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Christian Hoard

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Ella Langley Shows Why She’s a Budding Country Superstar on ‘Dandelion’
After blowing up with "Choosin' Texas," Langley shows off a fresh color wheel of vintage influences on her strong sophomore album
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After Conquering the Internet Underground, Yeat Goes for Stadium Status on ‘ADL’
The platinum rapper trades his punkish early work for more enunciation and less velocity. Does it work? Sort of
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Raye Goes for Broke on the Wildly Ambitious ‘This Music May Contain Hope’
The British star delivers a 73-minute autobiography of romantic despair and nonstop emotional turmoil. It's a lot — and all the better for it
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Luke Combs Contains Multitudes on ‘The Way I Am’
The country superstar refuses to pick one direction on his latest, instead delivering a bit of everything he does well
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BTS Nails Its Comeback With ‘Arirang’
On its blockbuster return, the world's biggest band stresses group identity and South Korean roots, while pushing the songs into adventurous new territory
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Harry Styles Live in Manchester: An Almighty Dance Party
Kicking off a new era onstage, Styles proved why he's one of modern pop's most exciting forces
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A Touch of Harry in the Night: Why ’Coming Up Roses’ Is Harry Styles’ Emotional Powerhouse
The track from Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally. is Harry at his most soulful and unguarded —and it sums up everything he has to say on the album
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Heaven Knows Morrissey Is Still Miserable on ‘Make-Up Is a Lie’
His 14th album isn’t going to do much to change his strange place in the world, but it proves his pain is real too
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Harry Styles Is Up for Anything on ‘Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally.’
The pop megastar is in search of love, ecstasy, enlightenment, and all sorts of fun on a fourth album that subverts expectations and gets weird in delightful ways
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How Paul McCartney Surprised Everyone With Wings
A delightful new documentary, Man on the Run, dives into the long, strange story of Paul's other band
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America Is More Obsessed With Elvis Than Ever. The New Concert Movie ‘EPiC’ Shows Why
Baz Luhrmann ponders the King as a sheer musical force in a documentary that raises a big question: How is there so much life in this dead man?
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The Kid Mero: ‘Let Me Get in There and Shake Shit Up’
The newest morning host at New York’s storied hip-hop station Hot 97 is at the forefront of a changing rap and media culture. He goes deep on his Bronx roots, Mayor Mamdani, and why he’s not afraid...
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J. Cole’s Final Album Shows a Superstar in His Flawed Glory
The Fayetteville MC says The Fall-Off is his last album. If so, he's going out with a two-disc opus that's dense, sometimes frustrating and beautifully human
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A$AP Rocky’s ‘Don’t Be Dumb’ is Overstuffed. It’s Also a Lot of Fun
The rapper's first album in eight years is a grab-bag of braggadocio, shots at rivals, and genre experiments, delivered with the kind of charisma that reminds you why he became a breakout star
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Bob Weir’s Guitar Playing Was Even More Radical Than You Think
Weir dedicated himself to finding something new in every song, every night. In doing so, he brought joy and magic to crowds and collaborators alike
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How David Bowie Redefined the Art of Saying Goodbye
Ten years on, the Starman’s final transmission stands as one of the strangest and most moving chapters in his story
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