Will Hermes
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Will Hermes reviews a second album by The Avalanches that was 16 years in the making called Wildflower.
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Will Hermes reviews the most heartening record he's heard this year. It's A Sailor's Guide to Earth by Sturgill Simpson.
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Music critic Will Hermes reviews the new album from David Bowie which is being called Blackstar.
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Laurie Anderson bears witness — videographic, sculptural, and musical — to Guantanamo's ongoing legacy in Habeas Corpus.
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Music critic Will Hermes has been won over by the remarkably beautiful, pure voice of Joan Shelley. He reviews her new album, Over and Even.
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With a name like Destroyer, you might expect a heavy metal band. Led by musician Dan Bejar, the band's latest album, Poison Season, has a lighter sound with interesting, uniquely delivered lyrics.
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Music critic Will Hermes went to one of the Grateful Dead's last shows that broke all kinds of records.
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Music critic Will Hermes says the new album, Platform, from electronic musician Holly Herndon invites deep listening.
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NPR's music critic Will Hermes reviews the deeply personal new album by Sufjan Stevens titled Carrie & Lowell.
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NPR music critic Will Hermes reviews an album that contains the best storytelling he's heard in a long time. It's the debut album from Courtney Barnett.