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Troye Sivan

Troye Sivan’s Newest Album Reveals a Queer Artist in Full “Bloom”

Troye Sivan Bloom (Capitol Records) The Australian singer-songwriter’s sophomore album is sexy, confident and unabashedly queer. The former YouTuber (who was one of the first...

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Jake Shears Cuts Loose From Scissor Sisters With a Solo Outing

Jake Shears Jake Shears (Freida Jean Records) The former Scissor Sisters frontman returns to the limelight with his debut solo release, an album that seamlessly melds vintage...

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ssion

Is it Art? Is it Pop? Fans Hail the Return of SSION with His New Album “O”

SSION O (Dero Arcade) On his third studio album, the first in nearly a decade, SSION (born Cody Chritcheloe) takes his unique blend of DIY art-pop to outrageous new heights. Since...

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Florence and the Machine

Florence + the Machine Crank it Up With “High as Hope”

Florence and the Machine High as Hope (Republic Records) Chronicling subjects including her complicated connections to her London-based family, romantic relationships and even art...

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Off “The Voice” and Back with a New Album, Christina Aguilera Launches “Liberation”

Christina Aguilera Liberation (RCA Records) Featuring collaborations with hip-hop heavyweights Kanye West, Ty Dolla Sign and 2 Chainz, the diva’s latest record breaks new...

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Cupcakke

Ephorize Brings Rap Diva CupcakKe into the Mainstream

CupcakKe Ephorize (Self-released) At just twenty years old, über sex-positive, body-positive Chicago-based rapper CupcakKe (born Elizabeth Eden Harris) has garnered a massive and...

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felix and the future

Felix and the Future’s New Album, Holy Hands Vol. 2 is Trippy and Tuneful

Felix and the Future Holy Hands Vol. 2 (Self-released) Blending past-embracing tribal imagery with future-facing space age sound, Felix and the Future’s music spins stories...

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Amanda Lepore

Lepore: Scenemaker Amanda Lepore Takes Her Music Back to the Future

Amanda Lepore LEPORE. (Self-released) The unmistakable trans nightlife personality returns with a new EP of sexy, flirty tunes inspired by her travels around the world. Lepore...

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Matt Palmer

Get Lost in Matt Palmer’s Newest Collection of Love Songs

Matt Palmer Get Lost (Self-released) The Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter’s new EP gorgeously chronicles the ebbs and flows of newfound love. In the style of recent Beyoncé...

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Justin Timberlake

Justin Timberlake’s Man of the Woods Brings R&B Down Home

Justin Timberlake Man of the Woods (RCA Records) Reuniting with the likes of Timbaland, Pharrell Williams of the Neptunes and acclaimed blues singer-songwriter Chris Stapleton,...

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moby

Moby Emerges from Seclusion with Everything Was Beautiful, and Nothing Hurt

Moby Everything Was Beautiful, and Nothing Hurt (Mute Records) By turns Haunting and filled with despair, the latest release from Moby beautifully tackles the brokenness of...

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kimbra

Kimbra’s Newest Album Delivers Raw Emotion and the Beats of Her “Primal Heart”

Kimbra Primal Heart (Warner Bros.) Best known as the vocalist on Gotye’s inescapable mega-hit, “Somebody that I Used to Know,” New Zealand-based songstress Kimbra fully...

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