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21 May

Latest Music Friday: 7 albums to stream this week

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Latest Music Friday: 7 albums to stream this week
Earlier this week, boygenius – the women-led supergroup composed of Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus – premiered The Film, a Kristen Stewart-directed short featuring three individual music videos from the band’s highly-anticipated full-length album, The Record, and their first release since their 2018 EP. For individuals who’ve been maintaining with boygenius’ queer antics for some time now, Stewart’s honourary addition to the family won’t come as a surprise: the band is built around female friendship, with Pulitzer-nominated novelist Elif Batuman writing the introductory essay to the album, while Paramore frontwoman Hayley Williams cameoed the trio’s Rolling Stone cover shoot. Suitably, boygenius also likes to poke fun at male hero worship: their band name is a wink-eyed reference to how...
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16 Jan

The 20 best albums of 2022

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The 20 best albums of 2022
From Beyoncé and Bladee to Ethel Cain and Malibu, we glance back on our favourite albums of the yr 16December 2022 2022 is the yr that music thrived again after years of lockdown. With live gigs and festivals making a full return to the world, many artists dropped long-awaited albums that served as soundtracks for what has been a crazy yr. Within the mainstream, superstars like Beyoncé, Rosalía and Kendrick Lamar returned with records that were well worth the wait, Alex G and Jockstrap delivered profession bests, and newcomers Ethel Cain and Two Shell left a long-lasting impression with their stellar debuts. Listed here are our 20 best albums of the yr. ...
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5 Jan

The 5 Best Albums Of 2022 – Essence

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The 5 Best Albums Of 2022 – Essence
The past twelve months have added as much as an incredible yr for music as many artists pushed the envelope with genre-blending albums post-pandemic. For Black music specifically, it was the yr of experimental and anticipated comebacks. Beyoncé gifted the dance floor with RENAISSANCE, The Weeknd demonstrated his melancholic creativity on Dawn FM, Steve Lacy blossomed right into a breakout musician with Gemini Rights, SZA achieved record-breaking success on SOS, and eventually Kendrick Lamar maintained his hip hop status with Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers.  It’s seemingly difficult to assemble the perfect music releases, especially when a ton of fine music has dropped across hip hop, R&B, pop, jazz, gospel, afrobeats and beyond. Conversely, this top-five list captivated our hearts...
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