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Robin Thicke

Robin Thicke attempts to reinvent his signature soulful sound in Love After War with a number of tries at nuanced theatricality, but with the exception of a few tracks, the album doesn’t depart...


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Childish Gambino

Donald Glover must be the most versatile entertainer in the world today. As Donald Glover, he is a stand-up comedian, former writer for “30 Rock,” star of the show “Community,” GAP model and head...


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Los Campesinos!

f you don’t want a lovesick pop song written about you, don’t date Gareth Campesinos! Throughout Hello Sadness, the lead singer of Los Campesinos! writes cathartic lyrics about a traumatic...


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Bjork

One of the earliest words attached to Bjork’s music was “experimental”—a dubious category that includes artists as disparate as John Cage and Frank Zappa.


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Jens Lekman

On the title track of his most recent EP, An Argument With Myself, Swedish pop songsmith Jens Lekman likens backpackers leaving a hostel to a “tidal wave of vomit,” in between schizophrenic...


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Girls

It’s difficult to discuss Girls without mentioning the backstory of frontman Christopher Owens. Raised by a single mother as a member of the extremist cult Children of God, Owens never spent a...