Year in Review: Best Music of 2020 — Staff Picks
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Rolling Stone staffers share their favorite albums released in 2020 — from pop blockbusters to weird sounds and personal favorites of all kinds
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Year in Review: The 50 Best Songs of 2020
Posted in: Music ListsHighlights from a hard year — featuring a disco revival, K-pop kings and queens, new hip-hop rockstars, and some country wisdom
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Year in Review: The 50 Best Albums of 2020
Posted in: Music ListsFrom Taylor's folk surprise to Bob Dylan's best album in 20 years to cathartic country, indie-rock and pop releases, these great albums helped us power through a lonely year.
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Mekons Fight off Darkness with Stout Hearts and Great Songs on ‘Exquisite’
Posted in: Album ReviewsRecorded remotely during the pandemic, the eternally enduring post-punk crew's latest is a fine addition to their enormous catalog
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The 40 Greatest Stoner Albums
Posted in: Music ListsFrom Pink Floyd and the Grateful Dead to Massive Attack and the Flaming Lips
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John Prine: 25 Essential Songs
Posted in: Music ListsIn his humble, hilarious way, Prine was one of America's greatest songwriters. Here are 25 of his best - heartfelt love songs, midwestern mind-trips, and offhandedly brilliant reflections on the weird serendipity of everyday life
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Fountains of Wayne’s Adam Schlesinger: 20 Essential Songs
Posted in: Music FeaturesFountains of Wayne co-founder's greatest songs have humor and pathos, from "Stacy's Mom" and "That Thing You Do" to deep album cuts
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Song You Need to Know: Archers of Loaf, ‘Raleigh Days’
Posted in: Music FeaturesThe band's first new song in 22 years sounds, thrillingly, like vintage 'Loaf
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Song You Need to Know: Mac Miller, ‘Good News’
Posted in: Music NewsThe most painful parts of the late rapper's new single are the rays of light that poke through
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Best Music of 2019: Staff Picks
Posted in: Music FeaturesRolling Stone's writers and editors share their personal favorite albums released in 2019 — from pop blockbusters to weird noises and fun sounds of all kinds
