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Lil Nas X’s debut album, <i>MONTERO</i>, is built on queer love, yearning, and grief

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Lil Nas X’s debut album, MONTERO, is built on queer love, yearning, and grief

The 22-year-old rapper uncovers new, more vulnerable layers

Gabrielle Sanchez

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NCT 127 makes a risky but triumphant comeback with Sticker

For its third album, K-pop group NCT 127 delivers music that continually refuses to stick safely to genre tropes

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Andrew W.K. takes us to a different kind of rager in God Is Partying

The one-man party machine debuts his first full-on heavy metal record

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With HEY WHAT, Low finds the right balance between gorgeous and damaged

The Minnesota band’s 13th album helps cement its status as one of the most indelible and bold acts in rock music

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Drake meets expectations on Certified Lover Boy, but that's about all he does

This is Drake's third studio album in a row that's merely adequate, another missed opportunity from the talented…

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In the week of new Kanye and Drake, Little Simz claims the best rap album crown

Sometimes I Might Be Introvert, Little Simz’s follow-up to 2019’s Grey Area, is one of the best hip-hop releases of…

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Kacey Musgraves pens a modern divorce album with help from the classics in Star-Crossed

On her fourth studio album, Musgraves travels a road well-weathered by country women musicians

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Kanye West’s Donda is a bloated, incoherent mess

The long-delayed release of Kanye West’s latest reveals an album—and artist—in desperate need of editing

Nina Hernandez

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Chvrches’ album Screen Violence finds a newly mature band rediscovering its strengths

There’s only so much distance from the group’s debut, but the Glasgow band’s latest record gets deeper—and…

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Indigo De Souza's Any Shape You Take is an indie rock masterwork

Ferocious and vulnerable in equal measure, the musician's nervy new album is one of the year's best

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Lorde disappears into the sun on Solar Power

With her third album, the 24-year-old New Zealander writes her ode to the sky, but gets lost in the clouds

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The Joy Formidable's new album tries to see the future but gets caught in the past

The Welsh rock band is as spirited as ever, but Into The Blue doubles as the sound of a band dealing with a midlife…

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Angel Olsen brings emotional intensity to '80s pop hits on Aisles

Leave it to Angel Olsen to turn seemingly cheesy '80s pop into tracks that can absolutely wreck you

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Deafheaven waves goodbye to metal—and maybe to what made the band special

With Infinite Granite, the Bay Area genre alchemists go full shoegaze, to pretty but diminished effect

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The Killers tell poignant small-town short stories on Pressure Machine

Brandon Flowers and company offer a welcome break from The Killers’ usual form on their latest album

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Happier Than Ever is mostly a great Billie Eilish album

The artist follows up When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? with a smart, ambitious record that never stops…

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Prince’s posthumous release Welcome 2 America is fantastic. So why did he leave it in the vault?

Recorded in 2010, then inexplicably shelved, the album features some of Prince's feistiest lyrics and catchiest…

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Clairo’s Sling paves a brilliantly inspired and elegantly orchestrated road to comfort

The 22-year-old singer-songwriter's new album offers tenderness that she long withheld from herself

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Doja Cat loses herself in the pop space of Planet Her

Rapper Doja Cat dives into a pool of predictable, uninspired sounds on her third studio album

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Sleater-Kinney's Path Of Wellness is paved with guitars

Post-punk meets hard rock on the Portland mainstays' 10th album

Katie Rife

6/11/21 5:32PM

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