Aja Monet. Jack Antonoff's Bleachers. Radiohead's Ed O'Brien. Guest host Ann Powers chats with Aurora McGuckin of MVY Radio in Massachusetts about their favorite albums out Friday, May 22. Plus, a ...

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One late night a few weeks ago, a mechanical noise on the floor below my hotel room was keeping me awake — a muffled, wheezing, grinding sound like a garbage truck that would rev for a few minutes and ...

Ed O'Brien shared his debut solo album Earth in April of 2020 — not the best timing, it turned out. He released it under the moniker EOB, and today the Radiohead guitarist is announcing his sophomore ...

For more than four decades, Sade has been the definition of smooth sounds and melodies. Generations of fans have flocked to albums such as “Diamond Life,” “Promise,” “Stronger Than Pride,” and “Love ...

Sade reaches a new milestone as The Best of Sade climbs into the top 10 on Billboard's Top R&B Albums chart for the first time. Sade on stage during the Live Aid concert held in London. The 1985 ...

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Slow down. Turn the lights off. Light a candle. The long-running black-robed Seattle experimental drone duo Sunn O))) are ready to drop a new album, and you can't possibly hope to absorb their music ...

Sunn O))) are ready for their big debut on Sub Pop. After revealing last fall that they signed to the legendary Seattle label, the drone-metal band has announced a new self-titled album and a tour of ...

The hard-to-categorize duo recorded its new, self-titled album surrounded by nature. It’ll be the band’s first on the storied Seattle label Sub Pop. By Hank Shteamer A few years ago, the ...