Chris Willman
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Review: Lana Del Rey, the Anti-Adele, Gets Icy in ‘Born to Die’
Lana Del Rey’s coolly jaded album is neither as good as the “Video Games” single or as terrible as the controversial newcomer’s “SNL” appearance
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Review: Miley, Adele, Adam Levine, and Dozens More Ring Dylan’s ‘Chimes of Freedom’
Evan Rachel Wood and Ke$ha are among the improbable interpreters who score in a 76-song Dylan tribute
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Review: Tim McGraw’s ‘Emotional Traffic’ Is Serious and Silly
The uneven album, once the center of legal battle between the singer and his label Curb Records, hints at greatness and settles for affability
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Review: Craig Finn’s ‘Clear Heart’ Holds Steady With Superior Songwriting
Craig Finn’s first album under his own name strips away the raucousness to reveal the haunted quality that’s always been there
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Review: Springsteen Does Another Political Fakeout With ‘We Take Care of Our Own’
If you loved “Born in the USA” — for the right or wrong reasons — you’ll hear anguished echoes in Bruce’s new single, from his new album due March 6
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Thanks to Gaga and Adele, Music Business Finally Improves in 2011
Album sales are up only about 1%, but that’s still great news after a decade-plus of decline
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Agnieszka Holland Illuminates Challenging ‘In Darkness’ Shoot
The Polish filmmaker, whose film is heavily touted for a foreign language Oscar nomination, didn’t curse the darkness when she chose to make a movie that takes place 80 percent underground
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‘Beginners’ Success? Thank Roller-Coasters and Christopher Plummer’s Skinny Jeans
Director Mike Mills tells a Wrap-sponsored screening how he got Plummer and Ewan McGregor ready for their roles as a father who comes out at 75 and his straight son
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Review: Anthony Hamilton Gets ‘Back to Love’ With Musical, Sexual Humility
The R&B star is semi-retro-soul in his balladic style … but really, really retro in his non-explicit lyrics and genre-defying modesty
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Terrence Malick ‘Tree of Life’: Get Ready for the 6-Hour Version?
Plus: “Tree’s” cinematographer gives the secret to succes on working with Malick: “Don’t read the script, don’t speak” — at TheWrap’s Awards Screening Series
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Review: Elvis Costello’s ‘Spinning Songbook’ Almost Worth Head-Spinning Cost
For $200+, you get some of rock’s greatest songs performed live on CD, DVD, and vinyl … and Matthew Weiner and Sandra Oh dancing
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Review: Black Keys’ Glam ‘El Camino’ Leaves Blues in the Dust
The erstwhile indie-rock duo re-team with producer Danger Mouse for that ol’ T-Rex sound
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Review: Amy Winehouse’s ‘Lioness’ Opens Up An All-Too-Empty Vault
Only two of the songs on Winehouse’s posthumous collection post-date ‘Back to Black,’ and they were clearly unfinished, suggesting just how fallow her last years were
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Review: Adele Bares It All in Candor-Filled ‘Live at Albert Hall’
The hottest diva of 2011 bares her sheer musicality on a live CD… and plenty of amusingly profane confessions on the longer DVD that comes with it
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Review: Beyonce’s ‘Live at Roseland’ DVD is Almost Worth the Self-Worship
The singer turns in some typically strong performances on her concert DVD, if you can get past all the self-serving patter