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Shakey’s response to Trump is one that the USA desperately needs.

“Soul of a Woman” is full of light and hope, serving as a testament to the beauty of life—and love and friendship and all that good stuff we get to experience in our short time on this planet.

The Montreal quartet are back with a truly triumphant return.

The Spanish artist known for his deranged—but brightly colored!—comics talks police brutality, Facebook, and traveling in the US.

Class warfare, civil rights, Donald Trump: That’s not the whole story.

An exhilarating journey into one of contemporary music’s most inventive and eccentric bands.

While “Trouble Maker” is far from a political record, its songs certainly exist within the fragile framework of America in 2017.

Comprising eleven downtrodden, sunken-hearted, minor-chord songs, Big Thief’s sophomore album traverses the dark side of humanity, but pairs the despair with a ragged beauty.

A more than welcome addition to—and expansion of—the Hold Steady frontman’s catalog.

Everything Sleaford Mods say in these twelve songs is thoroughly valid and, frankly, needs to be said.

It’s not the second coming of “The Sophtware Slump.” But it also isn’t trying to be.

Singing the praises of the undersung singer-songwriter.

On his solo debut, the Ought frontman embarks on his own personal exploration of sounds and genres, ideas and influences.

The LA native’s debut is an escape route from Trump’s America into an alternative and rose-tinted reality.

The four members of The Menzingers have all hit their thirties. “After the Party” confronts that reality and all the realizations that come along with it.

The Arrival composer gives voice to an unlikely subject: himself.

Beyond the big hits, R.E.M.’s seventh album is a record full of nuances, a record that matched the quantity of units sold with the quality of its songwriting.

Natalie Mering’s newest release straddles the world we inhabit and the marvels we imagine beyond it.

Darkness and light battle it out in M.C. Taylor’s latest.

On the whole, Beach Slang’s sheer joy at just being alive should bring a smile to the most cynical minds and the most jaded of hearts.