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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 ...

At the beginning of Hot Mess, the third song on Thecityisours’ third album, there’s an unintentionally meta cheerleader chant. 'H-O-T M-E-S-S / He thinks he’s got it figured out, he’s a ...

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 ...

Hope can feel in short supply. It certainly seemed to be on L.S. Dunes’ full-length debut, 2022’s Past Lives, an album born during the COVID-19 pandemic and fathered by members of My Chemical ...

The great author and illustrator was born on Feb. 22, 1925. Gilbert Cruz talks with the Book Review’s Sadie Stein about his distinctive talent and sensibility.

Our critic A.O. Scott marvels at the power and paradox of a sonnet by Gwendolyn Brooks. By A.O. Scott Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times. In “All or Nothing ...

THE WEEK'S MOST POPULAR ALTERNATIVE ALBUMS, BASED ON MULTIMETRIC CONSUMPTION, BLENDING TRADITIONAL ALBUM SALES, STREAMING-EQUIVALENT ALBUMS AND TRACK-EQUIVALENT ALBUMS, AS COMPILED BY LUMINATE.

THE WEEK'S MOST POPULAR ALBUMS ACROSS ALL GENRES AT LEAST 18 MONTHS OLD AND THAT HAVE FALLEN BELOW NO. 100 ON THE BILLBOARD 200, BASED ON MULTIMETRIC CONSUMPTION, BLENDING TRADITIONAL ALBUM SALES ...

MORNING. BILL. ALL RIGHT. CAITLIN. THANK YOU. A REVIEW HEARING TODAY FOR THE MAN WHO PLEADED GUILTY TO MURDER IN THE DEADLY BELLEVUE. SONIC SHOOTING. A JUDGE SAYS ROBERTO SILVA JUNIOR WILL ...

The Hit List, Joan Jett's new album of covers, doesn't quite connect. As Jett's equivalent of Bowie's Pin Ups or UB40's Labour of Love, it plays like a classic-rock radio station that has been ...

the "Hot N Cold" singer revealed she does read her album reviews — but has found it's best to avoid them all together. "You shouldn't read it when it's good. You shouldn't read it when it's bad ...