Paula Mejía
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The artist's radically inventive new album produced with Justin Raisen plays like an apt distillation of what it's like to live right now.
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Alice Bag was foundational in building what punk rock became, and her second solo album shows what it's still becoming.
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In the metallic first single from Hiss Spun, out Sept. 22, Wolfe is at her most commanding and climactic yet.
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Stetson's ability on the saxophone borders on the supernatural. Hear his forthcoming album before its release on April 28.
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A round of reissues for Mary Timony's old band Helium comes with a cleaned-up version of the "XXX" video, proving that the art of the moody, attitude-filled music video peaked in the 1990s.
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One of our most ancient creation stories holds that God created mankind in his image. But what of woman? Kristina Esfandiari leads King Woman in this doom-rock reckoning.
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Aye Nako's forthcoming Silver Haze builds effervescent pop-punk melodies in squalling harmony. But here, the band makes a strong case for something unprecedented during this uneasy time: tenderness.
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Welsh songwriter Cate Le Bon's stage name is a joke that went too far. For years, she celebrated her birthday on the wrong day. Like her life, her new album, Crab Day, is freewheeling but focused.