best of 2017: a playlist

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best of 2017: call me by your name

by Sarah Crawford || It is the summer of 1983. Two beautiful men ride color-coordinated bikes in color-coordinated (but not too color-coordinated) outfits across the most gorgeous countryside you’ve seen since the world’s cheesiest and most fabulous early 2000s classic, Under the Tuscan Sun...

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best of 2017: sza "ctrl"

by Megan Maloney ||

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best of 2017: lady bird

by Tavis Gray || Greta Gerwig’s directorial debut is nothing short of heart-wrenching. It’s a coming-of-age tale told at a most pivotal moment: the cusp of 18. When you stand at the edge of your nest, teetering, waiting for a push or waiting to fall.

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best of 2017: kendrick lamar "damn."

by Alex Woodruff // I’m getting a bit restless. I ask him to turn the music up louder. The beat builds. . . Pandemonium in the Jeep Grand Cherokee. The city blurs beyond the windows. We replay “XXX” twice more before finally pulling into the driveway.

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best of 2017: kesha "rainbow"

By Tavis Gray. "Soulful, sincere, and cleansing... It is not a celebration of unfettered freedom. On the contrary, it meditates on what it means to live within the cell of your torments, buried, and how to dig your way to the surface again."

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