New Bands for Old Heads
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The Best Albums of September 2026 (opens the original)
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There is a Light That Never Goes Out (opens the original)
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Old Bands Can Be New Bridges (opens the original)
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“I just don’t really like her that much.”I could’ve crashed the car when my friend M revealed this on a road trip a decade ago. Fine — that’s an exaggeration. But our friend B and I had spent the last hour gushing about our shared infatuation, and M brought it all crashing down. It wasn’t a mutual friend, a family member, or even anyone who we knew personally: it was Charli XCX.<sp
New Bands for Odd Heads? (opens the original)
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The Best Albums of August 2026 (opens the original)
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