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Tracks like "OUT LOUD" feel like catnip—that sweet-melodied, acoustic-tinged, soulful R&B ballad that puts seven and diminished chords in just the right places. I can't help getting swept up in the Frank Ocean/Daniel Caesar's "THE BEST PART" of it all.

Something tells me Adele really loved SAULT's AOTY releases last year and perhaps during her divorce—especially present on the LP's last track, "Love Is A Game." The nasally backing vocals, symphonic production, and choral refrain in the end all point to the earth-shattering work the UK-based collective has put out in the past year. In "Oh My God," the pre-chorus even flirts with afrobeat in the vocal style and beat. This will be what people will call ... read more

I used to belong to a subculture of mostly white, cis-het men who wanted to be John Mayer in high school. They started playing guitar around 2006—2013 and treated Mayer's WHERE THE LIGHT IS: LIVE IN LOS ANGELES as sacred text. It's likely if you're a millennial, you knew one of us. They styled their hair in that not-quite-right updo, wore v-neck tees, and played any talent show adjacent event and took it very seriously.

These days, John Mayer's legacy is doing pretty well with guys ... read more

Glam rock certainly feels like it should have a massive revival movement happening any day now. We've already got plenty of artists revitalizing soft rock and neo-disco to show for the era, after all. I found this really nice but otherwise forgettable–aside from I Am The Dancefloor, which feels like the title of a song that should have existed decades ago, and it's really good!