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On Mogwai’s ‘The Bad Fire,’ Purgatory Never Sounded So Good
The colors of Mogwai‘s volcanic explosions on the cover of The Bad Fire, the gloomy Glaswegians’ 11th record (by their count), are bright red, yellow, white, and periwinkle. Anyone who’s…
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Teddy Swims Is an Old-School, Old-Soul Charmer
Pop quiz: Who had the Number One song of 2024? You’d be…
FKA Twigs Goes Even Deeper Into the Groove
What exactly is the feeling of losing yourself on the dance floor?…
Mac Miller’s ‘Balloonerism’ Offers a Hazy Sense of Solace
The year is 2014. Mac Miller has defied hip-hop norms as a…
The Weather Station Gets Sublimely Personal on ‘Humanhood’
With her seventh album as the Weather Station, singer-songwriter Tamara Lindeman gets…
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Stop, What’s That Sound? A First-Ever Buffalo Springfield Live Album?
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Kendrick Lamar Caps His Huge Year With a Victory Lap on ‘GNX’
In 2024, the world of rap has belonged to Kendrick…
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Longtime Afrobeats enthusiasts have literally watched Wizkid grow up before…
Kim Deal Waited Decades to Release a Solo Album. ‘Nobody Loves You More’ Is Worth It
Nobody Loves You More, Kim Deal‘s first-ever solo album, has…
Father John Misty Dances With Death on ‘Mahashmashana’
Death comes for us all, but not before time makes…