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When the Smashing Pumpkins followed up 1995’s 10 million-selling opus Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness with Adore—one of those shoegaze-y electro-rock albums…

After a misguided detour into atmospheric rock on 2015’s Wilder Mind underperformed critically and commercially, Mumford & Sons could have returned to the acoustic singalongs…

In this era of cross-listed, audience-consolidating joint rap albums, it was only a matter of time before R&B entered the market. Longtime collaborators Ty Dolla…

NAO begins her second album with a wish: "I hope you find your way." While it's meant as a cordial farewell…

Since the release of her last album, 2010's Body Talk, Robyn has been through a lot—the death of a creative partner, a breakup,…

As goofy-ass indie rock videos go, Cloud Nothings’ "Modern Act" remains uniquely memorable for the sole fact of debuting on November 9, 2016. Frontman Dylan…

By all units of measurement, Pinegrove spent the first half of 2017 nearing the level of fame most indie bands dream of. The seven-piece New…

In their modern era, the mark of a dynamic Fucked Up record could be its ability to evoke confusion: What is going on? But mostly, how…

Wealthy and cool enough to maintain a reputation on the sweet fragrance of thirty years’ worth of fumes, Nile Rodgers nevertheless wanted a new Chic…

Bands who wouldn’t make a politically charged album about the state of America without an engraved invitation have more or less gotten one in the…

How can the reality of something ever live up to the legend? Lil Wayne’s Tha Carter V—released on Friday after a half-decade of…

Chaleur Humaine, the debut album by Héloïse Letissier’s Christine and the Queens, was an improbable breakout. Mainstream straddles the experimental on the regular in France’s…

Noname’s artistry initially bloomed out of an eclectic Chicago poetry scene that received far less coverage than the once-ubiquitous drill movement. Honing…

Until recently, Beak> have pretty much done one thing. The Bristol-based trio, led by drummer Geoff Barrow of Portishead,…

One of the most singular offerings among the trove of video rarities that made the rounds following Prince’s passing in 2016 is…