Jacob Ganz
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All over its darkly shimmering second album, the band showcases a remarkable ability to pull listeners' strings. Hundred Waters' members make music to burrow deep into, to obsess over.
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Nothing on Metamodern sounds forced; Simpson has perfected the trick of distilling classic country from many eras and moving away from it at the same time.
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Highly emotional rock that reads as low-stakes at first, Lost in the Dream is evocative and pleasant if you let it float by in the background. But it's made with hooks that sink in deep.
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Call it diversity or a lack of consensus, but no single act dominated this year's awards. Instead, the Grammys spread the love, though rock bands — including The Black Keys and fun. — fared well.
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The cello ensemble plays all 20 of the songs written and published as sheet music — but not recorded — by Beck.
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Hear two different versions of one song, "Death of a Party," from Blur's career-spanning box set.
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A huge appetite for drugs, a U.F.O. cult, great songs — just a few parts of the Tim Maia story.
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The Nova Scotian stalwarts attribute their longevity to a tight code of democracy and avoiding the spotlight.
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Director Nicolas Winding Refn explains how he chose the swooning electronic pop songs that underscore the emotion in his new film, about a stuntman and getaway driver whose emotional awakening is interrupted by bursts of brutal violence.
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JD Samson explains how politics and dance music can mix, even in songs without an explicit message.