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October 14, 2014Rambling in concept and super-clean in execution, this is an oddly messy latter-day record from the old rocker.
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October 14, 2014The record-breaking duo consolidate their sunny bro-country success on their sophomore set.
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October 14, 2014Full-length debut from the poetic songwriter emphasizes her sweetly melancholic melodies.
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October 14, 2014P!nk and Dallas Green take an intimate, minor-key folk detour.
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October 14, 2014Indie pop outfit OK Go continue their collaboration with Dave Fridmann on their warm and melodic fourth offering.
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October 14, 2014Caught between the past and the present, this surprise record sounds modern as Bono recalls his adolescence.
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October 14, 2014Featuring the hit single "Bang Bang," the British singer's third album is a no-holds-barred attempt to win over American listeners.
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October 14, 2014Lite, breezy collection of proudly pop worldbeat that follows through on the promise of the single "Am I Wrong."
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October 14, 2014The Bloc Party leader's second solo jaunt offers a smoother, more subdued take on his version of dance music.
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October 14, 2014Idiosyncratic singer and songwriter gets a new band and a new sound, but holds onto her powerful voice and soul-baring songs.
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October 14, 2014A various-artists set based on the MC's new label gets retooled and retitled, and winds up a rocky solo effort.
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October 14, 2014Third in a series of retrospective box sets of this Northwestern post-punk trio, this volume focuses on their mid-'90s output.
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October 14, 2014The Melvins team up with the Butthole Surfers' J.D. Pinkus and Paul Leary on the eclectic Hold It In.
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October 14, 2014Chronological collection of standout tracks and singles from the metal prince of darkness' 11 studio albums.
AllMusic Staff Picks
July 10, 2012
Although it wasn't as wildly experimental as some of their earlier efforts, Dirty Projectors' sixth album still made for one of 2012's most engaging musical experiences. Perhaps a reaction to the solitude of rural Delaware where it was written, the album possesses a warmth that seems to invite listeners in, making it the band's most immediately accessible and engrossing outing to date.
Various Artists
1995
This beautiful set of field recordings was made by John Cohen in Virginia and North Carolina in November of 1965 and includes Appalachian banjo tracks surrounded by unaccompanied ballad singers, and the tone of the whole album is remarkably cohesive, bright, stark, and sometimes relentlessly dark, as in Lloyd Chandler's unaccompanied version of "Oh Death" (called "A Conversation with Death" here). A remarkable set of recordings.