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  • Jan 6 Album Reviews

    Sade - Diamond Life

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    Smooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooth.

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  • Jan 5 Album Reviews

    The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead

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    The Queen Is Dead is rightfully one of the standard-bearers of indie rock and pop.

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  • Jan 4 Album Reviews

    Dolly Parton - Jolene

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    One of the most essential pick-me-ups in the country music canon.

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  • Jan 3 Album Reviews

    Bone Thugs-n-Harmony - E. 1999 Eternal

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    CLASSICS WEEK 2023 kicks off with this cornerstone of melodic hip hop.

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  • Jan 2 Interviews

    An Erstwhile & Elsewhere Interview

    An Erstwhile & Elsewhere Interview

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    This conversation happened via email the weeks of 11-18 December. It’s between myself, Jon Abbey and Yuko Zama, the husband-wife team behind Erstwhile Records and elsewhere music. Frankly, the former is my favorite label out there, responsible for publishing some of the most ambitious and evocative statements in improvised

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  • Jan 1 Loved List

    Loved List 2023

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    Anthony’s 8/10+ Albums Mon Laferte - Autopoiética Sexyy Red - Hood Hottest Princess Wiki & Tony Seltzer - 14K Figaro PinkPantheress - Heaven knows MIKE - Burning Desire Autopsy - Ashes, Organs, Blood and Crypts Reverend Kristin Michael Hayter - SAVED! Sampha - Lahai Ana Frango Elétrico -

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  • Dec 31 Austen's Faves

    Austen's Faves 2023

    Austen's Faves 2023

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    Austen is the managing editor of theneedledrop and editor of the fantano channel. Here's her favorite music of the year!

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  • Dec 18 Album Reviews

    Ka - Languish Arts / Woeful Studies

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    A good one-two from Ka, but might’ve had more knockout potential as a single disc.

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  • Dec 15 Album Reviews

    Little Simz - NO THANK YOU

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    NO THANK YOU often feels like a SIMBI epilogue, which is to say it’s often excellent too.

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  • Dec 13 Album Reviews

    SZA - SOS

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    SZA goes the distance on SOS.

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