Album Reviews
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On Zach Bryan's 'The Great American Bar Scene,' the Past Is Tangled, the Future Is Scary, and Right Now Is Miller Time
Country superstar remains a deft chronicler of twentysomething in-betweenness
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Neil Young's Latest Archival Release Puts the Late, Great Danny Whitten Front and Center
Early Daze documents an early, raw, and potent Crazy Horse
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‘Megan’ Blissfully Soundtracks the Summer Thee Stallion Deserves
Her third album is the sound of an artist having the time of her life
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Imagine Dragons Take a Lighter Approach to Heavy Life Stuff on 'Loom'
Their sixth album finds the band piloting some musical and personal transitions
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Silverada Blend Country and Indie Rock on a Strong Self-Titled LP
The Texas country band used to be called Mike and the Moonpies. Changing their name and rebooting their sound was a really good idea
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New Johnny Cash Album ‘Songwriter’ Asks, What If the Man in Black Never Met Rick Rubin?
On 11 songs recorded months before his American Recordings sessions, the country icon sounds stuck in the shadows
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Nathaniel Rateliff Delivers His Most Intimate Album Yet With 'South of Here'
The Colorado retro-soul singer rhapsodizes about youthful wandering, middle-aged loss, and the lifelong search for connection and meaning
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Towa Bird is Ready To Be Everyone's New Guitar Hero
The 25-year-old singer-songwriter's debut album is full of rock-star confidence and outspoken flash
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Camila Cabello Is a 'Weirdo' Now, Sort Of on 'C, XOXO'
On her fourth album, the singer runs with her own ideas more fully than ever
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Gracie Abrams Takes Her Sad-Girl Pop to the Next Level on 'The Secret of Us'
The singer-songwriter's second album sharpens up some of the clichés and adolescent metaphors from her 2023 debut
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