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Stephen Kearse

Contributor

Stephen Kearse’s criticism and reporting have appeared in The New York Times Magazine, The Nation, NPR, and The Atlantic. He’s authored two novels, Liquid Snakes (2023) and In the Heat of the Light (2019).

Please Don’t Cry

Rapsody

The Adept

Lord Spikeheart

GRIP

serpentwithfeet

Integrated Tech Solutions

Aesop Rock

Robed in Rareness

Shabazz Palaces

Set It Off

Offset

I Killed Your Dog

L’Rain
Best New Album

Fish Don’t Climb Trees

Chester Watson

Love Streak

Tony Shhnow

Maps

billy woods / Kenny Segal
Best New Album

Erotic Probiotic 2

Nourished by Time
Best New Album

Sremm 4 Life

Rae Sremmurd

Leather Blvd.

B. Cool-Aid / Pink Siifu / Ahwlee

Mourning Due 

Nappy Nina

“Pearls”

Jessie Ware

Beware of the Monkey

MIKE

Live Fire

Black Midi

5 to the Eye With Stars

R.A.P. Ferreira

Tical

Method Man

As Above, So Below

Sampa the Great

Dollar Menu 4

Mach-Hommy

she / her / black bitch EP

Doechii

Gemini Rights

Steve Lacy

Groove Theory

Groove Theory