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10 Great Albums You Might Have Missed from Winter 2022

Get caught up on some of 2022’s under-the-radar gems.

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10 Albums to Hear if you like Sleater-Kinney’s Dig Me Out

10 next steps for new and longtime listeners of the 1997 punk classic.

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A History of Indie Folk in 45 Albums

There’s always been something special about the sound of a solitary singer with an acoustic…

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Warp Records: 30 Essential Albums

20 of our favorite albums from the legendary UK label.

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10 Essential Major Label Debuts from Indie Artists

10 times when more resources and left-field talent resulted in something great.

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10 Essential Richmond Albums

The best exports from along the James River

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10 Essential Duets

It takes two.

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The Most Anticipated Albums of Winter/Spring 2022

25 albums at the top of our queue.

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The 20 Best Hip-Hop Albums of 2021

Our favorite rap albums and mixtapes from the past year.

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The 20 Best Electronic Albums of 2021

The best technologically enhanced sounds of the year

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The 20 Best Jazz Albums of 2021

Ambient jazz, protest groove and ethereal improvisation.

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The 50 Best Albums of 2021

Our 50 favorite records of a strange and eclectic year.

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The 100 Best Songs of 2021

Our favorite tracks from a pretty strange year

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The Year in Reissues: 2021

Our favorite re-releases, archival entries and compilations of the year.

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The 25 Best Metal Albums of 2021

The year in heavy.

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20 Great Albums from 2021 You Might Have Missed

Kicking off our Best of 2021 coverage with a roundup of the best under-the-radar gems.

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A History of Industrial Music in 45 Songs

A 45-song trip through music at its most extreme.

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Six Moments of Charlie Watts magic amid The Rolling Stones’ Ego and Excess

After the mid-1980s, The Rolling Stones didn’t get better. Nor iconic. Both Mick Jagger and…

The 150 Best Songs of the 2000s

We revisit the 2000s to once again survey its greatest musical moments

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5 Albums That Wouldn’t Exist Without Funkadelic’s Maggot Brain

A look at five albums that carry on George Clinton and company’s psychedelic legacy.