Pop
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As promised from last month, here are 20 short-form reviews for this month’s Capsule Reviews!
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One of the most influential musical collectives over the past 15 years is seeing its legacy bloom through a booming online fandom…
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The Californian Americana duo’s latest album defines beauty without any substance to back it; it’s purely an aesthetic masquerade.
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Regina Spektor’s ‘Us’ pushes against authoritarianism and the appropriation of the past. Decades later, it stands as an ironic mark against Israel…
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Capsule Reviews – April 2026 (By Storm, Gorillaz, Dry Cleaning…)
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With 12 short reviews, this piece covers both the most anticipated releases up to this point alongside overlooked talents.
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A rising star amongst the American electropop scene, the San Franciscian’s third album might be the evolution of pop music.
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While the four-piece Californian band sails on their commercial apex, it is the shelved cuts by Rivers Cuomo that got longtime fans savouring.
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Playing with ballad clichés, the Californian concocted one of the wittiest pop tunes of the late 2000s.
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Choi Yeon-soo, once an earnest K-pop aspirant called D:elta, peers through with one of the most stunning art pop works in this decade.
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The K-pop artist and ex-Wonder Girls member’s solo debut is proof that not all that glitters is gold.
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