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In the week of new Kanye and Drake, Little Simz claims the best rap album crown
By Baraka Kaseko September 3, 2021 | 2:31pm
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Kacey Musgraves pens a modern divorce album with help from the classics in Star-Crossed
By Gabrielle Sanchez September 2, 2021 | 1:00pm
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Kanye West’s Donda is a bloated, incoherent mess
By Nina Hernandez August 31, 2021 | 8:30pm
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Chvrches’ album Screen Violence finds a newly mature band rediscovering its strengths
By Alex McLevy August 27, 2021 | 1:00pm
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Indigo De Souza's Any Shape You Take is an indie rock masterwork
By Alex McLevy August 26, 2021 | 3:00pm
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Lorde disappears into the sun on Solar Power
By Gabrielle Sanchez August 25, 2021 | 4:42pm
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The Joy Formidable's new album tries to see the future but gets caught in the past
By Alex McLevy August 20, 2021 | 7:01pm
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Angel Olsen brings emotional intensity to '80s pop hits on Aisles
By Tatiana Tenreyro August 19, 2021 | 5:00pm
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Deafheaven waves goodbye to metal—and maybe to what made the band special
By A.A. Dowd August 17, 2021 | 6:20pm
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The Killers tell poignant small-town short stories on Pressure Machine
By Gwen Ihnat August 13, 2021 | 9:50pm
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Happier Than Ever is mostly a great Billie Eilish album
By Alex McLevy August 4, 2021 | 11:00am
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Prince’s posthumous release Welcome 2 America is fantastic. So why did he leave it in the vault?
By Noel Murray July 26, 2021 | 6:15pm
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Clairo’s Sling paves a brilliantly inspired and elegantly orchestrated road to comfort
By Gabrielle Sanchez July 16, 2021 | 9:20pm
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Doja Cat loses herself in the pop space of Planet Her
By Gabrielle Sanchez June 21, 2021 | 4:00pm
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Sleater-Kinney's Path Of Wellness is paved with guitars
By Katie Rife June 11, 2021 | 10:32pm
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Rostam soundtracks summer love with the jazzy Changephobia
By Tatiana Tenreyro June 4, 2021 | 4:36pm
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You can call it a comeback, but don’t dub Liz Phair's Soberish a “return to form”
By Katie Rife June 3, 2021 | 3:00pm
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Olivia Rodrigo’s SOUR is so much more than a breakup album
By Tatiana Tenreyro May 21, 2021 | 5:00pm
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St. Vincent saunters into the past with the rakish tales of Daddy’s Home
By Alex McLevy May 13, 2021 | 11:00am
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Good news, everyone: Van Weezer kicks ass
By Alex McLevy May 6, 2021 | 11:00am
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Taylor Swift forges ahead with a dreamy throwback in Fearless (Taylor's Version)
By Saloni Gajjar April 9, 2021 | 3:23pm
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Lana Del Rey’s Chemtrails Over The Country Club lives in NFR!’s superior shadow
By Tatiana Tenreyro March 23, 2021 | 3:00pm
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With Trent Reznor gone Pixar, The Horrors are ready to be your new Nine Inch Nails
By Tatiana Tenreyro March 16, 2021 | 6:10pm
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Julien Baker’s Little Oblivions is her most vulnerable record yet—and her best
By Tatiana Tenreyro February 26, 2021 | 12:00pm
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On Open Door Policy, The Hold Steady evolve from bar hounds into lounge lizards
By Ashley Naftule February 19, 2021 | 2:00pm
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Hayley Williams’ Flowers For Vases/Descansos dreamily wades between grief and acceptance
By Shannon Miller February 8, 2021 | 7:00pm
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With OK Human, Weezer dresses up its pop in retro-’70s clothing
By Alex McLevy January 28, 2021 | 2:00pm
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Taylor Swift’s deeply affecting evermore continues folklore’s rich universe-building
By Annie Zaleski December 14, 2020 | 3:45pm
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With McCartney III, Paul McCartney offers lessons from a legendary life
By Gwen Ihnat November 9, 2020 | 4:54pm
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Ariana Grande finds her bliss with Positions
By Annie Zaleski November 2, 2020 | 8:00pm
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Letter To You is one of the finest achievements of Bruce Springsteen’s career
By Alex McLevy October 15, 2020 | 1:00pm
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Sufjan Stevens rages and despairs through The Ascension’s bloated protest bangers
By Randall Colburn September 24, 2020 | 3:37pm
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With Smile, Katy Perry is desperately trying to have fun again
By Alex McLevy August 28, 2020 | 4:00am
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Bright Eyes brings the drama on the sad, lovely Down In The Weeds, Where The World Once Was
By Randall Colburn August 21, 2020 | 4:00pm
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Beyoncé’s Black Is King is an unfettered celebration of Blackness
By Shannon Miller July 31, 2020 | 7:00pm
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Taylor Swift writes her own version of history on folklore
By Annie Zaleski July 24, 2020 | 8:30pm
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Phoebe Bridgers is as anxious as the rest of us, but Punisher is still a soothing balm
By Katie Rife June 19, 2020 | 9:26pm
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Lady Gaga returns to her electro-pop roots—and channels Madonna (again)—on Chromatica
By Patrick Gomez May 29, 2020 | 4:26am
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The 1975 gets restless on the sprawling, unfocused Notes On A Conditional Form
By Annie Zaleski May 22, 2020 | 4:00pm
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Moses Sumney’s ambitious Grae destroys binaries from within
By Max Freedman May 13, 2020 | 1:00pm
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Hayley Williams’ solo debut Petals For Armor is therapy in sweet motion
By Shannon Miller May 8, 2020 | 4:00pm
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Lucinda Williams meets some Good Souls Better Angels on a raucous trip to hell and back
By Katie Rife April 27, 2020 | 4:20pm
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With Fetch The Bolt Cutters, Fiona Apple hits a zenith of liberation and experimentation
By Nina Corcoran April 17, 2020 | 1:00pm
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Morrissey barks and bites on I Am Not A Dog On A Chain
By Josh Modell March 20, 2020 | 1:00pm
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Pearl Jam does the evolution on the ambitious, if uneven, Gigaton
By Alex McLevy March 9, 2020 | 5:50pm
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Mandy Moore emerges older and wiser on Silver Landings, her first album in 11 years
By Gwen Ihnat March 5, 2020 | 4:00pm
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Changes finds Justin Bieber on the bumpy road to maturity
By Annie Zaleski February 18, 2020 | 4:35pm
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Tame Impala has nothing left to hide behind on The Slow Rush
By Max Freedman February 13, 2020 | 4:00pm
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Kesha strikes a self-assured pop balance on High Road
By Annie Zaleski January 31, 2020 | 9:20pm
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With Fine Line, Harry Styles transforms into a California-pop iconoclast
By Annie Zaleski December 17, 2019 | 2:00pm
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A weary Beck occasionally lifts off on Hyperspace
By Josh Modell November 25, 2019 | 9:15pm
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Coldplay runs away from Coldplay on the wildly uneven Everyday Life
By Josh Modell November 22, 2019 | 2:00pm
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DJ Shadow’s triumphant new LP is part evolution, part class reunion
By Alex McLevy November 14, 2019 | 6:00pm
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Before Brian Eno made Music For Airports, Ernest Hood made music for Neighborhoods
By Marty Sartini Garner October 10, 2019 | 8:35pm
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On Ghosteen, Nick Cave invites us into his bright abyss
By Marty Sartini Garner October 7, 2019 | 6:00pm
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Angel Olsen’s All Mirrors is a gorgeous but fatiguing listen
By Annie Zaleski October 3, 2019 | 4:00pm
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Chelsea Wolfe goes back to the land on the starkly beautiful Birth Of Violence
By Katie Rife September 12, 2019 | 3:00pm
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Lana Del Rey goes confessional on the meandering Norman Fucking Rockwell
By Annie Zaleski September 3, 2019 | 3:40pm
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Ezra Furman sings to the barricades on the righteous, furious Twelve Nudes
By Katie Rife August 28, 2019 | 3:00pm
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Taylor Swift is done proving herself on the resonant Lover
By Annie Zaleski August 26, 2019 | 5:00pm
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The Hold Steady makes a loose, welcome return to Thrashing Thru The Passion
By Jesse Hassenger August 15, 2019 | 3:00pm
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Sleater-Kinney is down, but not defeated, on The Center Won’t Hold
By Katie Rife August 14, 2019 | 5:30pm
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Chance The Rapper celebrates union on his triumphant studio release The Big Day
By Adam Isaac Itkoff July 29, 2019 | 4:50pm
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Freddie Gibbs and Madlib go 2 for 2 with the head-spinning Bandana
By Clayton Purdom June 26, 2019 | 3:00pm
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Bruce Springsteen tries to lose himself under the cinematic scope of Western Stars
By Alex McLevy June 12, 2019 | 11:00am
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Left-field cameos fuel Flying Lotus’ latest odyssey, Flamagra
By Mosi Reeves May 24, 2019 | 1:00pm
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Relationship status with Morrissey’s new covers album: It’s complicated
By Josh Modell May 23, 2019 | 3:00pm
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The National takes a deep breath on the revelatory I Am Easy To Find
By Randall Colburn May 16, 2019 | 5:00pm
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Vampire Weekend brilliantly stretches its own definition on Father Of The Bride
By Josh Modell May 2, 2019 | 1:00pm
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Lizzo loves herself, and learns to love somebody else, on the empowered yet tender Cuz I Love You
By Katie Rife April 19, 2019 | 5:00pm
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Weyes Blood ascends to new musical heights on the lush, cinematic Titanic Rising
By Katie Rife April 5, 2019 | 5:00pm
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LPX is the American Robyn, and her new EP proves she’s ready for pop stardom
By Alex McLevy March 26, 2019 | 3:00pm
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More empathetic than incendiary, this is still Andrew Bird’s Finest Work Yet
By Danette Chavez March 22, 2019 | 3:00pm
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Singing like she never has before, Jenny Lewis puts it all On The Line
By Annie Zaleski March 20, 2019 | 5:00pm
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What more do you want from Weezer at this point?
By Jesse Hassenger March 1, 2019 | 4:00pm
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Two new rarities albums show the songs Alex Chilton was in love with
By Gwen Ihnat February 25, 2019 | 5:15pm
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Ariana Grande has no fucks to spare on the thrilling Thank U, Next
By Annie Zaleski February 11, 2019 | 8:00pm
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James Blake’s Assume Form is both a surprising twist and a logical conclusion
By Brian Howe January 22, 2019 | 5:01pm
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Sharon Van Etten embraces the here and now on Remind Me Tomorrow
By Annie Zaleski January 17, 2019 | 6:00pm
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Deerhunter’s eighth LP is a sci-fi salve for 21st-century anxiety
By Matt Williams January 16, 2019 | 6:00pm
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Earl Sweatshirt locks in on the uncompromising Some Rap Songs
By Clayton Purdom December 6, 2018 | 3:30pm
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Black Velvet pays poignant tribute to late soul singer Charles Bradley
By Katie Rife November 9, 2018 | 3:30pm
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Thom Yorke summons a dark new sound in Suspiria
By Clayton Purdom October 26, 2018 | 3:00pm
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Lil Wayne’s long-overdue Tha Carter V, plus High On Fire and more in this week’s music reviews
By The A.V. Club, Clayton Purdom, A.A. Dowd, Annie Zaleski October 5, 2018 | 4:00pm
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Cat Power’s Wanderer can’t quite find its way
By Annie Zaleski October 4, 2018 | 2:00pm
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Cher does ABBA, BROCKHAMPTON sprawls out, and more in this week’s music reviews
By The A.V. Club, A.A. Dowd, Annie Zaleski, David Anthony September 28, 2018 | 5:15pm
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A rare view of Prince, plus Metric and more in this week’s new music
By The A.V. Club, Gwen Ihnat, Alex McLevy, Marty Sartini Garner September 21, 2018 | 1:00pm
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Christine And The Queens’ swaggering Chris revels in fluid identities
By Annie Zaleski September 20, 2018 | 2:00pm
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Noname opens up, and invites us to do the same, on the unapologetic Room 25
By Dianca London Potts September 19, 2018 | 3:45pm
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Jóhann Jóhansson embraces the void on the doom-metal influenced Mandy soundtrack
By Katie Rife September 18, 2018 | 8:50pm
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New albums out today: Low, Paul Weller, Spirit Of The Beehive, and more
By The A.V. Club, David Anthony, Annie Zaleski September 14, 2018 | 2:00pm
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Spiritualized’s grand goodbye, Joey Purp’s live-wire mixtape, and more new music reviews
By The A.V. Club, Clayton Purdom, David Anthony, Tabassum Siddiqui September 7, 2018 | 2:00pm
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The battle for baby-boomer relevance pits Paul against Paul
By Jesse Hassenger September 5, 2018 | 5:00pm
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Wild Nothing’s best album yet, Danny Brown’s Twitch mixtape, and more music to hear this week
By The A.V. Club, A.A. Dowd, Annie Zaleski, Alex McLevy, Marty Sartini Garner, Nina Corcoran August 31, 2018 | 3:00pm
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Desire and gender run free on Anna Calvi’s ferocious Hunter
By Kelsey J. Waite August 31, 2018 | 2:00pm
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Blood Orange builds a refuge for Black stories on the exquisite Negro Swan
By Judnick Mayard August 30, 2018 | 3:40pm
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Ariana Grande and Mogwai lead a stellar week in new music
By The A.V. Club, Gwen Ihnat, Marty Sartini Garner, Annie Zaleski August 24, 2018 | 3:00pm
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Nicki Minaj, Animal Collective, and Death Cab lead a busy week in new releases
By The A.V. Club, Nina Hernandez, Alex McLevy, kenneth-partridge August 17, 2018 | 2:00pm
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Mitski is alone in the middle of the dance floor on the playful Be The Cowboy
By Katie Rife August 16, 2018 | 4:00pm
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Foxing’s excellent, elastic Nearer My God leads this week’s new releases
By The A.V. Club, David Anthony, Alex McLevy August 10, 2018 | 1:00pm
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YG, Helena Hauff, and more albums to know about this week
By The A.V. Club, Clayton Purdom, Marty Sartini Garner, Matt Gerardi, Colin McGowan August 3, 2018 | 2:00pm
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The Internet, Skeletonwitch, and more albums to know about this week
By The A.V. Club, Astrid Budgor July 20, 2018 | 2:00pm
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Dirty Projectors, Deafheaven, and more albums to know about this week
By The A.V. Club, Marty Sartini Garner, A.A. Dowd, Sean O'Neal July 13, 2018 | 2:00pm
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Bjørn Torske, Bodega, and more albums to know about this week
By The A.V. Club, Alex McLevy, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky July 6, 2018 | 3:00pm
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Scorpion is a whole shitload of Drake
By Clayton Purdom July 2, 2018 | 6:30pm
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Florence + The Machine, Gorillaz, and more albums to know about this week
By Katie Rife, Clayton Purdom, David Brusie, Sean O'Neal, Matt Williams, Gwen Ihnat June 29, 2018 | 3:00pm
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Don’t let the preposterous flood of major rap releases make you forget Jay Rock
By Clayton Purdom June 22, 2018 | 7:30pm
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Nine Inch Nails, Kamasi Washington, and more albums to know about this week
By Matt Gerardi, Sean O'Neal, Colin McGowan, Kyle Ryan June 22, 2018 | 6:00pm
