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The Beatles, pictured here in 1969, just released what's been billed as the band's final song.

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  • Music

The Beatles' 'Now and Then' is a wistful curiosity, 45 years in the making

The Beatles' final song could never live up to the body of work that precedes it. But it could never diminish it, either.

November 02, 2023
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  • Stephen Thompson
On Doja Cat's fourth album, <em>Scarlet</em>, she delights in playing the "demon" her haters and fans accuse her of being.

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  • Music Reviews

On 'Scarlet,' Doja Cat finds power harnessing the darkness of online vitriol

The pop star has always loved out-trolling her trolls. But Doja Cat's fourth album and dramatic rollout pushes that persona further, interpreting her antics through a playfully demonic lens.

September 29, 2023
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  • Jason King
London-based company Nothing markets its Nothing Phone 2 as a less distracting smartphone.

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  • Music Reviews

Tiny Tech Tips: From iPhone to Nothing Phone

As the world waits for the iPhone 15, a loyal iPhone user tries out a competitor, the Nothing Phone 2.

September 12, 2023
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  • Josh Rogosin
Nicki Minaj attends the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards at The Forum on August 27, 2017 in Inglewood, Calif.

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  • Music

Nicki Minaj paints hip-hop pink — and changes the game

The 2010 Nicki Minaj album Pink Friday brought vibrant new shades to hip-hop.

September 08, 2023
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  • Phil Harrell
Before (left to right) Justin Vernon, Joe Westerlund, Phil Cook and Brad Cook started Bon Iver and Megafaun, they made music together as DeYarmond Edison.

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  • Music Reviews

Bon Iver wasn't born in a vacuum — it took an 'Epoch' to form

DeYarmond Edison's Epoch revels in the early alchemic triumphs of Bon Iver and Megafaun members. But the box set also reminds us that no moment of creative inspiration takes place spontaneously.

August 29, 2023
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  • Stephen Thompson
Wayne Shorter performs during the Marciac Jazz festival in southern France in 2005. Two recent tribute projects each aim to capture the wandering spirit of the late saxophonist.

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  • Music Features

Wayne Shorter, From Here to Eternity

Nearly six months after his death, a tribute concert and a documentary attempt to capture the spirit of the perpetually exploring saxophonist and composer.

August 28, 2023
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By:
  • Nate Chinen
Wayne Shorter performs during the Marciac Jazz festival in southern France in 2005. Two recent tribute projects each aim to capture the wandering spirit of the late saxophonist.

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  • Music Features

Wayne Shorter, From Here to Eternity

Nearly six months after his death, a tribute concert and a documentary attempt to capture the spirit of the perpetually exploring saxophonist and composer.

August 28, 2023
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  • Nate Chinen
<em>Sundial</em> is against sitting idle, and calls not just to hear its own voice, but to enter into conversation in the griot tradition of call and response.

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  • Music Reviews

Noname's 'Sundial' pursues a hip-hop revolution

The Chicago rapper and poet is among the greatest lyricists of her generation. In asking tough questions of the art she practices, her third album reveals a fearless and visionary performer.

August 28, 2023
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  • Harmony Holiday
<em>STILLPOINT</em> is the first album in 12 years from pianist Awadagin Pratt.

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  • Music

After 12 years, pianist Awadagin Pratt rediscovers his sweet spot

Absent from the recording studio for more than a decade, the restless musician has commissioned six composers for his new album.

August 25, 2023
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  • Tom Huizenga
For <em>Left Hand</em>, Becca Mancari produced the album themselves, creating their most expansive work yet.

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  • Music Reviews

Becca Mancari fights for their existence with an expanded pop palette

On Left Hand, Mancari positions themselves in the eye of sonic storms to communicate emotional truths with startling clarity.

August 24, 2023
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  • Jewly Hight
Genesis Owusu

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  • Music News

'Struggler' is Genesis Owusu's bold follow-up to his hit debut album

Genesis Owusu has won just about every award he could in his home country of Australia with his debut album. Now with album number two, he's ready to take on America.

August 21, 2023
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  • A Martinez, Phil Harrell
2 Live Crew in 1989 (Mr. Mixx, Brother Marquis, Luther Campbell & Fresh Kid Ice)

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  • Music News

2 Live Crew fought the law with its album, 'As Nasty As They Wanna Be'

In 1989, 2 Live Crew's As Nasty As They Wanna Be became the first album declared legally obscene, and the group's legal battles set a precedent for the rappers that followed.

August 10, 2023
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  • Phil Harrell
Rakim (left) and Eric B., 1987

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  • Music

Eric B. & Rakim change the flow of rap with 'Paid in Full'

With their 1987 debut album Paid in Full, Eric B. & Rakim introduced internal rhyme schemes to rap, and changed the flow of hip-hop forever.

August 04, 2023
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By:
  • Phil Harrell and
  • Kiana Fitzgerald
Jessy Lanza has spent the last decade developing house-pop music where weightless atmosphere is shot through with jittery drums.

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  • Music Reviews

Jessy Lanza's bubbly house music dwells in the moment

On her new album, the electronic artist's hooks are bigger and her palette is brighter, but the void is ever-present.

August 03, 2023
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  • Harry Tafoya
At the Newport Folk Festival in 2022, Joni Mitchell gave her first full-length performance in 22 years. The recording, <em>At Newport</em>, is out July 28.

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  • Music Reviews

Joni Mitchell's return 'At Newport' reconfigures her legacy

The surprise performance at the Newport Folk Festival, now released as an album, is another exciting evolution in Joni Mitchell's notoriously chameleonic career.

July 27, 2023
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  • Annie Zaleski
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