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For more than a decade, Charli xcx was a secret weapon, a brazen experimentalist, a raw diarist, and (apologies to Chappell Roan) your favorite...
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The Strokes’ stock is pretty high in 2026, definitely higher than it was in 2016, and maybe even 2006. This year marks the 25th...
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The British rock band Yard Act has never had much interest in offering easy answers. The Leeds quartet built a reputation on sardonic observations...
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In the first half of 2026, the Universal Music Group (UMG) continued positive forward momentum with healthy overall revenue growth and managed to maintain internal...
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When Steve Lacy released “Nice Shoes” last summer — a teaser for his new album Oh Yeah? that dropped alongside his Rolling Stone cover...
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“I’m living with a knife in my side/I’m gonna take it for a joy ride,” Gracie Abrams sings three songs into her new album....
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When an artist has made 13 albums and nearly two dozen mixtapes in 15 years, does that person have anything new left to say?...
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“I got one rule/I don’t start nothing/Nothing I can’t finish,” Jack White announces early in this album’s nonstop cannonade of martial-blues stomp and guitar-army...
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Sienna Spiro called in a battalion of musicians to set the tone for “He’s Not My Baby, I’m His,” which comes midway into her...
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“People think dance music is just superficial,” Madonna announces early on her excellent new album, Confessions II. “But they’re all wrong. The dance floor...
