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  Gatlin Finds Something Like Closure on 'I Sleep Fine Now'

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  PUBLISHED Sep 15, 2023

  Clarity. That's the sheen-smeared word that first comes to mind when I think of Gatlin, a singer-songwriter who is actually from Orlando, F...

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  Loraine James Is Caught in the Anxieties of Digital Romance on "I DM U"

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  PUBLISHED Sep 14, 2023

  Loraine James's Gentle Confrontation is said to be an album the artist's younger self would have made, though its centrepiece "I DM U" capt...

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  Love's as Old as the Universe Itself on Big Thief's Radiant "Born for Loving You"

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  PUBLISHED Sep 13, 2023

  There's a very silly joke that stands out from 1982's Airplane II: The Sequel, when the flight is in trouble and the air traffic controller...

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  The Late jaimie branch Is Airborne on 'Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war))'

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  PUBLISHED Sep 12, 2023

  There's no telling where the flight plan would have guided the late jaimie branch and her Fly or Die ensemble. But if the American trumpete...

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  Olivia Rodrigo Survives Teenhood on the Valiant 'GUTS'

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  PUBLISHED Sep 11, 2023

  The old saying goes that girls mature faster than boys. This is what we're told repeatedly, in the same breath that "he likes you" will be...

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  'End of the Day' Is the Beginning of a Whole New Courtney Barnett

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  PUBLISHED Sep 8, 2023

  Lyrics have long been Courtney Barnett's greatest songwriting strength, but she's also got impressive guitar chops, something that was part...

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  Sid Sriram Refuses to Conform on 'Sidharth'

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  PUBLISHED Sep 7, 2023

  Sid Sriram continues to broaden his — and his listeners' — horizons on his second English-language album Sidharth. The India-born, Californ...

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  Marika Hackman's Tense "No Caffeine" Tries to Pull the Brake on an Inevitable Crash

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  PUBLISHED Sep 6, 2023

  It starts with a gentle piano figure and Marika Hackman's sombre vocals — things feel like they're entering pillowy ballad territory until...