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• Girl Ultra Makes Sensual Electrofunk with Chromeo 2026-10-14
  Chromeo
• Jack White Takes San Francisco with a Dynamic Double Feature 2026-10-14
  Jack White
• Ohana Festival 2026: Grooving in the Sun with Pearl Jam 2026-10-12
  Jon Batiste
• John Prine’s ‘Found Dogs’ Offers More Than Leftovers 2026-10-08
  John Prine
• Ibibio Sound Machine Nuance the Dancefloor Superbly 2026-10-08
  Ibibio Sound Machine
• “Who’s Punk? What’s the Score?” On Authenticity, Subcultural Capital, and Scene Cops 2026-10-08
  Fugazi
• The Most Canadian Band of 2026 Is from Outer Space: Angine de Poitrine 2026-10-07
  Outer Space
• Role Model Commits to Caricature on ‘Chuck Timely’ 2026-10-05
  ROLE MODEL
• Keb’ Mo’: The Breakdown and the Long Way Home 2026-10-05
  Keb' Mo'
• Meshell Ndegeocello Offers Superb Soulful Duets of Classics 2026-10-01
  Meshell Ndegeocello
• What Art Brut Teaches Us About Modern Internet Culture 2026-09-30
  Art Brut
• Rhiannon Giddens Champions Past and Present American Folklore 2026-09-29
  Rhiannon Giddens
• Dallas Burrow Shows He’s From Texas in Hard-Earned Truths 2026-09-24
  mentions Townes Van Zandt
• Jazz Pianist David Virelles Meets the Elders in Trio Imagination 2026-09-24
  Andrew Cyrille
• Amazing Evening with Gregory Alan Isakov and Symphony at Red Rocks 2026-09-23
  Gregory Alan Isakov
• The Rolling Stones’ Dionysian Passion 2026-09-23
  The Rolling Stones
• Bonobo’s ‘Distance in Static’ Is a Well-Earned Victory Lap 2026-09-21
  Bonobo
• Rock Music Returns to Outside Lands 2026 2026-09-21
  Wet Leg, Charli xcx, Sierra Ferrell
• John Hollenbeck’s Singular Voice Animates’ Peace and Justice’ 2026-09-17
  Oliver Nelson
• Branford Marsalis and Dianne Reeves Pay Tribute to Coltrane 2026-09-17
  John Coltrane, Dianne Reeves, Branford Marsalis
• Getdown Services Dance Through the Class War on ‘Massive Champion’ 2026-09-16
  Getdown Services
• Saul Williams Discusses Teaching the Next Generation of Activists 2026-09-15
  Saul Williams
• Chuck Klosterman’s Rock* Makes Rock Music History Wobble 2026-09-14
  The Velvet Underground, The Beatles
• Gretchen Parlato Spins Jazz and Soul Into a Charmed Thing 2026-09-10
  Meshell Ndegeocello, Robert Glasper, Gretchen Parlato, Alan Hampton, Gerald Clayton
• Dolly Parton and Beyoncé’s “Jolene” Leads to a Foucaultian Question 2026-09-09
  Dolly Parton, Beyoncé
• Henry Threadgill’s Trio Creates Brilliant Art Jazz 2026-09-08
  Vijay Iyer
• When the Sax Went Wah-Wah After the Guitar 2026-09-08
  James Brown, King Curtis, Jimi Hendrix, Frank Zappa
• Colour Conquers Blandness at a Vibrant Osheaga Festival 2026 2026-09-01
  Wet Leg, Wolf Alice
• Dolly Parton’s Greatest Movie Role 2026-09-01
  Dolly Parton
• Tedeschi Trucks Band Rock Out for a Future With Soul 2026-08-31
  Susan Tedeschi
• The Jazz Organ Trio Lives on Thanks to Larry Goldings et al. 2026-08-27
  Larry Goldings, Bill Stewart
• With Dolly Parton, the Glitz Was Never Separate From the Genius 2026-08-26
  Dolly Parton
• The Durutti Column Make a Graceful Return with ‘Renascent’ 2026-08-25
  The Durutti Column
• Lana Daher’s ‘Do You Love Me’ Turns Disorientation Into a Closed Circuit 2026-08-25
  Beirut
• The 10 Best Dolly Parton Songs (Plus One More) 2026-08-25
  Dolly Parton
• Sziget 2026 Infects Festivalgoers with Irrepressible Joy 2026-08-25
  Arctic Monkeys
• King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard Conjure a Futuristic Rave 2026-08-24
  King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
• The 15 Best Radiohead Songs 2026-08-24
  Radiohead
• Charli XCX Discovers the Antidote to Fame 2026-08-20
  Charli xcx
• Lee Scratch Perry Was at the Height of His Powers in 1973 2026-08-20
  Lee "Scratch" Perry
• Lambchop’s ‘Punching the Clown’ Is Worth the 4-Year Wait 2026-08-20
  Lambchop
• Rush Hit “Fifty-Something” with Tremendous Show and Peart Tribute 2026-08-19
  Rush
• Laura Veirs’ Short, Poetic New LP Embraces Beautiful Imperfections 2026-08-18
  Laura Veirs
• The Afghan Whigs Are in Command of Their Signature Sound 2026-08-18
  The Afghan Whigs
• Linda May Han Oh and Melissa Aldana Play Bebop and Beyond 2026-08-17
  Linda May Han Oh
• Widespread Panic Rock Like a Sweet Jelly Roll for the Soul 2026-08-13
  Widespread Panic
• Weezer Are in Their Golden Age 2026-08-13
  Weezer
• Mary Halvorson and Ambrose Akinmusire Connect to Jazz History 2026-08-12
  Ambrose Akinmusire, Mary Halvorson
• The Mountain Goats Follow Their Fearless Leader’s Muse 2026-08-12
  The Mountain Goats
• Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Keep Reckoning with Death 2026-08-12
  Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
• Loose Talk with the Afghan Whigs’ Greg Dulli 2026-08-11
  The Afghan Whigs
• The Beatles’ ‘Revolver’ Has a Message from Your Future 2026-08-11
  The Beatles
• Between the Grooves of Radiohead’s ‘Kid A’ 2026-08-10
  Radiohead
• Cheekface Get a Little Funky and a Bit Angry on ‘Podium’ 2026-08-06
  Cheekface
• Heading Down the Same Bob Dylan Road 2026-08-04
  Bob Dylan
• Jazz Pianist Nduduzo Makhathini Mixes Yearning with a Modern Sound 2026-08-04
  Nduduzo Makhathini
• Charli XCX’s New Album Is a Celebration of the Working Class 2026-08-04
  Charli xcx
• Margaret Glaspy Highlights Beautiful Dualities on New Album 2026-08-04
  Margaret Glaspy
• Shania Twain Journeys to the Past on ‘Little Miss Twain’ 2026-08-03
  Shania Twain
• Hildur Guðnadóttir’s Beautiful Homecoming at Reykjavik Arts Festival 2026-08-03
  mentions Hildur Guðnadóttir
• Slowdive’s In-Between Band Mojave 3 Reissue Their Catalog 2026-07-30
  Mojave 3
• The Best Song on KiKi Holli’s New EP Belongs to INXS 2026-07-28
  mentions Dusty Springfield
• Aaron Lee Tasjan Holds a Funhouse Mirror to America 2026-07-28
  Aaron Lee Tasjan
• Nia Archives Brilliantly Expands Jungle and Revels in Hooks 2026-07-28
  Nia Archives
• Tyshawn Sorey Triumphantly Renews a 1968 Jazz Classic by Max Roach 2026-07-27
  Max Roach, Tyshawn Sorey
• Charli XCX’s ‘Music, Fashion, Film’ Is Too Cool For Its Own Good 2026-07-27
  Charli xcx
• MISSIO Serve Up the Emotions on ‘Love & Heartbreak’ 2026-07-23
  MISSIO
• Jack White Testifies with Electrifying Catharsis on ‘Frozen Charlotte’ 2026-07-22
  Jack White
• Les Claypool and Friends Deliver Musical Fireworks for 4th of July 2026-07-21
  Les Claypool; also The Claypool Lennon Delirium
• The Miracle of It: Allison Russell on the Power of Self-Reflection 2026-07-21
  Allison Russell
• Fatoumata Diawara Creates Inspiring Pop on ‘Massa’ 2026-07-20
  Fatoumata Diawara
• Panda Bear and Sonic Boom Create Immersive Neo-Psychedelia 2026-07-16
  Panda Bear, Sonic Boom
• “Mother of the Blues” Ma Rainey Is Restored to Full Glory 2026-07-16
  Ma Rainey
• The Waterboys’ Mike Scott Hasn’t Yet Done His Last Jam 2026-07-16
  The Waterboys
• Grey DeLisle and Les Greene Join Forces for ‘Grey & Greene’ 2026-07-15
  Les Greene
• Jeff Beck’s Seven Decades of Evolution 2026-07-15
  Jeff Beck
• Steven Bernstein Releases Brilliant Twin Albums 2026-07-14
  Steven Bernstein
• The Rolling Stones Speak in ‘Foreign Tongues’ 2026-07-14
  The Rolling Stones
• Beth Orton Looks Up to Find Herself Buried Alive 2026-07-13
  Beth Orton
• Olivia Rodrigo Survives a Cruel Endeavor » PopMatters 2026-06-30
  Olivia Rodrigo
• Khun Narin Take to the Studio for Stunning 'III' » PopMatters 2026-06-30
  Khun Narin
• Paul McCartney Explores Childhood Memories in Sound 2026-06-25
  Paul McCartney
• Guided by Voices’ Latest Continues Their Hot Streak 2026-06-24
  Guided By Voices
• Odd Okoddo and Ogoya Nengo Give Their Dreamscape an Edge 2026-06-24
  ODD OKODDO, Ogoya Nengo
• Old Crow Medicine Show Celebrate America at 250 Years 2026-06-24
  Old Crow Medicine Show
• Olivia Rodrigo Is Mature and Disciplined on Third LP 2026-06-16
  Olivia Rodrigo
• Jack White Is Rewiring Rock 2026-06-16
  Jack White
• Mukqs Creates Calm Chaos on an Otherworldly LP 2026-06-15
  Mukqs
• The Velvet Underground Get a “Sister Ray”-Sized Biography 2026-06-15
  The Velvet Underground
• The Street Photography Nature of Solo Improvisational Music 2026-06-11
  mentions Bill MacKay
• Tabitha Meeks on Her Brand New Second-Hand Retro Pop 2026-06-10
  mentions Nancy Sinatra
• When Lee “Scratch” Perry and Mouse on Mars Teamed Up 2026-06-09
  Lee "Scratch" Perry, Mouse On Mars
• The Beatles ‘Magical Mystery Tour’: Best Band, Worst Movie 2026-06-09
  The Beatles
• The Afghan Whigs Hint at a Reckoning on “Jungle Roux” 2026-06-05
  The Afghan Whigs
• Tony Rice’s 1977 Album Marks a Key Moment in Bluegrass 2026-06-03
  mentions David Grisman
• Symphonic Cinematic Celebration of Miles Davis Dazzles 2026-06-02
  Miles Davis
• Radiohead’s Ed O’Brien Embraces Poetry and Prog Rock 2026-05-27
  Ed O'Brien
• Phish Go Gonzo in Return to Sphere Las Vegas 2026-05-27
  Phish
• Weird Nightmare’s Power Pop Is Hard-Rocking and Catchy 2026-05-20
  Weird Nightmare
• Laurie Anderson Helps Us Face Catastrophe on Live LP 2026-05-20
  Laurie Anderson
• The Sound on ‘Bill Evans at the BBC’ Is Badly Distorted 2026-05-19
  Bill Evans
• Wendy Eisenberg Strikes the Perfect Songwriting Balance 2026-05-19
  Wendy Eisenberg
• Did Drake and Kendrick Lamar Kill Battle Rap? 2026-05-19
  Kendrick Lamar
• Cocanha Set the Bar for Minority-Language Rock 2026-05-14
  Cocanha
• Radiohead’s ‘A Moon Shaped Pool’ Is Gorgeous and Moving 2026-05-12
  Radiohead
• Thundercat’s Humor Undermines an Otherwise Radiant LP 2026-05-12
  Thundercat
• They Might Be Giants Are As Delightfully Weird As Ever 2026-05-07
  They Might Be Giants
• School Is Back in Session for the Teaches of Peaches 2026-05-07
  Peaches
• Kacey Musgraves Renews Her Faith in Country Music 2026-05-04
  Kacey Musgraves
• Harriet Tubman and Georgia Anne Muldrow Cook a Powerful Brew 2026-04-30
  Georgia Anne Muldrow
• Michael Jackson Sequin-ized 2026-04-30
  Michael Jackson
• Paul Weller’s New Live Compilation Is Dazzling 2026-04-29
  Paul Weller
• Tomora’s ‘Come Closer’ Is a Perfect Collision of Styles 2026-04-29
  Come Closer
• The Afghan Whigs Stir an Agonizing Wait for a New LP 2026-04-28
  The Afghan Whigs
• Angélique Kidjo Celebrates Joy and Holds on to ‘HOPE!!’ 2026-04-28
  Angelique Kidjo
• Tori Amos Brilliantly Soundtracks the ‘Times of Dragons’ 2026-04-27
  Tori Amos
• Hurray For the Riff Raff Are at a Vibrant, Outspoken Peak 2026-04-23
  Hurray For The Riff Raff
• Jazz Trumpeter Dave Douglas Discusses His Latest Music 2026-04-23
  Dave Douglas
• Lucas Santtana Champions Brazilian Language on ‘Brasiliano’ 2026-04-22
  Lucas Santtana
• Inside Shakey Graves’ Wonderfully Weird World 2026-04-22
  Shakey Graves
• Why Is Tori Amos Thanking Rival Courtney Love? 2026-04-20
  Tori Amos
• Jimi Hendrix Experience’s ‘Axis: Bold as Love’ Shines On 2026-04-16
  Jimi Hendrix
• Joe Jackson Settles Scores on ‘Hope and Fury’ 2026-04-14
  Joe Jackson
• Where Should Billy Joel Sit at the Pop Rock Table? 2026-04-14
  Billy Joel
• The Afghan Whigs’ ‘Black Love’ Is an Underappreciated Masterpiece 2026-04-13
  The Afghan Whigs
• The Sylvie Courvoisier Trio Balance All the Elements 2026-04-09
  Sylvie Courvoisier
• Gigi Masin Confronts Loss with Blissed-Out Ambience 2026-04-08
  Gigi Masin
• Leah Blevins Is an Authentic Voice in Country Music 2026-04-07
  mentions Dolly Parton
• Caroline Davis Explores Endless Musical Possibilities 2026-04-02
  Caroline Davis
• The Earliest Days of Talking Heads Are a Revelation 2026-04-02
  Talking Heads
• Jesse Welles Electrifies Berkeley and America 2026-04-01
  Jesse Welles
• Jorge Drexler Performs His Homecoming Dance 2026-04-01
  Jorge Drexler
• Bill Callahan Circles Himself on ‘My Days of 58’ 2026-03-31
  Bill Callahan
• Arlo Parks Dances the Pain Away with ‘Ambiguous Desire’ 2026-03-31
  Arlo Parks
• The Curious Connection of the Beatles and Nixon at Disney World 2026-03-31
  The Beatles
• Shawn Colvin’s ‘Whole New You’ Is a Revelation at 25 2026-03-31
  Shawn Colvin
• Bruce Springsteen’s Vietnam War Songs Defy American Amnesia 2026-03-30
  Bruce Springsteen
• José González Gently Rages ‘Against the Dying of the Light’ 2026-03-26
  José González
• “Paul McCartney Is Dead”: The Hoax That Just Won’t Die 2026-03-26
  Paul McCartney
• Trumpeter Adam O’Farrill Dances with Brillance on ‘Elephant’ 2026-03-25
  Adam O’Farrill
• Courtney Barnett Brilliantly Showcases Her Voice on New LP 2026-03-25
  Courtney Barnett
• The Cosmic Tones Research Trio Create “Great Black Music” 2026-03-25
  The Cosmic Tones Research Trio
• Robyn Is Doing Herself on ‘Sexistential’ 2026-03-24
  Robyn
• The Stone Roses, Experience and Memory 2026-03-23
  The Stone Roses
• Carolina Chocolate Drops Bring the Past to Delight 2026-03-18
  Carolina Chocolate Drops
• Pat Kelly Creates Another Low-Key Folk Gem 2026-03-17
  Pat Kelly
• Sun Ra Arkestra Deliver Medicine for a Nightmare 2026-03-17
  Sun Ra, Sun Ra Arkestra
• Gorillaz’s ‘The Mountain’ Is a Shining Ode to Life and Loss 2026-03-16
  Gorillaz
• Tedeschi Trucks Band Shake Things Up with “Future Soul” 2026-03-16
  mentions Susan Tedeschi
• Fabiano do Nascimento Blossoms on the Organic, Tender ‘Vila’ 2026-03-12
  Fabiano do Nascimento
• John Pizzarelli Discusses His Tribute to Tony Bennett 2026-03-12
  Tony Bennett
• Bonnie “Prince” Billy Celebrates Community 2026-03-11
  Bonnie Prince Billy
• When Tough Guys Fugazi Rumbled Through My Warehouse 2026-03-11
  Fugazi
• Alice Coltrane Knew No Boundaries 2026-03-10
  Alice Coltrane
• All Hail Clifton Chenier the King of Zydeco 2026-03-09
  Clifton Chenier
• Gorillaz at 25 Are a Cultural Force for the Good 2026-03-05
  Gorillaz
• The Complacent Bliss of Bruno Mars 2026-03-05
  Bruno Mars
• The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis Create Ecstatic Post-Hardcore Jazz 2026-03-05
  James Brandon Lewis, The Messthetics
• Mavis Staples Comforts and Galvanizes in Pennsylvania 2026-03-04
  Mavis Staples
• Mitski Disappears with Grace on Eighth Album 2026-03-04
  Mitski
• Alice Coltrane: Conjurer of the Majestic 2026-03-04
  Alice Coltrane
• Al Stewart’s “Time Passages” Completes His “Year of the Cat” 2026-02-26
  Al Stewart
• The Avett Brothers’ Bob Crawford on His “Song” for John Quincy Adams 2026-02-24
  The Avett Brothers
• Bill Frisell Follows His Dreams on Latest Release 2026-02-23
  Bill Frisell
• ‘Sun Ra: Do the Impossible’ Achieves the Seemingly Impossible 2026-02-23
  Sun Ra
• Cellist Tomeka Reid Creates Dancing String Band Jazz 2026-02-19
  Tomeka Reid
• Shakey Graves Proclaims That Love Lasts Forever 2026-02-18
  Shakey Graves
• Revisiting Drive-By Truckers’ ‘Decoration Day’ Is Rewarding 2026-02-18
  Drive-By Truckers
• Charli XCX Immortalizes a Moment 2026-02-17
  Charli xcx
• Charli XCX Brilliantly Channels Kate Bush and Emily Brontë 2026-02-16
  Kate Bush, Charli xcx
• Jazz Trumpeter Dave Douglas Presents a New Quartet 2026-02-12
  Dave Douglas
• Anselm Kiefer Exhibit at SLAM Evokes Beauty and Dissolution 2026-02-10
  Kiefer
• Vibes Phenom Joel Ross Dips His Jazz Into Gospel Music 2026-02-09
  Joel Ross
• Tigran Hamasyan Seeks Meaning on Rapturous ‘Manifeste’ 2026-02-04
  Tigran Hamasyan
• Cast Follow the Beatles Too Slavishly on ‘Yeah Yeah Yeah’ 2026-02-03
  The Beatles
• Lucinda Williams Tries to Right What’s Wrong with the World 2026-02-03
  Lucinda Williams
• Sammy Brue Finds Inspiration in Earle’s Journals 2026-01-29
  mentions Justin Townes Earle
• Julian Lage Teams with John Medeski for Impeccable LP 2026-01-29
  Julian Lage, John Medeski
• Craig Taborn Is at the Apex of Contemporary Jazz 2026-01-28
  Craig Taborn
• A Conversation with Guided By Voices’ Robert Pollard 2026-01-27
  Guided By Voices
• Justin Townes Earle’s Unrealized Future 2026-01-27
  Justin Townes Earle
• How the Beatles Hindered American Folk Music 2026-01-22
  The Beatles
• Trinisha Browne Redefines Afro-Caribbean Music 2026-01-20
  mentions of Montreal
• Why Dua Lipa Is the Queen of Technopopulism 2026-01-20
  Dua Lipa
• Robert Stillman Explores Technology’s Beating Heart 2026-01-15
  Robert Stillman
• Pink Floyd’s ‘Wish You Were Here’ Has Staying Power at 50 2026-01-15
  Pink Floyd
• James Hunter Six Get ‘Off the Fence’ and Land on a New Label 2026-01-14
  James Hunter
• Imarhan Brilliantly Re-Invent Their Sound on ‘Essam’ 2026-01-13
  Imarhan
• Iconic 1960s ‘It Girl’ Jane Birkin Finally Gets Some Respect 2026-01-13
  Jane Birkin
• The Afghan Whigs Share a Pair of Powerful Covers 2026-01-12
  The Afghan Whigs
• Dry Cleaning Take a Small Step in the Right Direction 2026-01-12
  Dry Cleaning
• Dead Kennedys’ ‘Frankenchrist’ Is Sadly Relevant at 40 2025-12-12
  Dead Kennedys
• Amadou & Mariam Bid a Poignant Farewell 2025-12-11
  Amadou & Mariam
• The Beatles Transformed with a Little Help From Their Friends 2025-12-11
  The Beatles
• ‘The Return of the Durutti Column’ Is Long Overdue 2025-12-10
  The Durutti Column
• The Mountain Goats and the Evolution of Our Idols 2025-12-10
  The Mountain Goats
• Drummer Billy Hart Celebrates his 85th Birthday 2025-12-08
  Billy Hart
• Jazz’s Kalia Vandever Steps Into the Dream House 2025-12-03
  Kalia Vandever
• Antibalas Get Back to Basics on ‘Hourglass’ 2025-12-02
  Antibalas
• ‘Red Planet’ Gets Lost in Its Own Dust Storm 2025-12-02
  Red Planet
• Danny Brown Remains Unpredictable on ‘Stardust’ 2025-12-01
  Stardust, Danny Brown
• Linda May Han Oh Leads Her Trio to ‘Strange Heavens’ 2025-11-25
  Linda May Han Oh
• Rahsaan Roland Kirk Thrills on a NYC Night in 1963 2025-11-25
  Rahsaan Roland Kirk
• John Scofield and Dave Holland Show Jazz Mastery 2025-11-24
  John Scofield, Dave Holland
• The Howling Harmonies of the Avett Brothers and Mike Patton 2025-11-20
  The Avett Brothers
• Jesse Welles Sings Out for Truth and Justice 2025-11-20
  Jesse Welles
• Tom Waits’ Perfect Performance 50 Years Later 2025-11-20
  Tom Waits
• Bob Dylan Scholarship Comes in ‘Through the Open Window’ 2025-11-19
  Bob Dylan
• keiyaA Finds Strength in Stretching Out on ‘hooke’s law’ 2025-11-19
  keiyaA
• Sudan Archives’ ‘The BPM’ Delivers Dancefloor-Ready Anthems 2025-11-19
  Sudan Archives
• LARAAJI + Dallas Acid + Arji Oceananda Issue Video for "Evening Reduction" (premiere) » PopMatters 2018-11-13
  Laraaji; also Mary Lattimore
• LARAAJI, Arji OceAnanda, and Dallas Acid Deliver Experimental, Meditative 'Arrive Without Leaving' (album stream) » PopMatters 2018-10-05
  Laraaji
• Proud Parents Touch on Classic Alternative Sounds on Self-Titled Album (album stream) » PopMatters 2018-06-19
  Proud Parents; also Violent Femmes