Nguyen worries, however, that our urge to quantify the value of our lives and achievements is soul-sucking, and his worries are less fun to read about than his paeans to play.
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The Week US,
TheWeek,
14 Jan. 2026
This is one of the greatest paeans to that era of filmmaking.
Swedish singer-composer Anna von Hausswolff, whose cathedral melodies, intense vocals and doom-laden dirges share much in common with Nordic heavy-metal culture, specializes in mystery and grandiosity.
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Bob Gendron,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Jan. 2026
Further down the lineup, Friday has Bieber collaborator and indie fave Dijon alongside the melodic dirges of Ethel Cain.
Point spreads and moneylines ran constantly through my head, mingling with the omnipresent Christmas carols to create a strange backbeat to the holiday season.
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McKay Coppins,
The Atlantic,
12 Mar. 2026
Each year, Music Hall fills with twinkling lights, the sound of nostalgic carols and the joy of thousands of audience members at Holiday Pops.
Leading a group of seasoned musicians that includes guitarist Adam Brisbin and harp player Mary Lattimore, and working once again with Krivchenia as his producer, Meek continues to revel in the role of traditional troubadour of mid-tempo laments with heavy gestures to Buffalo Springfield.
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Dean Van Nguyen,
Pitchfork,
27 Feb. 2026
Her self-reflections have always landed better than love laments though, and there’s plenty of these on the new one.
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