Luke Combs’s Latest is Arena-Country With Nuance and Intimacy
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Combs isn’t reinventing Nashville clichés but he does give them a fresh coat of wax
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Conan Gray Has Many Many Feelings — And Manages Them Quite Impressively on ‘Superache’
Posted in: Album ReviewsThe 23-year-old YouTuber turned pop star's second album shows he's an astute observer of the human condition
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With ‘Honestly, Nevermind’ Drake Reminds Us He Has the Power to Reconfigure Taste –And Elevate Hip-Hop
Posted in: Album ReviewsHis seventh studio album is both a radical departure and a decently safe bet
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Elizabeth Fraser Still Sounds Divinely Alien on Sun’s Signature Debut
Posted in: Album ReviewsFormer Cocteau Twins singer's first new music in 13 years, recorded with her life partner, Massive Attack drummer Damon Reece, shows she still possesses the same magic
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Bartees Strange’s ‘Farm to Table’ Comes With Tons of Hype — He More Than Deserves It
Posted in: Album ReviewsThe indie singer-songwriter's second album explodes with ideas about music, politics, and life itself
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Maluma’s ‘The Love & Sex Tape’ Is Sorta Steamy But Ultimately Too Safe
Posted in: Album ReviewsHopefully this stopgap EP from the Colombian superstar will set up more satisfying work to come
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BTS Celebrate Their Brilliant Past and Look Toward a Bright Future on ‘Proof’
Posted in: Album ReviewsThe three-CD set surveys their story so far, offers fascinating glimpses of roads not taken, and contains must-hear new music
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Tedeschi Trucks Band Have Jams to Last All Summer
Posted in: Album ReviewsEclectic rockers are releasing 'I Am the Moon," a 24-song collection in four installments, the first of which just came out.
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Post Malone Expands His Sound as He Looks Inward on ‘Twelve Carat Toothache’
Posted in: Album ReviewsHis fourth album is full of big-name cameos, sweeping gestures, and pensive vibes
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Horsegirl Are Reviving Indie-Rock Tradition — And Reimagining It
Posted in: Album ReviewsOn their first album, the Chicago trio are dead serious about returning a classic sound to its brazen roots
