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Waxahatchee renounced the 'tortured artist' trope on her latest album

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April 19, 2024 • On Tigers Blood, Crutchfield sounds vulnerable, but — and this is key when you're trying to figure things out — she also sounds resilient.

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After Injury Reserve, RiTchie gets back in the game

The Phoenix rapper RiTchie, on the heels of his genre-breaking group Injury Reserve, returns from a creative block with his solo debut, Triple Digits [112]. Patrick Driscoll hide caption

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