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TV on the Radio, “Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes” [20th Anniversary Edition]

The new reissue expands on the lyrical desolation, moody arrangements, and incendiary sonic vibes fueled by post-9/11 Brooklyn that define this debut.

November 19, 2024
The Gospel According to Gavin Friday

The Irish art-pop icon and former Virgin Prunes bandleader talks God, dogs, and his new album, Ecce Homo.

November 18, 2024
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Rauw Alejandro, “Cosa Nuestra”

The Puerto Rican vocalist and producer sounds primed for something romantically and rhythmically new yet soulfully nostalgic and warm on his latest collection of Latin pop.

November 18, 2024
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George Harrison, “Living in the Material World” [50th Anniversary Super Deluxe]

Co-produced by his son Dhani with a deeply fluid overall bass line, this 50th anniversary collection provides the Beatle’s second solo record plenty more room to breathe.

November 18, 2024
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Tsunami, “Loud Is As”

This five-LP set spotlights how singular the slacker-rockers were as songwriters and offbeat vocal harmonists while putting their out-of-print catalog back into the world where it belongs.

November 15, 2024
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Talking Heads, “Talking Heads: 77” [Super Deluxe Edition]

Featuring a remastered sound and plenty of outtakes, demos, and live versions, this celebration of the iconic new wave band’s debut is equally notable for its flip-top box design and 80-page hardcover book.

November 13, 2024
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Richard Swift, “4 Hits & a Miss: The Essential Richard Swift”

Although curiously brief, this single-disc retrospective of the late songwriter and producer’s solo work is a solid overview of his innovation within a diverse set of sounds.

November 12, 2024
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Weezer, “Blue Album” [30th Super Deluxe Vinyl Box Set]

This anniversary collection filled with demos, practice bits, and live sessions demonstrates how full-blooded the band sounded even before stepping into the studio with Ric Ocasek.

November 08, 2024
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Flying Lotus, “Spirit Box”

This five-song EP offers a sense of where Steven Ellison’s futuristic agenda lies in 2024: between the breezy fusion-funk of the 1970s and the discoid, bouncy house music of the ’80s.

November 06, 2024
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Tyler, the Creator, “Chromakopia”

Whether tenderly crooned or roughly rapped, whether stoically alone or with a crew of features, the songs on the rapper’s eighth LP find him calling into question his past, present, and future.

November 05, 2024
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The Cure, “Songs of a Lost World”

The lyrical doom and gloom that matches the music’s slowed, metallic, ethereal ambience on the band’s first record in 16 years focuses very pointedly on true death.

November 04, 2024
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Bryan Ferry, “Retrospective: Selected Recordings 1973-2023”

Far from isolating Ferry from Roxy Music, this 50-year retrospective examines collaboration as the throughline between his elegant early material and his latter-day paeans to loneliness.

November 01, 2024
Art & Culture
Brian Blomerth Journeys Into the K-Hole with John C. Lilly in New Book “Lilly Wave”

The illustrator explores the ketamine researcher’s “peculiar and distressing” fantasies in his latest psychedelic graphic novel, out now via Anthology Editions.

October 30, 2024
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Bright Eyes, “Five Dice, All Threes”

The indie-folk vets take maximalist swings on their eleventh record, with their swelling, sophisticated soundscapes often feeling muted by Conor Oberst’s sullen lyrics.

October 28, 2024
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Soccer Mommy, “Evergreen”

Sophie Allison’s fourth album digs deeper both poetically and personally as her dozy, conversational vocals and pop-grunge arrangements reach their clearest form.

October 24, 2024
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Kevin Ayers, “All This Crazy Gift of Time: The Recordings 1969-1973”

Composed of the avant-garde songwriter’s first four solo records along with live recordings and other oddities, this collection is a wealth of weird ranging from pastoral freak-folk to circus noise.

October 22, 2024
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Bon Iver, “SABLE,”

The threadbare arrangements and starkly poetic sense of woe and wonder found on Justin Vernon’s new EP fit his back catalog like a wooly, moth-eaten sweater.

October 18, 2024
In Conversation
Doechii’s “Alligator Bites” Is as Loud as Her Bark

The rapper-producer discusses her debut mixtape for Capitol and TDE as her tour in support of it kicks off this week.

October 15, 2024
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Charli XCX, “Brat and It’s Completely Different but Also Still Brat”

Like any great party, some of this remix album’s guest revelers are loud and boisterous, while others show up empty-handed.

October 11, 2024
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The Bug, “Machine”

Producer Kevin Martin’s debut for the metal-focused Relapse Records is a collection of instrumentals harkening back to his earliest work while always opting to go darker and heavier.

October 09, 2024
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