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Test Spins

TEST SPIN | Taylor Swift — 'folklore'

By Connie Huang | August 4, 2020

While the old Taylor may never be back, she’s older, braver and all the wiser.

TEST SPIN | HAIM's 'Women in Music Pt. III' and Summer 2020

TEST SPIN | Black Empowerment in Future's 'High Off Life'

TEST SPIN | Polo G — 'THE GOAT'

TEST SPIN | 'Fetch the Bolt Cutters' is Literally the Perfect Album

TEST SPIN | Orion Sun & Longing For Better Times

By Cecilia Lu | April 17, 2020

Orion Sun’s songs don’t just hold, but carve a special space out for her tales of love, nostalgia and loss.

TEST SPIN | ‘The New Abnormal’ Preserves Rock

By Cory Koehler | April 12, 2020

The Strokes are successful in preserving their massive legacy of lightning tunes once more and they continue to defibrillate the rock genre before it can ever slip away.

TEST SPIN | ‘3.15.20’ is Disjointed

By Anna Canny | April 3, 2020

The album lacks any coherent artistic vision upon first listen, and while there are some beautiful moments throughout, it appears that the music has been stifled by ambition.

TEST SPIN | 5 Seconds of Summer — ‘CALM’

By Megan Pontin | April 1, 2020

The album continues the group’s departure from their quasi-punk roots, a trend that began to emerge in their 2018 album Youngblood.

Dua Lipa’s ‘Future Nostalgia’: Hit or Miss?

By Jeremy Markus and Daniel Moran | March 29, 2020

She captures a unique, hometown sound, blends it with ‘80s pop and adds her own flavor to it to create the most pleasant sounding album of this year so far.

TEST SPIN | The Weeknd Evolves in ‘After Hours’

By Tyler Brown | March 26, 2020

The Weeknd’s work is showing definite progression and advancement in how he approaches this industry, providing the unequivocal groundwork for exceptional and high-grade quality content for music listeners everywhere.