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October 3, 2026
Team Dresch Are Queercore Punk Legends — But They Have Just Begun to Fight
The Nineties rebels are back with first album in 30 years, the brutal and inspirational Furthermore
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September 28, 2026
U2 Dream It All Up Again
The band goes very, very deep on how they got their swagger back on Carnaval De Luz, with help from Brian Eno, the late Dolly Parton, Rosalía, and Larry Mullen Jr.’s brave neck surgeon
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September 26, 2026
Olivia Rodrigo Heals Wounds and Draws Blood in Triumphant Unraveled Tour Opener
Smash hits, rain and so many flowers: On the scene as the pop superstar kicks off her latest concert run
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September 25, 2026
See U2’s 50th-Anniversary Performance at Their Old High School
The Irish superstars returned to their Dublin roots, just after announcing new album Carnaval De Luz
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September 24, 2026
Was Sept. 24, 1991, the Best Day Ever for New Albums?
Thirty-five years ago, today, classic albums by Nirvana, A Tribe Called Quest, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and the Pixies all dropped
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September 23, 2026
Chaka Khan is a Legend Subverting Expectations on ‘Chakzilla’
The Hall of Famer gets assists from Sia, Snoop, and Greg Kurstin on an a bright new album that defiantly tries new moves
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September 21, 2026
Susanna Hoffs Kept Notes on Her Rock Star Journey. She’s Ready to Tell the Story
The Bangles frontwoman on her new album, Prince, Bob Weir, and keeping the eternal flame alive
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September 21, 2026
Troye Sivan on His Bold New Album, Touring with Charli XCX and Casting Nicole Kidman
The Australian pop star had a whirlwind couple of years on the road and on TV. Now, he’s back with a new album — and he’s feeling more introspective than ever
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September 19, 2026
Private Equity’s Next Target Is Indie Music
For years, PE firms have snatched up the catalogs of music's biggest names. Now they're after independent labels — and concern is growing
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September 16, 2026
Beabadoobee Is in a Fighting Mood on ‘Pylon’
On her excellent fourth album, the young star pumps all her doubts and fears into righteous guitar noise
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September 12, 2026
How the World Learned to Embrace Tupac Shakur
Three decades after his death, he remains a magnetic presence in absentia — perhaps more than ever
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September 7, 2026
Did Jay-Z Really Get Outrapped by Eminem on ‘Renegade’?
A quarter-century after the historic collab dropped, it's still an ongoing debate
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September 3, 2026
How Olivia Rodrigo’s Daisy Chain Festival Made History
Rodrigo and Sarah McLachlan go deep on launching pioneering music festivals, fighting sexism, and what they love about each other’s music
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September 1, 2026
Alex Warren Is Kindly and Earnest Enough to Make You Root For Him
The man behind 2025's biggest hit digs deeper into his turbulent past while still honing his voice on Wildchild
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August 31, 2026
The New Prince Album Doesn’t Match His Legend
Timeless, a collection of from-the-vault material that spans decades, feels flat. It's not even all that interesting as a collection of outtakes
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August 29, 2026
Alabama Shakes Are Back — and Breaking New Ground — on ‘I Must Be Dreaming’
On the group's first album in more than a decade, the Shakes sound like old friends exploring new sounds
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August 29, 2026
The Night the Beatles Made a Glorious Final Stand as a Live Band
The Beatles had to quit the road to save themselves. So at San Francisco's Candlestick Park sixty years ago, they played a secret farewell show
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August 28, 2026
Mike D’s New Solo Album is the Sound of a Beastie Revitalized
The first music from a surviving Beastie Boy since the death of Adam Yauch, Thank You finds a legend restless to go somewhere new
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August 26, 2026
Why We Will Always Love Dolly Parton
Behind the glitter, she was the toughest, most soulful of songwriters. Remembering the icon who represented the best of American music — and the best of America
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August 21, 2026
Brandon Flowers Goes Country But Gets a Little Lost on the Backroads
The Killers frontman does a solid job channeling his Nashville heroes on Thrasher, but the mystery train doesn't always stay on track
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August 19, 2026
R.I.P Columbia House, the Music Club That Sold Pop Dreams for a Penny
For a generation, the company's 12-albums-for-a-cent offers were a rite of passage and a crash course in grown-up capitalism
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August 6, 2026
A Life on Fyre: Remembering the Lyres’ Garage-Punk Godfather Jeff Conolly
A fond farewell to the Carl Yastrzemski of Boston rock
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July 31, 2026
There’s No Ariana Grande Like Pissed-Off Ariana Grande. Her New Album Proves It
Rage is all over the pop superstar’s eighth LP, Petal — and it suits her
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July 29, 2026
Surprise: The Beatles Have a 1965 John Lennon Song That Nobody’s Heard Before
The upcoming Special Edition of Rubber Soul has a Lennon demo called “Little Girl” that basically no one knew about
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July 29, 2026
Inside the Special Edition of the Beatles’ ‘Rubber Soul’
Producer Giles Martin breaks down the new versions of the classic 1965 album, which draw on “de-mixing” technology and include a previously unheard John Lennon demo
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July 20, 2026
Meet Songer, The British Star Who Rhymes Over Britney Spears and Says He’s ‘Not A Rapper’
Songer is not from London, remains resolutely independent and fills his albums with confessional bars about mental health. It's all working splendidly
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