Maria Sherman
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NSYNC's 2000 smash was the peak of the TRL era, but it was also an outlier — a subtly forward-thinking pop record that got everything right about where the mainstream was headed.
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Emo has its survivors, but few can command attention the way Brand New has in eight years without an album. The band's surprise return with Science Fiction comes, characteristically, on its own terms.
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The teacher-turned-rapper knows that nerds are having a moment. In "Weirdo," she rejects anti-geek social stigma in favor of a celebration of self.
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On "Murdered Out," recorded with producer Justin Raisen and drummer Stella Mozgawa, the former Sonic Youth member takes inspiration from cars painted matte black to obscure identifying features.