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Music is a central, horrifying character to Ari Aster’s ‘Midsommar’
In this folk horror film from the director of <i>Hereditary</i>, the music might be the most terrifying element.
Treble Roundtable: Flawed Classics
The albums we love, and the things we don't love about them.
Shadow of the Horns: Celebrating Controversial Metal Albums
Some of the best metal albums that metalheads love to hate.
The Best Albums of May 2019
Listen to and read about our 12 favorite albums of the past month.
Shadow of the Horns: Five Labels Keeping Metal Interesting in 2019
A high five to five great labels.
Shadow of the Horns: Searching for the Next Big Metal Band
Who will be the next stadium-filling metal band?
Treble Roundtable: Our Favorite Record Stores (and what we bought there)
A Record Store Day roundtable!
Pick Your Poison: Fiona Apple’s Tidal vs. The Idler Wheel
A side-by-side look at the singer/songwriter's two most celebrated albums.
Shadow of the Horns: Kill Yr Idols
We should only blame ourselves for littering the metal canon with assholes.
Treble Roundtable: Valentine’s Day Mixtapes
The soundtracks to our courtships, when songs say more than words ever could.
Pick Your Poison: Junior Kimbrough vs. R.L. Burnside
A look at two titans of the Hill Country Blues.
Remake/Remodel: Redrawing the map to Anderson .Paak’s ‘Oxnard’
Making some tweaks to a good album that fell short of its potential.
Treble Roundtable: The Best Old Music We Discovered in 2018
The archival releases that filled in the gaps in 2018.
Pick Your Poison: Jim O’Rourke’s Eureka vs. Insignificance
The idiosyncratic artist and producer's two "pop" records, side by side.