Jason Heller
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Through a career that spanned six decades, the psychedelic pioneer captivated the rock establishment while remaining at an arm's length from the mainstream.
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On its first album in six years, the instrumental metal band has produced its most vulnerable yet overwhelming work to date.
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Cradled in his homespun warmth, Justin Townes Earle's husky drawl feels like the darkness before the dawn.
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Hornsby's new album is as melodic as his past oeuvre, but it's also an absorbing peek into the veteran musician's love of avant-garde classical, jazz and progressive rock.
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Pete Shelley, the Mancunian co-founder and singer of Buzzcocks, embedded a vulnerability and honesty into early punk's genetic code, forever changing the genre.
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After a near-death experience, the doom metal trio's sprawling gravity and thunderous majesty takes an introspective turn.
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The debut from guitarist Anthony Pirog and Fugazi's rhythm section pushes and pulls through a compelling conversation between aggression and meditation.
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Where A Crow Looked At Me dealt with the shattering experience of Phil Elverum losing his wife to cancer, Now Only ponders how, when, and why one might carry on.
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The sprawling, 16-song album is a cornucopia of spirit-lifting, even occasionally reflective party jams.
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Kyle Craft's second album is full of unabashed odes to courtship, confusion and the timeless power of storytelling in song.