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The Canadian band’s playful fifth album finds the middle ground between live rawness and a glossy studio sound, pairing mid-fi rock jams with funky recitations of Yeats and Pushkin.

The Chicago indie-pop trio continue to evolve their sound as well as their message, with the songs on their fifth album taking the form of anthems of acceptance.

The first of two sets of hazy, unfinished recordings from the cult experimental pop band expected this year explores numerous sonic worlds within its lo-fi, homespun arrangements.

Taking cues from dusty hip-hop beat tapes and ’60s psychedelia, the New Brunswick artist’s fourth album is full of understated hooks that crawl across your brain like a vine.

After a banner year for non-fiction feature films and TV series with music as their focus, here are 10 titles we found especially illuminating.

Mark Stewart sets the scene for the recently released dub reimagining of the record helmed by its original producer, Dennis Bovell.

The radio host, voice actor, writer, and director’s new book “It Never Ends” is out now.

Colin Newman and Bruce Gilbert discuss their new Record Store Day double 10-inch collecting the band’s overlooked early 2000s recordings.

Eaddy and theOGM trace the lineage of conservative fear-mongering in music to the present day, which sees the release of the punk-rap duo’s politically charged “BLURR” mixtape.

We revisit the late electronic music pioneer’s legacy via early LPs and recently unearthed recordings.