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Tool Fear Inoculum album Spin Essential

Tool’s Fear Inoculum Is a Transcendent Return

Bon Iver’s Excellent i,i Channels the Power of Friendship

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Burna Boy’s Dazzling African Giant Is One of the Year’s Best Albums So Far

Big Thief Tune in to a Higher Frequency on the Unearthly U.F.O.F.

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Only The 1975 Could Make an Album Like the Dizzying A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships

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Review: Dev Hynes’ Aesthetic Is Fully Realized on Blood Orange’s Brilliant Negro Swan

Neko Case’s Hell-On Is a Modern Folk Masterpiece

Kacey Musgraves’s Pristine Golden Hour Might Be a Classic

Amen Dunes Crafts Freedom Into His Most Compelling Album Yet

Review: Meshell Ndegeocello’s Ventriloquism Is the Rare Perfect Covers Album

Review: Flutes Lead Björk Into Paradise on the Stunning Utopia

Review: Fever Ray Wants to Love and Be Loved on the Exhilarating Plunge

Review: Jessie Ware Masters Her Vulnerability on the Captivating Glasshouse

Review: LCD Soundsystem’s Dark American Dream Is an Ideal Comeback Album

Review: Brand New Bid Us Farewell on the Great Science Fiction

Review: Sheer Mag’s Excellent Need to Feel Your Love Proves They’re Far More Than Thin Lizzy Homage

Review: Young Thug’s Beautiful Thugger Girls Is His Strongest, Most Unified Project In Years

Review: Lorde Is a Visionary in the Dark on Melodrama

Review: Fleet Foxes’ Crack-Up Is a Successfully Daring Step Forward

Review: Phoenix Evoke Italian Summers and Late Night Romance on the Exceptional Ti Amo

Review: Jlin’s Black Origami Is Her Boldest, Brightest Work Yet

Review: Mac DeMarco Soberly Embraces Adulthood on the Heartfelt This Old Dog

Review: Feist’s Pleasure Finds Fun Through the Unexpected

Review: On DAMN., Kendrick Lamar Is Not Your Prophet

Review: Arca’s Self-Titled Album Is His Most Engaging, Emotionally Draining, and Confrontational Record Yet

Review: Julia Holter’s Live Album In the Same Room Brings Out the Richest Qualities in Her Work

Review: On Why Love Now, Pissed Jeans Explore the Lighter Side of Everyday Agony

Review: Julie Byrne’s Not Even Happiness Is a Truly Beautiful Travel Album

Review: Priests’ Nothing Feels Natural Is Vital Post-Punk for Trump’s America

Review: Japandroids Bring Beautiful Noise on Near to the Wild Heart of Life

Review: Joyce Manor’s Vital Pop-Punk Enters Adulthood on Cody

Review: Solange’s Exquisite A Seat at the Table Is a Portrait of Black Pain and Healing

Review: Danny Brown’s Atrocity Exhibition Is A Thrilling, Harrowing Ride

Review: Bon Iver Transcends Indie Icon Status on 22, A Million

Review: On Care, How to Dress Well Opens His Heart and Arrangements

Frank Ocean's Blonde

Review: Frank Ocean’s Blond on ‘Blonde’ Is Pledging Its Goddamn Time

Ka's Honor Killed the Samurai

Review: Ka Is Calm Like a Bomb on ‘Honor Killed the Samurai’

NAO's For All We Know

Review: NAO Fumbles Toward Ecstasy on ‘For All We Know’

Jamila Woods' HEAVN

Review: Jamila Woods’ Vision of ‘HEAVN’ Is Neither Lost Nor Lonely

Bat for Lashes' The Bride

Review: Bat for Lashes’ Side Is Always a Bit Lonely on ‘The Bride’

Blood Orange's Freetown Sound

Review: Blood Orange Is Fired Up and Ready to Go on ‘Freetown Sound’

YG's Still Brazy

Review: YG Is ‘Still Brazy’ After All These Years

Mitski's Puberty 2

Review: Mitski Really Gives Emo Something to Write Home About on ‘Puberty 2’

Brandy Clark's Big Day in a Small Town

Review: Brandy Clark Saved the Hits for Herself This Time on ‘Big Day in a Small Town’

The Hotelier's Goodness

Review: The Hotelier’s ‘Goodness’ Is Awfully Modest About Its Greatness

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