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Album Review: Fall Out Boy, ‘So Much (For) Stardust’
Music, Album Reviews Kyle Denis 5/20/23 Music, Album Reviews Kyle Denis 5/20/23

Album Review: Fall Out Boy, ‘So Much (For) Stardust’

Fall Out Boy achieve an admirable return to form with the cinematic So Much (for) Stardust.

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Album Review: Labrinth, ‘Ends & Begins’
Music, Album Reviews Kyle Denis 5/19/23 Music, Album Reviews Kyle Denis 5/19/23

Album Review: Labrinth, ‘Ends & Begins’

Labrinth's third studio album features appearances from Zendaya, Billie Eilish, and FINNEAS, and further expands the Brit's freewheeling sonic palette.

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Album Review: Chlöe, ‘In Pieces’
Music, Album Reviews Kyle Denis 5/19/23 Music, Album Reviews Kyle Denis 5/19/23

Album Review: Chlöe, ‘In Pieces’

Between the generic songwriting and confusing sequencing, Chlöe’s debut album is a bit of a mess. Nonetheless, her promise is undeniable.

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Album Review: Paramore, ‘This Is Why’
Album Reviews, Music Kyle Denis 5/19/23 Album Reviews, Music Kyle Denis 5/19/23

Album Review: Paramore, ‘This Is Why’

Paramore delivers yet another fantastic record, this time with musings on the constant trauma of modern living and grittier update to their previous new wave flirtations.

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Album Review: SZA, ‘SOS’
Music, Album Reviews Kyle Denis 1/12/23 Music, Album Reviews Kyle Denis 1/12/23

Album Review: SZA, ‘SOS’

SZA does the impossible and delivers another remarkable album with ‘SOS.’

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EP Review: Saweetie, ‘The Single Life’
Album Reviews, Music Kyle Denis 11/25/22 Album Reviews, Music Kyle Denis 11/25/22

EP Review: Saweetie, ‘The Single Life’

Saweetie’s latest is pretty bad.

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EP Review: Reneé Rapp, ‘Everything to Everyone’
Music, Album Reviews Kyle Denis 11/25/22 Music, Album Reviews Kyle Denis 11/25/22

EP Review: Reneé Rapp, ‘Everything to Everyone’

Reneé Rapp introduces herself to the world with Everything to Everyone.

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Whose Loss?
Album Reviews, Music Kyle Denis 11/25/22 Album Reviews, Music Kyle Denis 11/25/22

Whose Loss?

Drake and 21 Savage’s collaborative album is just short of a misfire.

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EP Review: GloRilla, ‘Anyways, Life’s Great…’
Music, Album Reviews Kyle Denis 11/22/22 Music, Album Reviews Kyle Denis 11/22/22

EP Review: GloRilla, ‘Anyways, Life’s Great…’

With her debut EP, GloRilla proves that she’s more than a flash in the pan.

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Album Review: Coco Jones, ‘What I Didn’t Tell You’
Music, Album Reviews Kyle Denis 11/22/22 Music, Album Reviews Kyle Denis 11/22/22

Album Review: Coco Jones, ‘What I Didn’t Tell You’

Coco Jones comes into her own on ‘What I Didn’t Tell You’

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Album Review: Taylor Swift, ‘Midnights’
Music, Album Reviews Kyle Denis 11/3/22 Music, Album Reviews Kyle Denis 11/3/22

Album Review: Taylor Swift, ‘Midnights’

Taylor eschews the novel-esque songwriting bent of her last two albums in favor of something more akin to a short story collection.

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Album Review: Tove Lo, ‘Dirt Femme’
Album Reviews, Music Kyle Denis 11/3/22 Album Reviews, Music Kyle Denis 11/3/22

Album Review: Tove Lo, ‘Dirt Femme’

Tove Lo’s ‘Dirt Femme’ deserves to properly penetrate and dominate pop’s mainstream.

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Album Review: Arctic Monkeys, ‘The Car’
Album Reviews, Music Kyle Denis 11/3/22 Album Reviews, Music Kyle Denis 11/3/22

Album Review: Arctic Monkeys, ‘The Car’

Meticulous arrangements and gorgeous pacing offset some of Alex Turner’s most aggravatingly indecipherable songwriting

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Album Review: Rina Sawayama, ‘Hold the Girl’
Album Reviews, Music Kyle Denis 11/3/22 Album Reviews, Music Kyle Denis 11/3/22

Album Review: Rina Sawayama, ‘Hold the Girl’

Dull and stagnant production flattens the potential of Rina’s transcendent songwriting on her sophomore studio album.

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Album Review: Willow, ‘Coping Mechanism’
Album Reviews, Music Kyle Denis 11/3/22 Album Reviews, Music Kyle Denis 11/3/22

Album Review: Willow, ‘Coping Mechanism’

Willow’s most focused and cohesive body of work to date.

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Album Review: Charlie Puth, ‘CHARLIE’
Album Reviews, Music Kyle Denis 11/3/22 Album Reviews, Music Kyle Denis 11/3/22

Album Review: Charlie Puth, ‘CHARLIE’

‘Charlie’ is neither a blemish on Charlie Puth’s discography, nor is it a crown jewel. It’s just there.

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Album Review: BLACKPINK, ‘Born Pink’
Album Reviews, Music Kyle Denis 11/3/22 Album Reviews, Music Kyle Denis 11/3/22

Album Review: BLACKPINK, ‘Born Pink’

An unsavory combination of stale production and vapid lyrics render Born Pink completely devoid of the personality that carried previous BLACKPINK projects.

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Album Review: Ari Lennox, ‘age/sex/location’
Album Reviews, Music Kyle Denis 9/29/22 Album Reviews, Music Kyle Denis 9/29/22

Album Review: Ari Lennox, ‘age/sex/location’

Ari Lennox’s ‘age/sex/location’ marks new levels of maturity and intimacy for the Queen of Dreamville.

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Album Review: Megan Thee Stallion, ‘Traumazine’
Music, Album Reviews Kyle Denis 9/7/22 Music, Album Reviews Kyle Denis 9/7/22

Album Review: Megan Thee Stallion, ‘Traumazine’

‘Traumazine,’ Megan Thee Stallion’s second studio album, attempts to blend therapy-rap with middling attempts at pop crossover anthems.

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Album Review: Demi Lovato, ‘Holy Fvck’
Music, Album Reviews Kyle Denis 9/6/22 Music, Album Reviews Kyle Denis 9/6/22

Album Review: Demi Lovato, ‘Holy Fvck’

‘Holy Fvck,’ Demi Lovato’s latest album, is the singer’s most daring offering yet.

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