Whether encapsulating the best sounds that contemporary K-pop has to offer, conjuring up new visions of post-rock, or just unleashing some ferocious hip-hop, these tracks seethe with the unleashed potential of the year’s best songwriters.
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The Best Songs and Albums of 2021... SO FAR
The AV Club lists the best songs and albums that have come out so far this year. Entertainment news from AV Club
Some of these albums from the past six months were created pre-COVID; some were pulled from the day-to-day experience of the pandemic. But they all share one trait: An ability to transcend the situations that gave rise to them.
If you’d have told us years ago that Aaron Dessner and Justin Vernon’s band Big Red Machine would make an album featuring Taylor Swift, we would’ve thought you were delirious. But times have changed drastically, and two “indie” albums later (co-written with both The National’s Dessner and Bon …
The announcement of masked rapper MF DOOM’s death late last year rocked the rap world. MF DOOM, real name Daniel Dumile, led an inspiring life and career, and his hometown of Long Beach, New York, would like to honor him. Recent community efforts culminated in a street being named after the …
