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Fifth studio album is simpler but sleepier and less resonant.
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The hip-hop legends still bring the noise, but not without misfires and repeating itself.
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The group’s second go-around has been nothing short of incendiary.
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Conor Oberst & Co. have been storing up plenty of anger.
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She still wails like a jilted banshee left stranded on the moors.
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Muse’s 'Drones' channels the sound of modern-day mistrust
The album is aggressive, cohesive and surprisingly meaningful.
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Alesso’s first full-length, 'Forever,' lives up to his potential
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The English DJ/producer's latest is a fascinating, moving journey enhanced by headphones and solitude.
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Zedd's ambition doesn't quite equal his execution on the new release.
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Faith No More return strong on 'Sol Invictus'
The band has definitely risen again with its first album in 18 years.
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Local product Shamir drops a stunning debut album
Arguably this year's hottest new artist, Shamir shows he's worthy of the buzz with Ratchet.
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Albarn and Coxon reunite—effectively—on Blur’s ‘The Magic Whip’
Blur is whole, and mighty, once again.
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Album review: Death Cab for Cutie’s ‘Kintsugi’
The album is the band's first without producer/multi-instrumentalist Chris Walla.
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Album review: The Prodigy’s ‘The Day Is My Enemy’
The British trio's latest is a plodding, derivative exercise in empty rage that blatantly mines from its 1997 smash The Fat of the Land.
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