December 16, 2014 | 6:00am
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Charli XCX breaks out of the guest-star spotlight with Sucker
By Kyle Fowle December 16, 2014 | 6:00am
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Ghostface Killah tries to repeat a winning formula on 36 Seasons
By Evan Rytlewski December 9, 2014 | 6:00am
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Smashing Pumpkins rediscover their musical focus but lose lyrical depth
By Annie Zaleski December 9, 2014 | 6:00am
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Wu-Tang Clan becomes a Disneyfied revival act on A Better Tomorrow
By Clayton Purdom December 2, 2014 | 6:00am
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Even in times of turmoil, AC/DC still trusts rock
By Corbin Reiff December 2, 2014 | 6:00am
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She & Him’s standards collection is pleasantly retro, if inessential
By Annie Zaleski December 2, 2014 | 6:00am
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Rick Ross yells about coke for another hour on Hood Billionaire
By Clayton Purdom November 25, 2014 | 6:00am
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Andy Stott steps out from the shadows with Faith In Strangers
By Sean O'Neal November 18, 2014 | 6:00am
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Ariel Pink gets help from his friends on Pom Pom
By John Everhart November 18, 2014 | 6:00am
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One Direction goes in the wrong one on Four
By Annie Zaleski November 18, 2014 | 6:00am
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TV On The Radio overcomes loss to make its celebration album
By Steven Arroyo November 18, 2014 | 6:00am
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A marquee cast of folk musicians inoffensively render Bob Dylan’s lyrics
By Josh Terry November 11, 2014 | 6:00am
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Garth Brooks’ comeback album is rooted in midair
By Laura M. Browning November 11, 2014 | 6:00am
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Foo Fighters aim for the moon but come up a bit short on Sonic Highways
By Kevin Warwick November 11, 2014 | 6:00am
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Neil Young goes orchestral on Storytone
By Kyle Fowle November 4, 2014 | 6:00am
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Deerhoof returns to cast a jaundiced eye at American hubris
By John Everhart November 4, 2014 | 6:00am
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A slight change bodes well for Yusuf
By Becca James October 28, 2014 | 4:45pm
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Rancid proves punk’s not dead with …Honor Is All We Know
By Jonah Bayer October 28, 2014 | 5:00am
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Run The Jewels returns with fists balled tighter and trauma that runs deeper
By Brian Josephs October 28, 2014 | 5:00am
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With 1989, Taylor Swift finally grows up
By Marah Eakin October 28, 2014 | 5:00am
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Scott Walker and Sunn O)))’s Soused is as magnificent as it is menacing
By Kevin Warwick October 21, 2014 | 5:00am
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In closing the book on Sonic Youth, Thurston Moore holds on to a few pages
By Chris Mincher October 21, 2014 | 5:00am
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With her dreamy sophomore effort, Jessie Ware continues to impress
By David Brusie October 21, 2014 | 5:00am
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Foxygen finds plenty of beauty in excess with double album
By Joshua Miller October 14, 2014 | 5:00am
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Jessie J’s sweet talk amounts to sweet nothings
By Annie Zaleski October 14, 2014 | 5:00am
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Flying Lotus aims for the heavens on You’re Dead!
By Clayton Purdom October 7, 2014 | 5:00am
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Weezer makes an overdue return to sincerity on Everything Will Be Alright In The End
By Evan Rytlewski October 7, 2014 | 5:00am
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Irish singer-songwriter Hozier crafts a solid, bluesy debut
By Annie Zaleski October 7, 2014 | 5:00am
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Prince puts an end to his patchy period once and for all
By Abigail Covington October 1, 2014 | 5:15pm
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Christopher Owens peddles tepid country ballads on A New Testament
By Kyle Fowle September 30, 2014 | 5:00am
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Thom Yorke’s Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes is pretty but unremarkable
By Zach Schonfeld September 29, 2014 | 5:15pm
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With X, Chris Brown gets over himself
By Evan Rytlewski September 23, 2014 | 5:00am
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On his third album, Perfume Genius proves he can’t burn Too Bright
By Philip Cosores September 23, 2014 | 5:00am
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King Tuff stirs some darkness into bubblegum garage punk on Black Moon Spell
By Kevin Warwick September 23, 2014 | 5:00am
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Leonard Cohen teases death on the lean, surprising Popular Problems
By Zach Schonfeld September 23, 2014 | 5:00am
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Jeff and Spencer Tweedy make Sukierae a charming family affair
By David Brusie September 23, 2014 | 5:00am
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Aphex Twin returns user-friendly with his first album in 13 years
By Sean O'Neal September 23, 2014 | 5:00am
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Nancy Whang emerges as a modern disco queen on The Juan MacLean’s In A Dream
By Matt Gerardi September 16, 2014 | 5:00am
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U2’s digital surprise has some value despite its price
By Annie Zaleski September 12, 2014 | 4:03pm
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Ryan Adams shows consummate consistency on Ryan Adams
By Marah Eakin September 9, 2014 | 5:01am
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Reborn as a trio, Interpol turns on its version of light with El Pintor
By Andrea Battleground September 9, 2014 | 5:01am
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Death From Above 1979 both embraces and transcends its dance-punk roots
By Annie Zaleski September 9, 2014 | 5:00am
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Justin Townes Earle gets somber, bluesy, and bravely intimate
By Jason Heller September 9, 2014 | 5:00am
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Karen O’s solo album lacks Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ punch
By Sonia Saraiya September 9, 2014 | 5:00am
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Maroon 5 crib more pop moves on album number five
By Evan Rytlewski September 2, 2014 | 5:01am
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Yob lightens the gloom—ever so slightly—on Clearing The Path To Ascend
By Jason Heller September 2, 2014 | 5:01am
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Blonde Redhead’s quiet, listless reinvention on Barragán
By Josh Terry September 2, 2014 | 5:01am
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Young Jeezy shows up to rap on the weird, overwrought Seen It All
By Clayton Purdom September 2, 2014 | 5:01am
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Ariana Grande’s sweet, sweet fantasies are polished but disappointing
By Annie Zaleski August 26, 2014 | 2:41pm
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The Rentals’ latest is a mismatched patchwork of their past
By Chris Mincher August 26, 2014 | 5:00am
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Electro pioneers Basement Jaxx color between the lines, with uneven results
By Annie Zaleski August 26, 2014 | 5:00am
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The New Pornographers nearly live up to their own example on Brill Bruisers
By Erik Adams August 26, 2014 | 5:00am
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Ty Segall tweaks himself on Manipulator
By Jason Heller August 26, 2014 | 5:00am
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Pallbearer brings doom metal to the brink once again
By Jason Heller August 19, 2014 | 5:00am
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Electric Würms is the Flaming Lips side project we didn’t need
By Kyle Fowle August 19, 2014 | 5:00am
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Wiz Khalifa returns with his clumsiest album yet
By Evan Rytlewski August 19, 2014 | 5:00am
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FKA Twigs gets sultry, ambitious, and inventive on her debut
By Kyle Fowle August 12, 2014 | 5:00am
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The Gaslight Anthem reaches for new sounds—sometimes a little too hard
By Jason Heller August 12, 2014 | 5:00am
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Murder City Devils’ screaming return is neither heaven nor hell
By Philip Cosores August 5, 2014 | 5:00am
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Chicago’s Twin Peaks make youthful, compelling garage-rock on Wild Onion
By Josh Terry August 5, 2014 | 5:00am
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After a four-year absence, Spoon rewards further patience
By Erik Adams August 5, 2014 | 5:00am
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Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers deliver again, for half an album anyway
By Annie Zaleski July 29, 2014 | 5:00am
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Shabazz Palaces return with cosmic musings on hip-hop, identity, and black consciousness
By Paula Mejia July 29, 2014 | 5:00am
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Jenny Lewis journeys into the heart of adulthood on The Voyager
By Erik Adams July 29, 2014 | 5:00am
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Common fails to solve Chicago’s gun violence problem with his music
By Eric Thurm July 22, 2014 | 5:00am
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Upgrades can’t save White Fence’s psych-rock from getting stale
By Chris Mincher July 22, 2014 | 5:00am
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Joyce Manor’s quest to eliminate hangovers proves fruitful
By David Anthony July 22, 2014 | 5:00am
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Jungle’s nu-disco is competent and sleek, but not much more
By Josh Terry July 15, 2014 | 5:00am
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After a 5-year lull, Morrissey returns—and shrugs
By Jason Heller July 15, 2014 | 5:00am
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“Weird Al” Yankovic smartly skewers, embraces pop culture
By Annie Zaleski July 15, 2014 | 5:00am
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Reigning Sound spread warm and fuzzies with another warm, fuzzy stunner
By kenneth-partridge July 15, 2014 | 5:00am
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With No Coast, Braid proves its 16-year wait was worth it
By David Anthony July 8, 2014 | 5:00am
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Accidental pop songwriter Sia doesn’t quite reclaim solo career momentum
By Annie Zaleski July 8, 2014 | 5:00am
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Old Crow Medicine Show makes country punk on Remedy
By Marah Eakin July 1, 2014 | 5:00am
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How To Dress Well remains torn between pop escapism and emotional torment
By Evan Rytlewski June 24, 2014 | 5:00am
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Ab-Soul loses control on These Days…
By Eric Thurm June 24, 2014 | 5:00am
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Folk songwriter Strand Of Oaks heals on rock ‘n’ roll masterpiece
By Philip Cosores June 24, 2014 | 5:00am
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Taylor Swift’s BFF Ed Sheeran reaffirms his pop star status
By Annie Zaleski June 24, 2014 | 5:00am
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Mastodon stomps back with a concept that’s both simple and sound
By Jason Heller June 24, 2014 | 5:00am
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Willie Nelson struggles with age, depth of catalog on Band Of Brothers
By Marah Eakin June 17, 2014 | 5:00am
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Lana Del Rey delivers lethargic mid-tempo numbers on Ultraviolence
By Kyle Fowle June 17, 2014 | 5:00am
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Lower retools post-punk for a world on the brink
By Jason Heller June 17, 2014 | 5:00am
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On the stunning Familiars, The Antlers battle with the past
By Josh Terry June 17, 2014 | 5:00am
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Boris overdoes the grand gestures on Noise
By Jason Heller June 17, 2014 | 5:00am
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Sam Smith starts smooth and soulful, ends repetitive and redundant
By Lily Moayeri June 17, 2014 | 5:00am
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Die Antwoord still hostile, compelling on latest LP
By Kyle Fowle June 10, 2014 | 5:00am
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Jack White harnesses the power of Jack White on Lazaretto
By Josh Modell June 10, 2014 | 5:00am
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Fucked Up embraces evolution on Glass Boys
By David Anthony June 3, 2014 | 5:00am
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The Walkmen’s Hamilton Leithauser charms on his theatrical solo debut
By Josh Terry June 3, 2014 | 5:00am
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Parquet Courts expands its attack on Sunbathing Animal
By David Anthony June 3, 2014 | 5:00am
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Bob Mould faces mortality with ferocity, humility, and grace
By Annie Zaleski June 3, 2014 | 5:00am
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Sharon Van Etten unleashes an epic that’s punishing—in a good way
By Emily St. James May 27, 2014 | 5:00am
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Hercules & Love Affair flex their muscles
By Kyle Fowle May 27, 2014 | 5:00am
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Owen Pallett aims for the thirtysomething gut
By Emily St. James May 27, 2014 | 5:00am
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Neil Young and Jack White give old songs new meanings
By Philip Cosores May 27, 2014 | 5:00am
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After nearly 20 years, The Meatmen bring punk back to its ribald roots
By Chris Mincher May 27, 2014 | 5:00am
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Older and calmer, Conor Oberst inches closer to enlightenment
By kenneth-partridge May 20, 2014 | 5:00am
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15 years on, American Football’s lone LP gets a face-lift
By David Anthony May 20, 2014 | 5:00am
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The Roots lay on the satire with the arty …And Then You Shoot Your Cousin
By Evan Rytlewski May 20, 2014 | 5:00am
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Coldplay goes quiet on Ghost Stories, with one terrible, notable exception
By Josh Modell May 19, 2014 | 4:48pm
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The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart dials down the noise and settles for dull
By Chris Mincher May 13, 2014 | 5:00am
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An ensemble folk player becomes a star on Sylvan Esso’s debut
By Philip Cosores May 13, 2014 | 5:00am
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The Black Keys show off more new studio tricks, same old sound
By Kyle Fowle May 13, 2014 | 5:00am
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Tori Amos gets her groove back
By Annie Zaleski May 13, 2014 | 5:00am
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No animals—maybe just humans—were harmed in the making of Swans’ To Be Kind
By Jason Heller May 13, 2014 | 5:00am
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Dolly Parton gets folksy, dark on the lovable Blue Smoke
By Marah Eakin May 13, 2014 | 5:00am
