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Which of the 53 new covers of songs from Metallica’s self-titled Black Album are the best?

From Jason Isbell to J Balvin, IDLES to Off!, here are the most inspired new versions of the songs from the…

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DMX makes his posthumous Exodus: 5 new releases we love

There’s a lot of music out there. To help you cut through all the noise, every week The A.V. Club is rounding up A-Si…

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Anthemic post-hardcore is rarely this moving (also, Young M.A. is back): 5 new releases we love

There’s a lot of music out there. To help you cut through all the noise, every week The A.V. Club is rounding up A-Si…

Alex McLevy,

Katie Rife,

and Shanicka Anderson

5/21/21 10:00AM

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NCT Dream converges and Nine Inch Nails finds good HEALTH: 5 new releases we love

There’s a lot of music out there. To help you cut through all the noise, every week The A.V. Club is rounding up A-Si…

Alex McLevy,

Katie Rife,

Tatiana Tenreyro,

and Shanicka Anderson

5/14/21 10:05AM

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Transcendent hip-hop and a massive instrumental memoriam: 5 new releases we love

There’s a lot of music out there. To help you cut through all the noise, every week The A.V. Club is rounding up A-Si…

Alex McLevy,

Katie Rife,

and Tatiana Tenreyro

5/07/21 10:00AM

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Bonnie “Prince” Billy and Matt Sweeney are back to mess with your heart: 5 new releases we love

There’s a lot of music out there. To help you cut through all the noise, every week The A.V. Club is rounding up A-Si…

Alex McLevy,

and Gwen Ihnat

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Dinosaur Jr. shreds and Arooj Aftab stuns: 5 new releases we love

There’s a lot of music out there. To help you cut through all the noise, every week The A.V. Club is rounding up A-Si…

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Conway The Machine gets playful, Paul McCartney gets reimagined: 5 new releases we love

“Only been here for maybe five years, they already speak of my legacy.” Conway The Machine drops this bit of…

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and Gwen Ihnat

4/16/21 10:30AM

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Neutral Milk Hotel made a brilliant record the first time around, too

Neutral Milk Hotel only made two studio albums, but the one that gave the band a cult following was its last. In The…

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There’s a reason Cheap Trick are legends: 5 new releases we love

There’s a lot of music out there. To help you cut through all the noise, every week The A.V. Club is rounding up A-Si…

Alex McLevy,

Gwen Ihnat,

and Katie Rife

4/09/21 10:00AM

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Olivia Rodrigo’s new single is even better than her first: 5 new releases we love

There’s a lot of music out there. To help you cut through all the noise, every week The A.V. Club is rounding up A-Si…

and Tatiana Tenreyro

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Saba drops some hot ones and Jenny Hval experiments: 5 new releases we love

There’s a lot of music out there. To help you cut through all the noise, every week The A.V. Club is rounding up A-Si…

Alex McLevy,

and Patrick Gomez

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Benny The Butcher aces a sequel, and Motion City Soundtrack’s singer returns: 5 new releases we love

There’s a lot of music out there. To help you cut through all the noise, every week The A.V. Club is rounding up A-Si…

and Tatiana Tenreyro

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Chance The Rapper’s new single proves he hasn’t lost a step: 5 new releases we love

There’s a lot of music out there. To help you cut through all the noise, every week The A.V. Club is rounding up A-Si…

and Tatiana Tenreyro

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St. Vincent dances back, and Arab Strap resurfaces after 16 years: 5 new releases we love

There’s a lot of music out there. To help you cut through all the noise, every week The A.V. Club is rounding up A-Si…

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Nick Cave returns with a reason to keep on living: 5 new releases we love

There’s a lot of music out there. To help you cut through all the noise, every week The A.V. Club is rounding up A-Si…

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Katie Rife,

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Wild Pink’s majestic new record, and Chung Ha’s audacious debut: 5 new releases we love

There’s a lot of music out there. To help you cut through all the noise, every week The A.V. Club is rounding up A-Si…

Alex McLevy,

Shannon Miller,

Katie Rife,

and Patrick Gomez

2/19/21 10:00AM

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Pink Sweat$ delivers a masterful debut, and Clap Your Hands Say Yeah returns: 5 new releases we love

There’s a lot of music out there. To help you cut through all the noise, every week The A.V. Club is rounding up A-Si…

Alex McLevy,

Randall Colburn,

and Shannon Miller

2/12/21 10:30AM

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Let’s all move on: 60 minutes of songs about looking ahead to brighter days

Someday, we’re going to be telling our grandchildren working the moon farms about this legendarily bad year—the…

Alex McLevy,

Katie Rife,

Gwen Ihnat,

and Danette Chavez

2/11/21 12:00AM

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John Carpenter brings the darkness and H.E.R. delivers a soul manifesto: 5 new releases we love

There’s a lot of music out there. To help you cut through all the noise, every week The A.V. Club is rounding up A-Si…

Alex McLevy,

Shannon Miller,

and Randall Colburn

2/05/21 9:50AM

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