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The Top 30 Albums of 1986

World music, metal, art-rock and old-fashioned rock 'n' roll converged at the 1980s' midpoint. Continue reading…

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Alana Springsteen Talks New Music On ‘Lipps Service’

(photo: Bill Reynolds) Singer/songwriter Alana Springsteen is the guest on the latest installment of the Lipps Service podcast, speaking with host Scott Lipps about the Feb. 13 release of her new single, “back to self,” the as-yet-untitled parent album of which will arrive later this year through Santa Anna Records.Springsteen […]

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Kevin Morby Taps Aaron Dessner To Produce New LP

(photo: Katie Crutchfield) Kevin Morby settles into the friendly confines of the National’s Aaron Dessner’s upstate New York studio Long Pond on Little Wide Open, his eighth studio album. The LP is led by the single “Javelin” and will be released May 15 through Dead Oceans. An extensive 2026 tour […]

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Release Roundup: ROSALÍA, Violet Grohl, District Five

(photo: Columbia Records). ** ROSALÍA shines amid a desert backdrop in the new Noah Dillon-directed video for “Sauvignon Blanc,” which was first released on her 2025 Columbia album LUX. Instrumentals and a cappella versions of the song have also been newly made available on Spotify and Apple Music. The cover […]

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Flea Refashions Frank Ocean’s ‘Thinkin Bout You’

(photo: Gus Van Sant) Flea puts his own instrumental spin on Frank Ocean’s “Thinkin Bout You,” which is accented by strings arranged by Bright Eyes’ Nate Walcott and upright bass from Anna Butterss. It will be found on his debut solo album, Honora, due March 27 on Nonesuch. “When that […]

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