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Best New Releases, June 16: Sigur Rós, Queens of the Stone Age, and more

Plus Kool Keith, Boris & Uniform, Creeping Death, Danny Paul Grody and Lanayah

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Best New Releases, June 9: Jenny Lewis, Godflesh, and more

Plus Jayda G, aja monet, Decisive Pink, Jason Isbell, Geld, and Andy Stack & Jay Hammond

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Four Essential Daft Punk and Pharrell Williams Collaborations

With their fourth and final album, Random Access Memories, French house duo Daft Punk (Thomas…

Protomartyr

Best New Releases, June 2: Protomartyr, Bully, and more

Plus Vulture Feather, Pupil Slicer, and Anthony Naples

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Violent Femmes’ “Add It Up” captures the dark side of adolescence

The Violent Femmes may get older, but their music is permanently preserved by the elixir…

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10 Essential Backwoodz Albums

We pick 10 favorites from two decades of hip-hop innovation

Arlo Parks

Best New Releases, May 26: Arlo Parks, Sparks, and more

Plus Water From Your Eyes, AJJ, Kassa Overall, Guardian Singles and Stuck

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Why Sinead O’Connor Matters gives insight into an unorthodox creative spirit

A glimpse at a complicated artist with empathy and care for the person behind the music

Alison Goldfrapp

Best New Releases, May 12: Alison Goldfrapp, Eluvium, and more

Plus Overmono, Ascended Dead, Island of Love and Midwife & Vyva Melinkolya

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10 Essential Trouble in Mind Albums

Our picks from the eclectic, Chicago-based label

King Crimson Red

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The triumphant climax of the prog-rock legends’ powerful early run

Feist

Best New Releases, April 14: Feist, Jesus Piece, and more

Plus Angel Olsen, Black Thought & El Michels Affair, VoidCeremony and Penelope Trappes

The Clash Cut the Crap

How Cut the Crap brought The Clash to a screeching halt

How a controlling manager and a crumbling lineup delivered their worst album

Wednesday

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Plus Tim Hecker, FACS, Heather Woods Broderick, Fly Anakin, and Magnolia Electric Co.