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Friday Five (Holiday Edition): Darlene Love, 100 Gecs, and more

Friday Five (Holiday Edition): Darlene Love, 100 Gecs, and more

Old and new songs to get you in the seasonal spirit.
Shawn Mendes grows up, glows up on the love-struck 'Wonder'

Shawn Mendes grows up, glows up on the love-struck Wonder: Review

Miley Cyrus goes glam on the anticlimactic 'Plastic Hearts': Review

Miley Cyrus goes glam on the anticlimactic Plastic Hearts

The best moments on Cyrus' new album come when she delves into power ballads.
Let's break down the snubs and surprises of the 2021 Grammy nominations

Let's break down the snubs and surprises of the 2021 Grammy nominations

From T-Swift’s redemption to the Weeknd getting shut out. 
Friday Five: Fiona Apple reunites with Shameika, Tierra Whack wants to be herself, and more

Friday Five: Fiona Apple reunites with Shameika, Steve Earle covers his son, and more

The five best songs we heard this week.
CMA nominee Chris Stapleton scores with new album 'Starting Over'

CMA nominee Chris Stapleton scores with new album Starting Over

The powerhouse singer-songwriter is nominated for Male Vocalist of the Year at tonight's CMA awards and this album makes it clear he'll be nominated next year too.

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10 great moments from the 2020 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

10 great moments from the COVID-safe 2020 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony

This year's induction class includes Nine Inch Nails, the Doobie Brothers, Depeche Mode, Whitney Houston, T. Rex, and the Notorious B.I.G.
Friday Five: Barry Gibb goes country, Bree Runway teams with Missy Elliott, and more

Friday Five: Barry Gibb goes country, Bree Runway teams with Missy Elliott, and more

The five best songs we heard this week.
Ariana Grande hides the emotional stakes on 'Positions'

Ariana Grande hides the emotional stakes on Positions

Friday Five: Ariana Grande's sexy math lesson, Sam Smith's acoustic ode to the past, and more

Friday Five: Ariana Grande's sexy math lesson, Sam Smith's acoustic ode to the past, and more

The sounds of early Joni Mitchell

The sounds of early Joni Mitchell

Sam Smith embraces the pain on lush new album 'Love Goes'

Sam Smith embraces pain on the lush Love Goes

Wildflowers & All the Rest dives deep into Tom Petty's 1994 solo album

Three years after his death, one of Tom Petty's most pivotal albums gets the respect — and the reissue — it so richly deserves.

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The 'Sign o' the Times' box set is a Prince completist's dream

The Sign o' the Times box set is a Prince completist's dream

Music Reviews // September 28, 2020
Friday Five: Brandy Clark meets Brandi Carlile, Kylie Minogue knows magic, and more

Friday Five: Brandy Clark meets Brandi Carlile, Kylie Minogue knows magic, and more

Music Reviews // September 25, 2020
Friday Five: Joni Mitchell dips into her archives, Anitta breaks into the U.S. market, and more

Friday Five: Joni Mitchell dips into her archives, Anitta breaks into the U.S. market, and more

Music Reviews // September 18, 2020
Friday Five: Usher is back to his old ways, Mickey Guyton loves rosé, and more

Friday Five: Usher is back to his old ways, Mickey Guyton loves rosé, and more

Music Reviews // September 11, 2020
30 essential albums from the last 30 years

30 essential albums from the last 30 years

Music Reviews // August 28, 2020
Katy Perry brings more of the same on sunny but familiar fifth album 'Smile'

Katy Perry brings more of the same on sunny but familiar fifth album Smile: Review

Music Reviews // August 24, 2020
Friday Five: Miley Cyrus' disco-chic single, another unreleased Prince gem, and more

Friday Five: Miley Cyrus' disco-chic single, another unreleased Prince gem, and more

Music Reviews // August 17, 2020
Black Is King is a beautiful yet incomplete love letter to the Black diaspora

Black Is King is a beautiful yet incomplete love letter to the Black diaspora

Music Reviews // August 14, 2020
Friday Five: Bon Iver collaborates with Bruce Springsteen, 2 Chainz shouts out HBCUs, and more

Friday Five: Bon Iver collaborates with Bruce Springsteen, 2 Chainz shouts out HBCUs, and more

Music Reviews // August 07, 2020
Aminé sounds stuck on 'Limbo'

Aminé sounds stuck on Limbo

Music Reviews // August 20, 2020
Luke Bryan is spinning his wheels on Born Here Live Here Die Here

Luke Bryan is spinning his wheels on Born Here Live Here Die Here

Music Reviews // August 07, 2020
Friday Five: Dominic Fike sees vampires, Juicy J is high as a kite, and more

Friday Five: Dominic Fike sees vampires, Juicy J is high as a kite, and more

Music Reviews // July 31, 2020
Logic's retirement album No Pressure is a back-to-basics palate cleanser

Logic's retirement album No Pressure is a back-to-basics palate cleanser

Music Reviews // August 11, 2020
Friday Five: Taylor Swift's 'Folklore' love triangle, Drake teams with Headie One, and more

Friday Five: Taylor Swift's Folklore love triangle, Drake teams with Headie One, and more

Music Reviews // July 27, 2020
Taylor Swift forges her own path on the confident 'Folklore'

Taylor Swift forges her own path on the confident Folklore

Music Reviews // July 24, 2020
Review roundup: Lianne La Havas' left-leaning pop, the Psychedelic Furs' melancholy, Roy Ayers returns

Review roundup: Lianne La Havas' left-leaning pop, the Psychedelic Furs' melancholy, Roy Ayers returns

Music Reviews // July 20, 2020
Friday Five: Tinashe unleashes her alter ego, the return of Semisonic, and more

Friday Five: Tinashe unleashes her alter ego, the return of Semisonic, and more

Music Reviews // July 17, 2020
The Chicks' Gaslighter is all fire and nerve

The Chicks' Gaslighter is all fire and nerve

Music Reviews // July 13, 2020
Friday Five: Snoh Aalegra struggles with all-consuming love, 100 gecs recruit Fall Out Boy, and more

Friday Five: Snoh Aalegra struggles with an all-consuming love, 100 gecs team up with Fall Out Boy, and more

Music Reviews // July 10, 2020
The best albums of 2020… so far

The best albums of 2020… so far

Music Reviews // July 04, 2020
On Pop Smoke's 'Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon,' unfulfilled promise looms large

On Pop Smoke's Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon, unfulfilled promise looms large

Music Reviews // July 02, 2020
Friday Five: Jessie Ware takes it to Studio 54, the return of Hum, and more

Friday Five: Jessie Ware takes it to Studio 54, the return of Hum, and more

Music Reviews // June 26, 2020
Death, Dylan, and the American way

Death, Dylan, and the American way

Music Reviews // June 24, 2020
On The Album, Teyana Taylor reframes marriage and motherhood

On The Album, Teyana Taylor reframes marriage and motherhood

Music Reviews // June 19, 2020
Friday Five: Lil Baby shares 'The Bigger Picture,' Burt Bacharach stays vital at 92, and more

Friday Five: Lil Baby shares 'The Bigger Picture,' Burt Bacharach still vital at 92, and more

Music Reviews // June 12, 2020
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