Lana Del Rey PARADISE (EX)

Lana Del Rey PARADISE (EX)Even after selling nearly three million copies of her debut album worldwide, Lana Del Rey still faced a challenge during 2012: namely, proving to critics and prospective fans that Born to Die wasn't a fluke. In that spirit, Del Ray released Paradise, a mini album close to Christmas, that finds her in perfect control of her voice, much more assured than she was even one year ago, and frequently capable of astonishing her listeners with a very

We can all feel what the next person is feeling

looks back at what made their 2011 debut

Zauner pours her own life into the universe of each song to tell real stories

Any die-hard fan of the Smiths is going to want or need both albums

heavy-riffing rock & roll

Noah Lennox's sixth solo album as Panda Bear resembles something both wholly new and intimately familiar to fans and followers of the musician and Animal Collective member's body of work

confronting the constant struggle we have with ourselves to be better people

and in 2002 in Europe and the US

2 I'm a Believer (Performed By Smash Mouth)

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De Lane Lea and Chappell Recording Studios

A Nirvana best-of that includes a previously unheard song