One Battle After Another, the sui generis 162-minute epic that’s now in wide release, is many movies in one. It’s writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson’s fiendishly inspired riff on postmodern master Thomas Pynchon’s 1990 novel Vineland; it’s a riveting action flick; it’s a hilarious stoner comedy; it’s a treatise on the …
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It’s in the tight confines of a spare room in his Los Angeles home that singer-songwriter Dijon Duenas, known professionally as just Dijon, constructed his 2021 debut, Absolutely, a delicate patchwork of sonic vignettes, bursting at the seams with emotion. The record was suffused with the texture of the environment …
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Welcome to our weekly rundown of the best new music — featuring big singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more.This week,Cardi B reminds everyone in the game she’s rap’s princess over an old school New York beat, Steve Lacy returns with his first bit of new music since …
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In between standing on business in paparazzi clashes and dodging endless rumors about his personal life, it turns out Justin Bieber was busy in the studio, making a genuinely interesting album. Swag is full of well-chosen collaborators — Gunna, Sexyy Red, Cash Cobain, Lil B, Dijon—confessional lyrics, and even surprisingly self-aware skits recorded …
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