Neil Young and Crazy Horse Are Back, Thunderous and Ornery on ‘Barn’
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At 76, Neil is lovestruck one minute, incensed at the state of man and the world the next. It makes for a great album
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Aerosmith Are Still Dreaming on Archival Release, ‘1971: The Road Starts Hear’
Posted in: Music Album ReviewsOn prenatal versions of “Dream On” and “Mama Kin,” Boston’s best bar band sound more like Led Zep aficionados than Stones devotees
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David Bowie’s Lost Album ‘Toy’ Is Not a Message in a Bottle — But a Bittersweet Footnote
Posted in: Music Album ReviewsListening to Toy, it’s clear Bowie is having an absolute blast, breathing new life into bits and bobs of his catalogue only really known by diehard fans
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New Courtney Barnett Record ‘Things Take Time, Take Time’ Is Really Good, Really Good
Posted in: Music Album ReviewsOne of the world’s sharpest songwriters turns inward, thinks deep, and blisses out
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Snail Mail Ups Her Game on ‘Valentine’
Posted in: Music Album ReviewsLindsay Jordan proves she’s much more than an indie-guitar prodigy on her excellent second album.
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Summer Walker Is Literally Over It
Posted in: Music Album ReviewsThe breakout R&B singer’s second album is sultry and cathartic, processing bad relationships and new beginnings
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Mastodon Crush/Redeem You on ‘Hushed and Grim’
Posted in: Music Album ReviewsThe metal heroes’ eighth album is one of their heaviest
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Did the Rolling Stones Peak 40 Years Ago with ‘Tattoo You’? Discuss.
Posted in: Music Album ReviewsOn its 40th anniversary, the album that gave us “Start Me Up” cries out for a reexamination. An expanded edition lets us do just that
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CL Reintroduces Herself as the ‘Alpha’
Posted in: Music Album ReviewsFormer leader of K-pop hitmakers 2NE1 makes her self-assertive solo debut
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John Coltrane’s ‘A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle’ Shows That His Masterpiece Was a Perpetual Work in Progress
Posted in: Music Album ReviewsOn a newly unearthed 1965 run-through of his legendary suite, the saxophonist bridged his brilliant middle period and his final, incandescent search
