The 50 Best Albums of 2019
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From 'Lover' to 'Cuz I Love You,' 'Death Race to Love,' and beyond, here are the records that defined the year
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Beck’s ‘Hyperspace’ is a Dark, Heavenly Pop Fantasy
Posted in: Album ReviewsThe alt-pop icon teams up with Pharrell for a revelatory inner-space journey
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War of the Crowes
Posted in: Music FeaturesThe Black Crowes are back, better — and still brawling
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Woodstock Remembered: David Fricke on Minor Epiphanies and Momentary Bummers
Posted in: Music FeaturesThe Woodstock Music and Art Fair held on Max Yasgur's 600-acre farm was a spectacular accident, an improbable collision of events, energies, and expectations propelled by the promise of rock & roll
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The Black Keys and Raconteurs Take Rock Back to the Future
Posted in: Album ReviewsTwo great new albums remind us that rock is a living thing
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The 50 Best Albums of 2019 So Far
Posted in: Music ListsIncluding Lizzo, Vampire Weekend, Billie Eilish, Tyler the Creator and more
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Why Captain Beefheart’s ‘Trout Mask Replica’ Still Sounds Like Tomorrow
Posted in: Music FeaturesThe iconic album remains one of the ultimate tests of how far you are willing to go to give yourself up to music
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Fricke’s Picks: The Minus 5, Filthy Friends, Garcia Peoples
Posted in: Music FeaturesAlso in this edition: the latest from the Dream Syndicate
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‘The Rolling Thunder Revue: The 1975 Live Recordings’ Goes Deep Inside Bob Dylan’s Legendary Rock & Roll Medicine Show
Posted in: Album ReviewsThis 14-CD includes full rehearsals and rarities, giving us an intimate sense of the chaotic theatre tour that featured Joni Mitchell, Joan Baez and more.
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Three-Eyed Man: Remembering Psychedelic Seer Roky Erickson
Posted in: Music FeaturesA look back at 50-plus years of surreal sound and vision from the late rock & roll enigma
