Rolling Stone

Drake

'Dark Lane Demo Tapes'

The 14-track surprise mixtape is heavy on reflection, without much fun

Fiona Apple

Fetch the Bolt Cutters

Her first LP since 2012's 'The Idler Wheel...' is the best work of her career

Ed O'Brien

Earth

On his solo debut, the guitarist gracefully comes to the front of the stage — and delivers

The Strokes

The New Abnormal

Their latest LP, produced by Rick Rubin, might be their best since the glory days of the early '00s

The Eddy

Damien Chazelle's first work for television is an ill-fitting mashup of somber crime story and love letter to live music

Betty

HBO's half-hour series follows the hazy misadventures of an all-female skateboarding crew, and scores a low-key victory for the matriarchy

Hollywood

With his latest Netflix offering, the prolific showrunner revisits 1940s L.A. — but with a modern, inclusive twist

Normal People

This excellent Hulu series adapting Sally Rooney's acclaimed novel presents a millennial love story for the ages

Bull

A dual character study of a rodeo legend on his last legs and an at-risk 14-year-old girl showcases one of the great screen performances of the year

Arkansas

Get ready to get drunk on Clark Duke's black comedy

Selah and the Spades

Writer-director Tayarisha Poe's debut gives us a world of criminal teens warring over turf in a tony high school—and introduces a fresh new filmmaking voice

True History of the Kelly Gang

A revisionist, punk-rock look at the 19th-century Australian outlaw blows the dust off a calcified mythology