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This is music for people who are tired of being careful

Bathos, fatalism, heartbreak: these are the pillars of a MacColl song

For guitar bands since punk, there’s been a tension between credibility and success

Drake might be literally alive, but in terms of reputation, this was a murder

The album is back and music is better for it

She makes your average rapper look like a Quaker

If you’re going to jettison the essence of the song, why even bother?

Just as Taylor has nailed the emotional lexicon of her people, Finn has nailed it for his

Spears got slutshamed; Timberlake was the stud

Whatever the framing, the sexuality is the story