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“Swarm” needs convicted characters and innovative direction to achieve the acclaim or cultural revelation Glover and Nabers show reaches for.

SZA’s interior battle feels decidedly of the moment, inflected by the murkiness of casual sex, the imperative for baseline levels of connection in a world where there seems to be a drought.

Read The Daily Californian's picks for the best of music in 2022.

More and more, American audiences appear willing to listen to the work of Spanish-speaking artists without the appended English-speaking popstar.

In honor of the finance impact issue, here are six tracks that might not solve all your financial woes, but will hopefully provide you with the motivation to chase that bag.

Charli XCX's capturing of the “main pop girl” aesthetic is not an imitation — it is an oracular impulse.

It's unclear whether Beyoncé follows the culture or the culture follows her, but either way, she remains its ultimate barometer.

As both preparation and celebration for Beyoncé's much-anticipated Renaissance release, here’s a guide to 10 essential tracks.

Throughout the night, Mayer successfully led listeners through the long, strange trip of his musical career.