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The Comet Is Coming is doing its part to bring jazz into the next decade.
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It’s a shame that the popularity and promotion behind Billie Eilish has poisoned the well a bit, as When We All Fall Asleep is actually an artful, well-crafted, and unique pop album.
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Flume’s full-length followup to 2016’s Skin takes a very welcome turn for the experimental.
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Even after 25 years, Matmos is creating some of the most fun and inventive electronic music you’ll hear in your life.
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A Long Red Hot Los Angeles Summer Night contains quite a bit of Blu and Oh No’s best work to date.
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Light in the Attic comes out with an excellent compilation of old school ambient music from 1980s Japan, an era and location that hasn’t gotten enough shine up until this point.
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Sweetener is no longer Ariana Grande’s strongest album.
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Marquis Hill and his band come through with a vibrant blend of dynamic jazz and conscious hip hop on Modern Flows, Vol. 2.
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Some Rap Songs is Earl Sweatshirt’s most emotionally intense and artistically defined project yet.
