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  Chappell Roan's "HOT TO GO!" Is a Stroke of Horny Genius

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  PUBLISHED Aug 25, 2023

  "HOT TO GO!" should be annoying. On first listen, it kind of is — it's got that grating, self-aware hook (or, in this case, series of hooks...

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  Hannah Georgas Is Her Truest Self on 'I'd Be Lying If I Said I Didn't Care'

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  PUBLISHED Aug 25, 2023

  Now six albums in, Hannah Georgas is fully in command of her art: her inward-looking lyrical perspective, and the various sonic dressings s...

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  Sufjan Stevens's "So You Are Tired" Is a Beautiful Brain Tingler

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  PUBLISHED Aug 24, 2023

  Some people have model trains, D&D and Magic cards (or maybe it's mukbangs, playthroughs and Pinkydoll these days?). I, as the very patient...

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  Land of Talk Are Mesmerizing on the Anti-Virtuosic "Your Beautiful Self"

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  PUBLISHED Aug 23, 2023

  I was deeply hungover the first time I saw Land of Talk live. It was a Sunday and Lizzie Powell was playing in the mid-afternoon at Red Pap...

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  RAAHiiM Sets Himself Apart on 'BUT IF iiM HONEST'

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  PUBLISHED Aug 23, 2023

  If RAAHiiM's third LP BUT IF iiM HONEST only gave us "Energy," that would be enough for me. The punchy synths and funky bassline carry a "P...

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  Billy Bragg Destroys Oliver Anthony (Empathetically) on "Rich Men Earning North of a Million"

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  PUBLISHED Aug 22, 2023

  As the planet burns and the cost-of-living crisis gets worse by the day, viral country artist Oliver Anthony has scored chart-topping hit b...

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  NewJeans' 'Get Up' EP Is Targeted Directly at Your Brain's Pleasure Centre

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  PUBLISHED Aug 21, 2023

  NewJeans are a big departure from other massive K-pop exports, contrasting the bombast of BTS or BLACKPINK with their low-key sound bridgin...

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  Fievel Is Glaque Stay Quick on Their Feet with "I'm Scanning Things I Can't See" and "Dark Dancing"

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  PUBLISHED Aug 18, 2023

  The demo-itis Fievel Is Glaque claims to feel is nowhere in sight on their first Fat Possum offerings. Their latest double single is a heat...