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A near-death experience delivers transcendence on Ibrahim Alfa Jnr.’s Infinite Black Inside
By Nathan Stevens June 23, 2026 | 1:30pm
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Sublime’s first album in 30 years can’t decide whether it’s a memorial or a reanimation
By Casey Epstein-Gross June 22, 2026 | 3:17pm
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YHWH Nailgun make good use of 11 minutes on Magazine
By Matt Mitchell June 16, 2026 | 11:00am
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On dream island, alyzea longs for 2006
By Nathan Stevens June 16, 2026 | 9:30am
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Olivia Rodrigo chases hope in every form on you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love
By Cassidy Sollazzo June 15, 2026 | 3:10pm
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Tori Amos spins a compelling but uneven allegory on In Times of Dragons
By Mariam Abdel-Razek June 14, 2026 | 9:00am
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Kelsey Lu’s haunting chamber-folk reaches for life’s mysteries
By Lydia Wei June 12, 2026 | 11:00am
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Modern Woman are the next great voice of art-rock on Johnny's Dreamworld
By Casey Epstein-Gross June 11, 2026 | 12:00pm
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Fruit Bats consider what-ifs on The Landfill
By Eric R. Danton June 11, 2026 | 9:30am
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Widowspeak turn everyday ephemera into love songs on Roses
By Miranda Wollen June 8, 2026 | 3:30pm
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of Montreal’s aethermead is some of their warmest, most vulnerable work in years
By Ryan Reed June 6, 2026 | 9:00am
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Vince Staples makes a compelling artistic shift on Cry Baby
By Grant Sharples June 5, 2026 | 10:00am
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An Eraser and A Maze is Modest Mouse’s least compelling album yet
By Ricky Adams June 5, 2026 | 9:30am
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Death Cab for Cutie wade into rough waters on the stunning I Built You a Tower
By Ryan Reed June 5, 2026 | 9:00am
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References are more decorative than distinctive on Violet Grohl’s debut album
By Grace Robins-Somerville June 4, 2026 | 11:30am
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teodioteodio’s debut album is powerful, if not a hair overlong
By Nathan Stevens June 3, 2026 | 10:00am
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villagerrr is strange and self-assured on Carousel
By Miranda Wollen June 2, 2026 | 3:00pm
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Gregory Uhlmann finds Extra Stars in his pageant of improvisation
By Matt Mitchell June 2, 2026 | 11:30am
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Willie Nelson rides on with the poignant Dream Chaser
By Matt Melis June 1, 2026 | 1:30pm
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Kurt Vile makes a home out of Philadelphia’s been good to me
By Casey Epstein-Gross June 1, 2026 | 12:00pm
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Greg Mendez’s sideways humor and blunt observations pave the way in Beauty Land
By Nathan Stevens May 29, 2026 | 9:00am
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An air of finality looms over Boards of Canada’s Inferno
By Grant Sharples May 29, 2026 | 9:00am
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Iceage’s For Love of Grace & the Hereafter turns destruction into bacchanalia
By Grant Sharples May 28, 2026 | 9:30am
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Paul McCartney gets nostalgic and delightfully quirky on The Boys of Dungeon Lane
By Ryan Reed May 28, 2026 | 9:00am
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feeble little horse searches for music’s future in the pixelated tangle of bitknot
By Grace Robins-Somerville May 27, 2026 | 9:30am
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Cola’s Cost of Living Adjustment is a sharp, restless feat of self-definition
By Casey Epstein-Gross May 24, 2026 | 3:30pm
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The sound of Jeff Parker and his ETA IVtet explodes outward and upward in Happy Today
By Mariam Abdel-Razek May 23, 2026 | 9:00am
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Nothing sounds accidental on Bill Orcutt and Mabe Fratti’s Almost Waking
By Grant Sharples May 22, 2026 | 10:00am
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Lowertown delivers multifaceted melancholy on Ugly Duckling Union
By Cassidy Sollazzo May 22, 2026 | 9:30am
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Bleachers deals with lows by chasing highs on everyone for ten minutes
By Sam Rosenberg May 22, 2026 | 9:00am
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Ed O’Brien finds direction on the haunting Blue Morpho
By Ryan Reed May 21, 2026 | 9:00am
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Shakey Graves steps into fatherhood on Fondness, etc.
By Eric R. Danton May 15, 2026 | 10:30am
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Rostam crafts an intermittently compelling narrative on American Stories
By Sam Rosenberg May 15, 2026 | 9:30am
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Touch Girl Apple Blossom wears their influences proudly on Graceful
By Grace Robins-Somerville May 14, 2026 | 10:40am
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Little Wide Open is Kevin Morby’s Midwestern masterpiece
By Grant Sharples May 13, 2026 | 9:30am
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Fire-Toolz’s Lavender Networks is blissfully unclassifiable
By Ryan Reed May 8, 2026 | 11:00am
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Train On The Island is Aldous Harding’s weird and wonderful triumph
By Miranda Wollen May 8, 2026 | 10:00am
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MUNA go hard but stumble slightly while Dancing On The Wall
By Sam Rosenberg May 8, 2026 | 9:30am
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Detached From The Rest Of You is Loraine James’ boldest, most immediate record yet
By Luke Cartledge May 7, 2026 | 10:00am
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Mikaela Davis stays true to her roots on Graceland Way
By Grace Robins-Somerville May 6, 2026 | 12:05pm
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Broken Social Scene recapture their headphone majesty on Remember the Humans
By Ryan Reed May 6, 2026 | 10:00am
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youbet’s third album is sculptural and self-contained
By Miranda Wollen May 4, 2026 | 11:00am
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The Black Keys’ Peaches! sounds like a dashed-off afterthought
By Grant Sharples May 2, 2026 | 9:00am
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Middle of Nowhere finds Kacey Musgraves at a creative crossroads
By Grant Sharples May 1, 2026 | 10:00am
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American Football sets its makers free
By Hayden Merrick May 1, 2026 | 9:00am
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Maya Hawke escapes into an ambitious yet clunky twee fantasy in Maitreya Corso
By Sam Rosenberg April 30, 2026 | 11:00am
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The absurd becomes a catalyst for even more absurdity on Lip Critic’s Theft World
By Grant Sharples April 30, 2026 | 10:00am
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The space between fantasy and reality blurs on Quiet Light’s Blue Angel Sparkling Silver 2
By Grace Robins-Somerville April 29, 2026 | 12:30pm
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Meghan Trainor strains for relevance on Toy With Me
By Casey Epstein-Gross April 28, 2026 | 10:20am
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Florry rock the country on Smells Like… Florry Live As Hell
By Miranda Wollen April 27, 2026 | 12:00pm
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The sum of The Great Divide is less than its parts
By Casey Epstein-Gross April 24, 2026 | 12:00pm
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Julia Cumming seeks reprieve in softer sounds on solo debut
By Grace Robins-Somerville April 24, 2026 | 11:00am
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Metric think big on Romanticize the Dive
By Eric R. Danton April 24, 2026 | 9:00am
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Foo Fighters fly on autopilot throughout Your Favorite Toy
By Grant Sharples April 23, 2026 | 11:00am
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Friko subtly expand their catharsis on Something Worth Waiting For
By Ryan Reed April 22, 2026 | 2:30pm
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Teen Suicide’s fourth album drags itself out to mixed results
By Grace Robins-Somerville April 22, 2026 | 9:00am
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MR COBRA vehemently denies legibility at every turn
By Casey Epstein-Gross April 20, 2026 | 11:30am
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Slayyyter’s WOR$T GIRL IN AMERICA is a dirtbag dance party
By Grace Robins-Somerville April 18, 2026 | 1:00pm
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Carve is a stripped-back detour from Kathryn Mohr’s previous work
By Elise Soutar April 17, 2026 | 11:00am
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Jessie Ware’s disco-pop flavor goes stale on Superbloom
By Sam Rosenberg April 17, 2026 | 9:00am
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Highway to Hell is Star Moles at her most absurd, cynical, and tender
By Grace Robins-Somerville April 16, 2026 | 10:00am
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Yaya Bey explores the ephemeral on Fidelity
By Grant Sharples April 16, 2026 | 9:00am
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Brown Horse take familiar alt-country paths on Total Dive
By Miranda Wollen April 12, 2026 | 9:00am
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Cameron Picton comes into his own as a composer and performer on My New Band Believe
By Grace Robins-Somerville April 10, 2026 | 1:30pm
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Ella Langley tries to find her footing on Dandelion
By Ethan Beck April 10, 2026 | 9:30am
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Lifeguard are at their most instinctive and volatile on Ultra Violence / Appetite
By Grace Robins-Somerville April 8, 2026 | 10:15am
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Commitment rebel against the powers that be on Fear Of
By Grace Robins-Somerville April 7, 2026 | 12:07pm
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heavensouls’ westside trapped is a virtuosic, otherworldly tribute to Nigeria
By Nathan Stevens April 7, 2026 | 10:30am
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Arlo Parks throws an ambitious afterparty in Ambiguous Desire
By Miranda Wollen April 5, 2026 | 9:00am
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Earl Sweatshirt and MIKE sound directionless on the SURF GANG-produced POMPEII // UTILITY
By Liam Inscoe-Jones April 4, 2026 | 12:30pm
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Angine de Poitrine thrash wildly throughout space and time
By Casey Epstein-Gross April 3, 2026 | 11:30am
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Thundercat's Distracted is an uneven blend of P-funk and astral jazz
By Grant Sharples April 3, 2026 | 10:00am
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The spoils of Two Wheels Move The Soul are strange, textured, and noisy
By Andy Steiner April 2, 2026 | 9:00am
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Wendy Eisenberg is a hopeful tour through time, selfhood, and writing
By Casey Epstein-Gross April 1, 2026 | 12:00pm
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Grace Ives faces the music on Girlfriend
By Grant Sharples April 1, 2026 | 11:00am
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Sexistential shines with Robyn’s revelations on motherhood and love
By Lydia Wei April 1, 2026 | 11:00am
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Sunn O))) is a testament to nature’s resilience
By Grant Sharples March 31, 2026 | 10:30am
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Natalia Catalan’s Die Without Makeup is a jazz-pop amusement park
By Grace Robins-Somerville March 30, 2026 | 9:00am
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Sluice make a diorama of modern American life on Companion
By Miranda Wollen March 29, 2026 | 2:10pm
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Fcukers’ lack of depth contributes to the mystique of Ö
By Cassidy Sollazzo March 27, 2026 | 11:00am
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Charlie Puth loosens up as he settles down on Whatever’s Clever!
By Sam Rosenberg March 27, 2026 | 10:00am
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Snail Mail’s creative hot streak continues on Ricochet
By Sam Rosenberg March 27, 2026 | 10:00am
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Charlotte Cornfield turns a new chapter on the open-hearted Hurts Like Hell
By Matt Melis March 26, 2026 | 12:00pm
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Existential fear and social collapse mark The Former Site Of The New Pornographers
By Alex McLevy March 26, 2026 | 9:00am
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Girl Scout’s confidence mirrors their range on Brink
By Casey Epstein-Gross March 25, 2026 | 12:30pm
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Courtney Barnett sticks to what she knows on Creature of Habit
By Grant Sharples March 25, 2026 | 10:00am
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Dagmar Zuniga remixes and rewires the carousel of time
By Elise Soutar March 25, 2026 | 9:00am
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Avalon Emerson finds magic beyond her turntables on Written into Changes
By Matt Mitchell March 24, 2026 | 11:30am
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Gladie goes full-throttle on No Need to Be Lonely
By Casey Epstein-Gross March 23, 2026 | 10:30am
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Luke Combs’ hit formula shows cracks on The Way I Am
By Ethan Beck March 20, 2026 | 9:00am
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underscores makes her bid for pop stardom on U
By Andy Steiner March 19, 2026 | 12:40pm
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Trying Times presents James Blake in singer-songwriter mode to mixed results
By Grant Sharples March 13, 2026 | 10:00am
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The Black Crowes dance toward doomsday on A Pound of Feathers
By Matt Melis March 12, 2026 | 9:30am
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Kim Gordon’s PLAY ME is a vital anti-AI statement
By Grant Sharples March 11, 2026 | 10:30am
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A communal spirit runs deep on Bonnie “Prince” Billy’s We Are Together Again
By Grant Sharples March 6, 2026 | 9:00am
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Mutiny After Midnight is uncensored, depraved, and totally batshit
By Matt Mitchell March 4, 2026 | 10:10am
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On Heaven 2, Lala Lala trades grit for gauze
By Casey Epstein-Gross March 4, 2026 | 10:00am
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Harry Styles loses his edge on Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally.
By Matt Mitchell March 4, 2026 | 9:20am
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Nothing’s About to Happen to Me finds Mitski performing isolation to a full house
By Casey Epstein-Gross March 3, 2026 | 11:00am
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Morrissey’s Make-Up Is a Lie is worse than expected
By Grant Sharples March 3, 2026 | 10:00am
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Heather the Jerk’s punk pop is bratty and contagious on Scroll If You Love Devil
By Matt Mitchell March 2, 2026 | 2:30pm
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Bruno Mars falls into self-parody on The Romantic
By Sam Rosenberg March 2, 2026 | 10:30am
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Man on the Run successfully contextualizes Paul McCartney’s post-Beatles reinvention
By Tara Bennett March 2, 2026 | 9:00am
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Bill Callahan finds beauty in charming diversions and bizarre dreams on My Days of 58
By Matt Melis February 27, 2026 | 10:30am
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Maria BC’s songcraft on Marathon rewards close listening
By Elise Soutar February 27, 2026 | 9:40am
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Tony Bontana is an incisive MC and imaginative beatmaker on My Name
By Grant Sharples February 27, 2026 | 9:00am
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Gorillaz struggle to reach their emotional peak on The Mountain
By Sam Rosenberg February 26, 2026 | 11:00am
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Nothing's momentum stalls on a short history of decay
By Grant Sharples February 26, 2026 | 10:00am
