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News Articles: Music Reviews

MIKE (second from left) and Earl Sweatshirt (third from left) with the members of Surf Gang, the New York-based collective who produced the rappers' new double album, <em>Pompeii // Utility</em>.

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Earl Sweatshirt and MIKE put a ring on indie rap's favorite friendship

A much-hyped double album finds the two reveling in a mutual influence that has bloomed for a decade, shaping a scene in the process.

April 09, 2026
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  • Sheldon Pearce
The adventurous, Grammy-winning vocal ensemble Roomful of Teeth collaborate with songwriter Gabriel Kahane on the new album, <em>Elevator Songs</em>.

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  • Music

Going up! 'Elevator Songs' is a high-concept, emotionally turbulent ride

On a new album, the experimental vocal group Roomful of Teeth and songwriter Gabriel Kahane take up residence in a multidimensional hotel with a time-traveling elevator and a quirky clientele.

April 03, 2026
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  • Tom Huizenga
<em>Arirang</em> marks an auspicious return for BTS, the Korean boy band whose chart-topping run was paused in 2022 for mandatory military service.

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  • Music

With 'Arirang,' BTS returns to a K-pop moment of its own making

Four years ago, the boy band went silent — but not before setting off a chain reaction that would reshape the pop market, conquer the Grammys and prime the world for an inevitable comeback.

March 20, 2026
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  • Sheldon Pearce
<em>Jean</em> is the second album by Yebba, named for the singer's grandmother.

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  • Music

There's more than one path to a confessional song

On new albums by viral sensation Yebba and studio whiz Pimmie, it's clear modern R&B has been clearing space for vastly different stripes of singer-songwriter.

March 12, 2026
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  • Sheldon Pearce
<em>DEADLINE</em> is the Korean girl group Blackpink's first studio project together since 2022.

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  • Music

Blackpink, modern K-pop's trailblazing group, tries to find its way home

A new mini-album finds the world's biggest girl group in a tight spot: competing with its own legacy.

March 05, 2026
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  • Sheldon Pearce
Mitski has described <em>Nothing's About to Happen to Me</em> as a concept album about a woman who hides away from society in unkempt solitude.

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  • Music

Mitski comes undone

She may be indie rock's queen of precisely rendered emotion, but on Mitski's latest album, Nothing's About to Happen to Me, warped perspectives, questionable motives and possible hauntings abound.

March 03, 2026
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  • Ann Powers
<em>Ca$ino</em> is Baby Keem's second studio album, and his first body of work to seriously reckon with the hard lessons of his upbringing in Las Vegas.

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  • Music

Baby Keem's boulevard of broken dreams

Ca$ino, the rapper's second album for his cousin Kendrick Lamar's label, is whiplash embodied, a mirror for the extreme highs and lows of his Sin City hometown.

February 26, 2026
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  • Sheldon Pearce
Violinist and conductor Pekka Kuusisto (right) invited Sam Amidon to sing a set of folk tunes on his new album, <em>Willows</em>, which also includes a reimagined version of <em>The Lark Ascending</em>.

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  • Music

Violinist Pekka Kuusisto is not afraid to ruffle a few feathers

On his new album, the violinist completely rethinks The Lark Ascending by Ralph Vaughan Williams, and leans into old folk songs with the help of Sam Amidon.

February 20, 2026
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  • Tom Huizenga
Jill Scott's <em>To Whom This May Concern</em> is is the neo-soul veteran's first studio album in a decade.

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  • Music Features

R&B stars consider two ways to serve an audience

Two albums released the same day — Jill Scott's return from a long absence, and Brent Faiyaz's play for a mid-career pivot — offer opposing visions of artistic advancement in the genre.

February 19, 2026
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  • Sheldon Pearce
Rap's wayward wonder is still consumed to death with writing and revising his personal memoirs. But his self-mythologizing is also sacrificial.

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  • Music

On his long-awaited 'Fall-Off,' J. Cole returns a new man, old man and everyman

After dropping out of modern rap's defining conflict, the Fayetteville MC contemplates the making and breaking of a legacy.

February 12, 2026
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  • Rodney Carmichael
<em>Everywhere Isn't Texas</em> is Ponthier's opus to the wonders of self-discovery, a pristine debut about how exhilarating and even terrifying it can be to keep changing all your plans.

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  • Music

A country-pop newcomer's debut is your reinvention album of 2026

August Ponthier's Everywhere Isn't Texas is as much a fully realized introduction as a complete revival. Its an existential debut that asks: How, exactly, does the artist fit in here?

February 11, 2026
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  • Hazel Cills

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  • Movies

In this Icelandic drama, a couple quietly drifts apart

Icelandic director Hlynur Pálmason weaves scenes of quiet domestic life against the backdrop of an arresting landscape in his newest film.

February 07, 2026
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  • Teresa Xie
Don Toliver's fifth album, <em>Octane</em>, is the first to be executive produced by the artist himself.

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  • Music Features

Don Toliver is a rap star, just not the kind you've been looking for

The Travis Scott signee came up in the shadow of his mentor's rootless sound. On Octane, he taps his hometown's lineage and finds a star power all his own.

February 05, 2026
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  • Sheldon Pearce
Tyler, The Creator and A$AP Rocky in 2019, attending the <em>WSJ Magazine</em> Innovator Awards in New York City.

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  • Music Features

One song, two paths: What A$AP Rocky and Tyler, the Creator reveal in each other

The two friends reconnect on Don't Be Dumb, Rocky's first album in eight years — and inadvertently demonstrate how much they've diverged as artists.

January 22, 2026
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  • Sheldon Pearce
Paul McCartney performed Beatles classics and solo hits in his first show in Atlanta since 2017. He performs a second show on Nov. 3, 2025 Atlanta.

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  • Music Reviews

Paul McCartney's triumphant return to Atlanta revs generations of fans, old and new

With two back-to-back sold-out nights underway at State Farm Arena, the 83-year-old Beatle's first shows in Atlanta since 2017 are drawing generations of fans from near and far. See our slideshow and setlist.

November 03, 2025
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  • Kristi York Wooten
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