As the artwork for Sabrina Carpenter’s upcoming album Man’s Best Friend sparks widespread debate, we revisit some of the most controversial album covers of all time

The Beach Boys mastermind has been the subject of pop scholarship and major boxed sets, but some corners of his oeuvre remain unreleased.

I can think of absolutely no comparison point for King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard. They are a one of one. The Australian psych-rockers crank out an unholy amount of music, and they freely switch genres and moods from album to album. If you’re a devoted King Gizzard fan, then you must not have much time in your life for basically any other music at all. Nevertheless, they seem to get bigger and bigger with each new release, and all those albums are pretty good! Their undiminished creative flow is really something to witness, especially as it leads them to a freaky-ass experiment like their new orchestral album Phantom Island.

Exuberant jazz rock is lacquered with gleaming layers of brass and strings for the neu jam band’s most celebratory outing yet.

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