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The 75 Best Albums of 2021
Despite a global pandemic, musicians were far more active in 2021 and had time to create their finest work. It resulted in some of the best albums in years.
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The 20 Best Pop Albums of 2021
The 20 best pop albums of the year radiate with unstoppable playlist power, much-needed sweet escapism, self-reflecting moments, and killer melodies.
Chvrches’ ‘Screen Violence’ Reaches for the Heart, Mind, and Feet
Creating warm, emotional synthpop is Chvrches’ forte, and Screen Violence is the kind of bruised pop record that can only be made after a year of so much loss.
The 80 Best Albums of 2015
Travel back five years ago when the release calendar was rife with stellar albums. 2015 offered such an embarrassment of musical riches, that we selected 80 albums as best of the year.
The 70 Best Albums of 2018
From forward-looking electronic and experimental to new approaches in the ever-evolving R&B scene, from hip-hop and punk to rock and pop, 2018 bestowed an embarrassment of musical riches upon us.
The 60 Best Songs of 2018
The year in song reflected the state of the world around us. Here are the 60 songs that spoke to us this year.
2018 ACL Music Festival Recap – Saturday, Weekend Two
Day two of Austin City Limits' second weekend started with soul and ended with the powerful heavy metal of Metallica and the dance goodness of Justice.
CHVRCHES’ ‘Love Is Dead’ Is an Energetic but Hollow Step Toward the Mainstream
CHVRCHES' Love Is Dead is an album whose makers are screaming "we're ready for the spotlight", whether or not the sentiment is actually true.
CHVRCHES – “Bury It” ft. Hayley Williams (Singles Going Steady)
"Bury It" underscores everything about Chvrches' sound that sets the band apart from other synthpop revivalists
CHVRCHES – “Clearest Blue” (Singles Going Steady)
"Clearest Blue" is a sky-piercing synthpop anthem that behaves so intoxicatingly of-the-moment that to call it timeless would be half-insulting.
St. Lucia: Matter
Matter suffers from being uneven in places and a little too even in others.