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Halsey, “Manic”

It’s all so calculatedly quirky that you almost wonder if Pee-wee Herman wasn’t called in as a consultant.

January 24, 2020
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Harry Styles, “Fine Line”

Styles has a way of making music with plenty of discernible references, yet it somehow emerges as era-less.

December 18, 2019
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Liam Gallagher, “Why Me? Why Not.”

Gallagher’s latest is a sonic show of maturation.

September 19, 2019
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Madonna, “Madame X”

Though she’s always better when she’s just having fun, Madonna constantly yearns to be more poignant.

June 21, 2019
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The Cranberries, “In the End”

There is a haunted quality to any music released after the person who created it is no longer counted among the living.

April 25, 2019
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Karen O & Danger Mouse, “Lux Prima”

Despite its flawless production, “Lux Prima” is a noticeably restrained affair, considering what a feral creature Karen O has always been.

March 14, 2019
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Xiu Xiu, “Girl with Basket of Fruit”

The level of pandemonium and desperation here makes for deeply unsettling but fascinatingly involved listening.

February 12, 2019
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The Dandy Warhols, “Why You So Crazy?”

Though it’s by no means a masterpiece, “Why You So Crazy?” proves that boring is something The Dandy Warhols will never, ever be.

February 01, 2019
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Redd Kross, “Teen Babes From Monsanto” + “Hot Issue” [reissues]

It’s really about the sheer thrill of Redd Kross’ ability to just matter-of-factly, glam-a-riffically rock the fuck out.

December 06, 2018
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Thom Yorke, “Suspiria”

Thom Yorke’s soundtrack is that rarest of beasts: music for a cinematic work that can stand on its own.

November 06, 2018
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Echo & the Bunnymen, “The Stars, the Oceans & the Moon”

Echo & the Bunnymen are as much a religious denomination as a band. And rewriting a prayer is tricky business.

October 19, 2018
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Lenny Kravitz, “Raise Vibration”

None of this has anything to do with what’s currently clogging up the charts—but then, when did Lenny ever neatly fit the zeitgeist?

September 10, 2018
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Interpol, “Marauder”

Existential melancholy and staccato guitars have been Interpol’s signature for well over a decade, and they still carry it out with panache.

August 28, 2018
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Body/Head, “The Switch”

This is not music that wants to play on your emotions—rather, it wants you to leave the nuisance of them behind altogether.

July 19, 2018
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Lykke Li, “so sad so sexy”

Even if you don’t 100 percent buy into all of Lykke’s dark/light kooky mysticism, “so sad so sexy” is what it promises. 

June 14, 2018
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A Place to Bury Strangers, “Pinned”

There’s little doubt they genuinely mean every echo-drenched, wall-of-grinding-guitars second.

May 02, 2018
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Kylie Minogue, “Golden”

As much fun as all those disco-fab collabs were, it’s heartwarming to hear Minogue pouring her heart out.

April 23, 2018
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Jack White, “Boarding House Reach”

This is the sort of record everyone should make twenty years into their career.

April 05, 2018
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The Soft Moon, “Criminal”

“Criminal” is, in a sense, the new gothic for a new century—paranoid, solitary, and powerfully visceral.

February 08, 2018
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Shame, “Songs of Praise”

What makes Shame’s debut powerful is just how musically accomplished they are, despite the high-anxiety relentlessness of their sonic gospel.

January 22, 2018
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