Weezer Deliver a Love Letter to Eighties Metal on ‘Van Weezer’
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Rivers Cuomo's latest opus is a surprisingly big-hearted tribute to the big-hair era
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Van Morrison’s ‘Latest Record Project’ Is a Delightfully Terrible Study in Casual Grievance
Posted in: Album ReviewsHis repetition sounds less like the trance-like mysticism of a Caledonia poet and more like a furious customer demanding a refund.
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Julia Michaels Struggles to Make the Transition From Writer to Artist on ‘Not in Chronological Order’
Posted in: Album ReviewsAfter years of penning hits for Beiber, Selena and others, Michaels has yet to find her own musical voice.
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Dawn Richard’s Long Journey Culminates in the Bountiful Grooves of ‘Second Line’
Posted in: Album ReviewsThe adventurous R&B artist takes her sound to bold new places, while creating a New Orleans funk utopia all her own
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Todd Snider Processes Tragedy with Freewheeling Storytelling on ‘First Agnostic Church of Hope and Wonder’
Posted in: Album ReviewsThe iconoclastic Nashville singer-songwriter is at his best here when he confronts chaos head-on.
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Matt Sweeney and Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy’s Duo Strengthens With Age on ‘Superwolves’
Posted in: Album ReviewsOn their first joint album in 16 years, the guitarist and singer invite in new collaborators while preserving their uncanny chemistry
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Marianne Faithfull Bares Her Poetic Soul on ‘She Walks in Beauty’
Posted in: Album ReviewsHer collaborative spoken-word album with the Bad Seeds' Warren Ellis finds her reciting verses by Keats, Shelley, and Lord Byron, and finding new depth in the words
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Guided By Voices’ ‘Earth Man Blues’ May Be the Power-Pop Heroes’ Best Album in Decades
Posted in: Album ReviewsThe band's latest squarely hits all the marks that make Guided By Voices great — again and again and again
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Lil Yachty’s ‘Michigan Boy Boat’ Pays Tribute to the Hottest Rap Scene in the Country
Posted in: Album ReviewsHe's a great ambassador for Michigan rap, just not the best practitioner of the style
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The Who Go All Out With ‘The Who Sell Out’ Super Deluxe Box Set
Posted in: Album ReviewsA new box set brings one of the band's most pivotal albums into focus with outtakes, alternate versions, and Pete Townshend's demo recordings
