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With Adele contributing “30” to the canon, here are a dozen other albums that poetically and coarsely tackle legal uncoupling.

Both new releases happily and uniquely go further into defining the myth and the magic of Brian Wilson.

28 new releases we’re excited for during this year’s post-Thanksgiving RSD Drop in November.

The Depeche Mode frontman talks developing his skills as a songwriter both with his band and on his new collection of covers with Soulsavers.

For its 40th anniversary, the Stones’ loose and louche 1981 LP gets a sweet, era-appropriate polish job.

The band’s fourth album is full of hooks, shifting moods, and cushiony tunes without dismissing speed or ferocity.

The latest from the Canadian emcee finds itself often humorously in a place of connecting the disparate dots of being Black.

The Philly-based ensemble smooth over their rougher complexities and craft a record that’s oddly happy and broadly familial.

His first album for 4AD welcomes a larger musical ensemble, a livelier palate of sound, and lushly verdant vibes that go beyond.

This 6-CD/LP box—including rarities, live cuts, and alternate mixes—burrows deep and handsomely below the surface.

This soundtrack to PBS’s Big Bend National Park doc provides a chill sonic tonic with nature as its somnolent guide.

Director Haynes goes Underground with a documentary on all things Reed, Cale, Nico, and Warhol.

We spoke to the English songwriter on the occasion of his former glam/prog collective’s massive new “Live! In the Air Age” box set.

Barrett’s box set portrays honest, positivist music with a mission far beyond self-gratification or artistic vision. 

The late Hal Wilner’s introduction to the classic LP is as lovely, fall-like, and serene as was Reed’s original entry.

Rather than a simple set of demos and rarities, Costello strips “This Year’s Model” down to its instrumental tracks and goes en-Español.

Everything Josh Shaw does is immediate, off, and odd—like a welcome meeting of Violent Femmes, Kid Cudi, The Cure, and Tom Verlaine.

The debut album from the outsider-rap cowboy is a bold, verbal, and vocal display of what it must mean to be lonely at the top.

This 5-year case study sees the doctor reviving the patient, taking out the bile, and giving him new legs with more tactile treading.

Andrew discusses microdosing, letting go, and his project’s full-circle return to collaboration on his tenth album.