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  Mach-Hommy and Kaytranada Do It Again on "#RICHAXXHAITIAN"

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  PUBLISHED May 8, 2024

  Moments in which Kaytranada provides production to an MC determined to give it nothing less than their most charged-up delivery remain enti...

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  Jon McKiel Casts a Hypnotic 'Hex'

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  PUBLISHED May 6, 2024

  Jon McKiel's 2020 album, 'Bobby Joe Hope,' had an incredible backstory, involving a second-hand reel-to-reel recorder full of mysterious...

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  Jessica Pratt Lights Up the Dark on 'Here in the Pitch'

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  PUBLISHED May 3, 2024

  It's been hard to find the words for Jessica Pratt's 'Here in the Pitch.' Even now, I feel more like I'm scrambling against time than saying...

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  Sabrina Carpenter's "Espresso" Is Addictive

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  PUBLISHED May 1, 2024

  Last night, my partner — who loves music but rarely keeps up with new releases — said to me with total confidence, "Oh yeah, they were...

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  Thom Yorke's 'Confidenza' Score Is a Welcome Consolation for Radiohead Fans

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  PUBLISHED Apr 30, 2024

  Despite drummer Phil Selway's periodic reassurances, my personal theory is that Radiohead are done for good. This isn't based on any inside...

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  Bullion Takes Centre Stage on 'Affection'

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  PUBLISHED Apr 26, 2024

  Nathan Jenkins’s work as Bullion is unmistakable but easily subsumed — his burbling, ‘80s-influenced production...

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  Nilüfer Yanya Does It Again on "Like I Say (I runaway)"

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  PUBLISHED Apr 24, 2024

  How does she do it? Scroll through any given comment section under Nilüfer Yanya's new single or peruse the tweets ecstatically spreading ...

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  d'Eon Cleverly Channels Bygone Eras on "Figurine"

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  PUBLISHED Apr 23, 2024

  d'Eon conjured remarkable feeling through arrangements of digital chamber instruments on 2021's 'Rhododendron' (an album we hope you didn't ...