The staff of Pitchfork listens to a lot of new music. A lot of it. On any given day our writers, editors, and contributors go ...

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Maynard James Keenan and his Puscifer bandmates have revealed playlists of what they listened to while making new album Normal Isn't.

When you think of holiday music, Thanksgiving probably isn't the first thing that comes to mind. But since it's a time for reflection and gratitude, we asked NPR listeners to tell us about a song they ...

I've been using Spotify for so long, even before YouTube Music was a thing. Now, I want to switch to YouTube Music, but after building a massive library on Spotify, it’s not easy to recreate all those ...

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