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Mount Eerie, Night Palace

The album defies easy categorization, which ultimately offers a welcome challenge.

Lady Gaga, Disease

The song finds the singer falling back on macabre imagery and brash EDM stylings.

Halsey, The Great Impersonator

The singer proves to be a less than great impersonator…and that’s mostly a good thing.

Yeat, Lyfestyle

The album is easily the rapper’s most giddy, momentum-building effort to date.

Pixies, The Night the Zombies Came

The band has reconciled their past and are determined to forge a new direction.

Kylie Minogue

To celebrate the release of Minogue’s Tension II, we’ve ranked all 16 of the singer’s albums.

FKA twigs, Perfect Stranger

The video sees the artist slipping into various characters across a series of vignettes.

Kylie Minogue, Tension II

The album is the singer’s most ingratiating collection of dance-pop songs since Aphrodite.

Kelly Lee Owens, Dreamstate

The album feels alternately vivid and vaguely sketched.

Austin City Limits 2024

Our 10 favorite moments from weekend two of the Austin City Limits Music Festival.

Chris Stapleton and Willie Nelson

Stapleton’s set lovingly paid homage to the past while celebrating the present.

Charli XCX, Brat and It's Completely Different but Still Brat

A companion piece that’s just as reflective of the zeitgeist as its parent album.

Chat Pile, Cool World

The album leaves the ears ringing and paints a disquieting vision of modern America.

Godspeed You! Black Emperor, No Title as of 13 February 2024: 28,340 Dead

The band’s adherence to formula undercuts the visceral punch that has been their appeal.

Geordie Greep, The New Sound

The album draws its power from its ability to keep multiple balls in the air.

The Smile, Cutouts

The band’s third album maintains a healthy balance between its numerous styles.