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John Lodge, 1943-2025

The bassist, songwriter, and co-lead vocalist for the Moody Blues since 1966, John Lodge was responsible for some of the band's best hard rock numbers, most notably the single "I'm Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band)" and "Ride My See-Saw."
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Brian Eno & Beatie Wolfe's third collaboration is somewhere in between spacey ambient drone and dreamy, intimate pop.

Liminal - Brian Eno, Beatie Wolfe | Album | AllMusic

Liminal by Brian Eno, Beatie Wolfe released in 2025. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.

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AllMusic Staff Pick
Fairport Convention
Unhalfbricking

Unhalfbricking was, in retrospect, a transitional album for the young Fairport Convention, in which the group shed its closest ties to its American folk-rock influences and started to edge toward a more traditional British folk-slanted sound.

Unhalfbricking - Fairport Convention | Album | AllMusic

Unhalfbricking by Fairport Convention released in 1969. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.

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Aided by the likes of Mattman & Robin, Rodney Jerkins, and Tove Lo, R&B singer Khalid sounds fully liberated on his pop-oriented fourth album.

After the Sun Goes Down - Khalid | Album | AllMusic

After the Sun Goes Down by Khalid released in 2025. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.

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Cryptopsy
None So Vile

It's incredibly tight, fast, and complex; the riffs are well-placed and darkly catchy; the guitar solos are completely over the top; and the vocals -- a mix of psychotic low-end growls and tortured screams -- are suitably intense and scary.

None So Vile - Cryptopsy | Album | AllMusic

None So Vile by Cryptopsy released in 1996. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.

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Jay Som's first LP in six years is a highly collaborative one that's still highlighted by her skillful blend of dreamy and angsty textures.

Belong - Jay Som | Album | AllMusic

Belong by Jay Som released in 2025. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.

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AllMusic Staff Pick – "Indiscreet" by Sparks

Over the years, Sparks has experimented with everything from hard rock to Euro-disco. But power pop is the primary focus of Indiscreet, which was released 50 years ago this month and went down in history as one of the band's best '70s albums.

Indiscreet - Sparks | Album | AllMusic

Indiscreet by Sparks released in 1975. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.

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Ten songs from outlaw icon Waylon Jennings' archive of unreleased 1970s recordings capture him in strong, subtle form.

Songbird - Waylon Jennings | Album | AllMusic

Songbird by Waylon Jennings released in 2025. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.

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AllMusic Staff Pick
Dadawah
Peace and Love

Of all the many albums heralding the arrival of roots, and driving it to ascendency in the Jamaican and international reggae market, few were as uncompromising in vision as Ras Michael's Dadawah -- Peace & Love.

Peace and Love - Dadawah | Album | AllMusic

Peace and Love by Dadawah released in 1974. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.

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What is in the current batch of new classical albums deemed by our reviewers as worthy of a listen? Start with the vocal ensemble Gesualdo Six (pictured) who put together another outstanding program on the new album Radiant Dawn. Find this and many more in our September classical review roundup.

Classical Highlights for September 2025

What is in the current batch of new albums deemed by our reviewers as worthy of a listen? There's a recording of Mozart's music sung by baritone Georg Nigl accompanied by Alexander…

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The third album from Upchuck delivers high-intensity hardcore, but also churning grunge, hard rock swagger, and even a couple of melody-adjacent songs.

I'm Nice Now - Upchuck | Album | AllMusic

I'm Nice Now by Upchuck released in 2025. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.

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AllMusic Staff Pick
Static-X
Wisconsin Death Trip

Riding a recent popular resurgence with years of sold-out touring – albeit with a new singer – Static-X hit an early peak with Wisconsin Death Trip, a debut that was so good it overshadowed everything that followed.

Wisconsin Death Trip - Static-X | Album | AllMusic

Wisconsin Death Trip by Static-X released in 1999. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.

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The 12th album from global pop star Taylor Swift reflects on fame and maturity from the perspective of someone who's spent most of her life on-stage.

The Life of a Showgirl - Taylor Swift | Album | AllMusic

The Life of a Showgirl by Taylor Swift released in 2025. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.

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AllMusic Staff Pick
Colorama
Some Things Just Take Time

Despite collecting unused songs written over a period of a decade, the project's seventh studio LP is unlike any other in the psychedelic pop outfit's catalog. It's a spare, singer/songwriter affair by Welshman Carwyn Ellis.

Some Things Just Take Time - Colorama | Album | AllMusic

Some Things Just Take Time by Colorama released in 2017. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.

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The relentless second album from Nashville punks Snõõper delivers seriously playful anthems of disconnection and overwhelm.

Worldwide - Snooper | Album | AllMusic

Worldwide by Snooper released in 2025. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.

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AllMusic Staff Pick
Dwight Twilley Band
Twilley Don't Mind

Still an obscurity decades after its 1977 release, the Dwight Twilley Band's second album is an essential if under-appreciated part of '70s power pop history.

Twilley Don't Mind - Dwight Twilley, Dwight Tw... | AllMusic

Twilley Don't Mind by Dwight Twilley, Dwight Twilley Band released in 1977. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.

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A newly remastered anniversary edition of Oasis' "(What's the Story) Morning Glory?" featuring unplugged versions of five classic tracks.

(What's The Story) Morning Glory? [30th Annive... | AllMusic

Find release reviews and credits for (What's The Story) Morning Glory? [30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition] - Oasis on AllMusic - 2025

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Royal Blood
Royal Blood

The bludgeoning opener to the self-titled debut, "Out of the Black" is a riff-fueled onslaught that belies their two-piece status; with just a heavily processed bass and a drum set between them, they make some four-piece rock bands look inconsequential.

Royal Blood - Royal Blood | Album | AllMusic

Royal Blood by Royal Blood released in 2014. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.

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AllMusic @allmusic.com · 8d

On their tight, focused 12th set, onetime hardcore punks AFI lean into goth-rock and post-punk hero worship.

Silver Bleeds the Black Sun... - AFI | Album | AllMusic

Silver Bleeds the Black Sun... by AFI released in 2025. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.

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AllMusic Staff Pick
Green Day
Warning

Warning, released 25 years ago today, may not be an innovative record, but it's tremendously satisfying; it finds the band at a peak of songcraft, doing it all without a trace of self-consciousness. It's the first great pure pop album of the new millennium.

Warning - Green Day | Album | AllMusic

Warning by Green Day released in 2000. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.

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AllMusic @allmusic.com · 9d

The Nile Rodgers-approved "discodelic" vocal group Say She She turns up the heat with an even more dancefloor-oriented third album.

Cut & Rewind - Say She She | Album | AllMusic

Cut & Rewind by Say She She released in 2025. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.

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Radiohead
Kid A

Befitting an album that’s coolly, self-consciously alienating, Kid A, released 25 years ago today, takes time to unfold; multiple plays are necessary just to discern the music's form, to get a handle on quiet drifting songs with no hooks.
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Kid A - Radiohead | Album | AllMusic

Kid A by Radiohead released in 2000. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.

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AllMusic @allmusic.com · 10d

The seventh solo album from producer/songwriter Cate Le Bon deepens the specificity of her murky, abstract art rock sound and features guest vocals from John Cale.

Michelangelo Dying - Cate Le Bon | Album | AllMusic

Michelangelo Dying by Cate Le Bon released in 2025. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.

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Anna Calvi
Hunter

From the title track's breathy opening to the soaring melody of "Away," her gift for elucidating the drama of a bygone era is intact and just as effective. If anything, the lustily provocative nature of her artistry reaches its dizzy apex on Hunter.

Hunter - Anna Calvi | Album | AllMusic

Hunter by Anna Calvi released in 2018. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.

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Singer/rapper Doja Cat conjures an '80s pop fantasia on her fifth album.

Vie - Doja Cat | Album | AllMusic

Vie by Doja Cat released in 2025. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.

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