Rolling Stone

DaBaby

KIRK

The rapper shows why he's one of the year's most compelling breakout stars.

Tegan and Sara

Hey, I'm Just Like You

The twin sisters' latest features songs written while they were in high school

Wilco

Ode to Joy

The group’s 11th LP, their best in years, is a beautiful exercise in downhearted uplift.

Angel Olsen

All Mirrors

With cinematic strings and goth-noir drama, the singer-songwriter makes her biggest, boldest record yet.

Raising Dion

Netflix's charming adaptation of the comic book by the same name follows a young boy with supernatural powers — and the single mother who must guide him through the real world

The Politician

Ryan Murphy's new Netflix series leans hard on irony but lacks humanity

Godfather of Harlem

Based on real-life gangster Bumpy Johnson, this new Epix series shifts familiar Mob action to 1960s Harlem — and features an all-star cast

Evil

New CBS series dabbles in metaphysical mysteries and creepy thrills — and the spookier it gets, the better

Dolemite Is My Name

He pays tribute to real-life club comic Rudy Ray Moore, a pioneer in the rude-crude-untamed humor that paved the way for him and others

Pain and Glory

The Spanish filmmaker's tale of a memory, regret and an aging director making peace with his past isn't just his most personal film — it's also one of his greatest

Joker

The actor puts a horrifically human face on an iconic comic-book villain in the year's most controversial movie

Judy

This drama on Judy Garland's final comeback falls into some standard biopic traps — but Renée Zellweger still gives the performance of the year