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Phonetics On and On avoids common mistakes on a sophomore album thanks to swelling string sections, imaginative melodies, and fearlessness to venture into new sonic territories. Suppose you were a fan ...

For over half a century, Fania Records has been synonymous with Latin music’s evolution, tracing the heartbeat of salsa, boogaloo, and Latin soul from New York’s barrios to dance floors ...

While Swims’ massive hit “Lose Control” is that kind of smash, he’s come out swinging with the follow-up album ... soul swoon that recalls Silk Sonic; “Black & White” (featuring ...

People act as if the atom bomb that Nirvana set off on pop culture was a complete freak accident that nobody saw coming at all. That one day, the charts were stuffed full of creaking hair-metal and ...

THE SKINNY: While the name Benjamin Booker might have brought to mind memories of around a decade ago when things seemed much better than they are now, that has now firmly changed. After mostly ...

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Sonic Speed Battle is available now at various retailers. A copy of the game was provided by the publisher for this review.

there's something disconcertingly modest about the title of his new album. A journeyman, after all, is hardly the most glamorous of workers. Yet there's a sly sense of pride lurking beneath this ...

Ron Pope’s new album American Man, American Music is almost like a musical scrapbook of sorts, one that journeys through many experiences in his... When one hears the term supergroup one thinks ...

Robotnik, and, with its newest instalment, Keanu Reeves as Shadow. In IGN's review of Sonic the Hedgehog 3, A.A. Dowd writes, "Better jokes, better imagery, and two (!) inspired comic performances ...