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Music Featured: Top of Home Page Features Lists Music Features PopMatters Picks

MetalMatters: The Best Metal Albums of February 2026

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Spyros Stasis / 23 February 2026

In February’s best metal, Worm go from underground to mainstream, Incandescence unleash blackened Quebecois bliss, and Gorrch offer dissonance and immediacy.

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‘Sun Ra: Do the Impossible’ Achieves the Seemingly Impossible
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‘Sun Ra: Do the Impossible’ Achieves the Seemingly Impossible

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Deftones Are a Glorious Dichotomy of Extremes
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Deftones Are a Glorious Dichotomy of Extremes

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Ana Yorke / 23 February 2026
What Gen X Thinks of Millennial Metalheads
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What Gen X Thinks of Millennial Metalheads

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Ryan Dyer / 19 February 2026
‘Josephine’ Crawls Under Your Skin and Stays
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‘Josephine’ Crawls Under Your Skin and Stays

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Paul Risker / 19 February 2026
Depeche Mode’s “Stripped” Encapsulates Analog to Algorithmic Longing
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Depeche Mode’s “Stripped” Encapsulates Analog to Algorithmic Longing

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Charles Switzer / 18 February 2026

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Bill Frisell Follows His Dreams on Latest Release

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Steve Horowitz / 23 February 2026
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Col Gerrard’s Debut Grasps for Clarity Amidst Miscommunication

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Alyssa Charpentier / 23 February 2026
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Jon Hopkins Goes Back to Nature with ‘Wilding’

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Jeremy McDonagh / 19 February 2026
Cellist Tomeka Reid Creates Dancing String Band Jazz
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Cellist Tomeka Reid Creates Dancing String Band Jazz

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Will Layman / 19 February 2026
Barry Walker Jr.’s Pedal Steel Roams an Ethereal Pasture
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Barry Walker Jr.’s Pedal Steel Roams an Ethereal Pasture

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Bruce Miller / 19 February 2026
Congratulations Show Potential on the Patchy ‘Join Hands’
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Congratulations Show Potential on the Patchy ‘Join Hands’

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Eoghan Lyng / 18 February 2026
Revisiting Drive-By Truckers’ ‘Decoration Day’ Is Rewarding
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Revisiting Drive-By Truckers’ ‘Decoration Day’ Is Rewarding

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Chris Conaton / 18 February 2026

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MetalMatters: The Best Metal Albums of February 2026

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Spyros Stasis / 23 February 2026
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‘Sun Ra: Do the Impossible’ Achieves the Seemingly Impossible

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Saby Reyes-Kulkarni / 23 February 2026
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Deftones Are a Glorious Dichotomy of Extremes

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Ana Yorke / 23 February 2026
What Gen X Thinks of Millennial Metalheads
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What Gen X Thinks of Millennial Metalheads

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Ryan Dyer / 19 February 2026
Depeche Mode’s “Stripped” Encapsulates Analog to Algorithmic Longing
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Depeche Mode’s “Stripped” Encapsulates Analog to Algorithmic Longing

By
Charles Switzer / 18 February 2026
Smashing Pumpkins Deliver on Grunge and Grandeur
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Smashing Pumpkins Deliver on Grunge and Grandeur

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Greg M. Schwartz / 18 February 2026
The Band’s Rick Danko Possessed a Voice for the Ages
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The Band’s Rick Danko Possessed a Voice for the Ages

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Jack Walters / 17 February 2026

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‘Sun Ra: Do the Impossible’ Achieves the Seemingly Impossible
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‘Sun Ra: Do the Impossible’ Achieves the Seemingly Impossible

By
Saby Reyes-Kulkarni / 23 February 2026
‘Josephine’ Crawls Under Your Skin and Stays
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‘Josephine’ Crawls Under Your Skin and Stays

By
Paul Risker / 19 February 2026
Charli XCX Immortalizes a Moment
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Charli XCX Immortalizes a Moment

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Matthew Dwyer / 17 February 2026
‘Krakatit’ Shows How to Start Worrying and Fear the Bomb
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‘Krakatit’ Shows How to Start Worrying and Fear the Bomb

By
Michael Barrett / 16 February 2026
Silent Film Restoration Is an Act of Love
Film

Silent Film Restoration Is an Act of Love

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Michael Barrett / 12 February 2026
‘Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie’ Is Meta All the Way Down
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‘Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie’ Is Meta All the Way Down

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Chris Barsanti / 12 February 2026
My Most Anticipated Films of 2026
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My Most Anticipated Films of 2026

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Chris Barsanti / 10 February 2026

Books

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‘Playmakers’ Explores the Chutzpah That Made Kids’ Toys

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Susan Blumberg-Kason / 28 January 2026
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Justin Townes Earle’s Unrealized Future

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Brian D’ Ambrosio / 27 January 2026
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Mothra Is Luminous as an Icon of Soft Power and Femininity

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Alyssa Charpentier / 22 January 2026
Joker’s Prophecy About American Neoliberalism
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Joker’s Prophecy About American Neoliberalism

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Rodney Sharkey / 15 January 2026
‘The Summer We Ate Off the China’ Is a Buffet of Varied Stories
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‘The Summer We Ate Off the China’ Is a Buffet of Varied Stories

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John Loonam / 15 January 2026

Television

What Is Wrong with ‘Bridgerton’?
Television

What Is Wrong with ‘Bridgerton’?

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Ashcharya Wickramage / 17 February 2026
How MAGA Humor Took Over American Comedy
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How MAGA Humor Took Over American Comedy

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Iain Ellis / 16 February 2026
2025 Marks Pop Music’s Gilded Age
Music

2025 Marks Pop Music’s Gilded Age

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Matthew Dwyer / 29 January 2026
Dance Moms’ Ferocious Appetite
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Dance Moms’ Ferocious Appetite

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Hannah Kurien / 28 January 2026

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Noise Rock Band Unsane’s Chris Spencer Is Committed

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Brian Stout / 17 February 2026
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The Red Universe of Mari Jasca: Song, Circus, and Soul

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Ana Clara Ribeiro / 16 February 2026
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Kula Shaker Reflect on a Career Following Sanskrit

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Eoghan Lyng / 4 February 2026
Joyce Manor Talk Bars and Candy Bars
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Joyce Manor Talk Bars and Candy Bars

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Brian Stout / 3 February 2026
It’s Funny How Complicated Coexistence Can Be
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It’s Funny How Complicated Coexistence Can Be

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Ellise Fuchs / 2 February 2026

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MetalMatters: The Best Metal Albums of February 2026
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MetalMatters: The Best Metal Albums of February 2026

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5 of the Most Unintentionally Terrifying Love Songs
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5 of the Most Unintentionally Terrifying Love Songs

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J.C. Macek III / 11 February 2026
10 Should-Be-Classic Anxious Love Songs
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10 Should-Be-Classic Anxious Love Songs

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Josh Friedberg / 10 February 2026
My Most Anticipated Films of 2026
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My Most Anticipated Films of 2026

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Chris Barsanti / 10 February 2026
MetalMatters: Best Metal Albums of January 2026
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MetalMatters: Best Metal Albums of January 2026

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Spyros Stasis / 9 February 2026

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