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Raye Goes for Broke on the Wildly Ambitious ‘This Music May Contain Hope’
“I warned you, dear listener, didn’t I?” Raye declares halfway through her new album. “When I told you this was a sad, sad, saaaad song?” She isn’t joking about that.…
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Neurosis Know You’re Hurting. Their Stunning New Album Is a Life Preserver
Heavy metal, at least as God and Black Sabbath originally intended it,…
Luke Combs Contains Multitudes on ‘The Way I Am’
A decade or so into his career, Luke Combs is at the…
Robyn Drops Blunt Tales of Grown-Up Freedom on ‘Sexistential’
Robyn has already lived so many lives. The Swedish teen-pop ingenue who…
Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso Are Top-Notch Musicians With Little Left to Say on ‘Free Spirits’
Looking back, the viral Tiny Desk session that Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso…
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Harry Styles Is Up for Anything on ‘Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally.’
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Bruno Mars’ ‘The Romantic’ Is a Retro-Soul Crowd-Pleaser
If giving the people what they want is a crime,…
Blackpink Are Back in Peak Form on ‘Deadline’
The women of Blackpink are feeling themselves hard on Deadline,…
Baby Keem Takes His Chances on Some New Sounds on ‘Ca$ino’
Earlier this month, Hykeem “Baby Keem” Carter uploaded a trilogy…
Mumford and Sons Stomp Along Sensitively on ‘Prizefighter’
The superstar band's sixth album emphasizes their vulnerable side, with…
Hilary Duff Is Still Millennials’ Guiding Light on ‘Luck…or Something’
In the early 2000s, Hilary Duff soundtracked the era of…
Megan Moroney, Poet of Gen Z Heartbreak, Digs Deep on ‘Cloud 9’
She's as gifted as ever at Nashville songcraft — and…