warner bros
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Circles is the finest musical send-off any Mac Miller fan could have asked for.
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The times when King’s Mouth sounds like classic Flaming Lips partly make up for the album’s spotty narrative development and pacing.
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The demos that comprise Originals blow most artists’ finished studio work out of the water.
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While more worthwhile than Foals’ last few albums, this first half of Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost doesn’t arouse too much excitement for Part 2.
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Harverd Dropout sounds more refined and slicker than its self-titled predecessor, but is all the worse for it.
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Muse’s foray into ’80s retro-futurism, while at times uninspired and gaudy even by the band’s standards, has resulted in their most palatable album this decade.
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On Swimming, Mac Miller continues to work outside of his strengths without improving at all upon the obvious weaknesses of his previous album.
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Despite being a stylistically mixed bag, Kimbra’s latest album features some of the best art pop you’ll hear this year.
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Liam Gallagher returns with a new solo record that brings back the thrill of 90s Britpop.
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One More Light is a complete and utter betrayal of everything that made Linkin Park even remotely appealing to begin with.