Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit’s ‘Reunions’: Album Review

For “Shirley” director Josephine Decker, Elisabeth Moss was always the “top choice” to play author Shirley Jackson in her drama.

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Offering tough, prescient words of truth to a nation in crisis, Run the Jewels deliver their greatest album yet.

By Jem Aswad

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit's Reunions tops multiple Billboard album charts dated May 30, following the set's first week of wide release.Reunions vaults 20-1 on Top Rock Albums, 17-1 on Top Country Albums and 2-1 on Americana/Folk Albums, up 388% to 37,000 equivalent album units (31,000 in album sales) in the week ending May 21, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data.

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Polo G and Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit joined Future in having albums debut in the top 10.

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In a bonus conversation, Isbell digs further into the craft that went into writing his "Reunions" album, and talks about how he approaches humor differently than his late pal Prine.

By Jem Aswad

By Jem Aswad

It’s been five years since the film Mad Max: Fury Road drove into theaters and Charlize Theron is remembering her time on the set of the film in an incredibly sweet way. The Oscar-winner, 44, took to her Instagram account on May 14, marking five years since the Oscar-winning film’s release.

“Nothing’s too personal for me,” says Jason Isbell. And indeed, during a discussion about Reunions, his new album with his band the 400 Unit, out today, and his career, he never avoids answering any question- except one.As fans of his previous six albums are aware, the four-time Grammy winner is a singular story teller who often reveals more truths in a few words than those less adept do in a whole album.

On this two-disc set, the singer has come up with a magnificent, multi-genre mess that, for all its sprawl, stands as one of the year's boldest and best albums.