While Lady Gaga may have eschewed the outlandish costumes, Joanne presents a different kind of pretense.

Ruminations is prolific singer-songwriter Conor Oberst's rawest and most earnest album in years.

The album's production is as versatile as Brown's voice, though it favors off-kilter intensity.

Revolution Radio manages to survey almost the entire bag of tricks Green Day has pulled from over the past 25 years.

BROOKZILL'S cultural synthesis couldn't be accomplished if the instrumentation wasn't so consummately realized.