Jason Heller
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Has the end of Game of Thrones and the long wait for the next Song of Ice and Fire book got you, uh ... dragon? We've rounded up some of this year's best scales-and-wings reads to help fill the void.
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Through a career that spanned six decades, the psychedelic pioneer captivated the rock establishment while remaining at an arm's length from the mainstream.
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On its first album in six years, the instrumental metal band has produced its most vulnerable yet overwhelming work to date.
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Cradled in his homespun warmth, Justin Townes Earle's husky drawl feels like the darkness before the dawn.
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Hornsby's new album is as melodic as his past oeuvre, but it's also an absorbing peek into the veteran musician's love of avant-garde classical, jazz and progressive rock.
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Pete Shelley, the Mancunian co-founder and singer of Buzzcocks, embedded a vulnerability and honesty into early punk's genetic code, forever changing the genre.
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After a near-death experience, the doom metal trio's sprawling gravity and thunderous majesty takes an introspective turn.
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The debut from guitarist Anthony Pirog and Fugazi's rhythm section pushes and pulls through a compelling conversation between aggression and meditation.
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The sprawling, 16-song album is a cornucopia of spirit-lifting, even occasionally reflective party jams.
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Kyle Craft's second album is full of unabashed odes to courtship, confusion and the timeless power of storytelling in song.