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Fruit Bats Find Treasures in the Detritus on the Full-Band Album ‘The Landfill’
“They say a bird in the hand is worth somethin’, but I forget what,” Eric D. Johnson sings on “The Saddest Part of the Song,” the sweeping opening track on his…
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Lizzo Returns, But It Doesn’t Seem Like Her Heart Is in It
Some cultural curios can make you realize just how long ago 2019…
Modest Mouse Have Some Good News and Some Bad News
On “Remember Yourself,” a elegiac, artfully shambling highlight from the new Modest…
Malcolm Todd Blends Genres and Boils Down Big Emotions on ‘Do That Again’
The rising singer-songwriter's second album shows off a bedroom-pop sound that’s as…
Kim Petras Gets Back on Track With ‘Detour’
Midway through Kim Petras’ latest album Detour, there’s “Brutalist,” a song about…
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Melanie Martinez Raises Hell on Her Dystopian New Album
From the very beginning, Melanie Martinez has dwelled in darkness.…