Welcome to the American Express Unstaged Taylor Swift Blank Space Experience.
The album shrewdly distances Jonas from his former band’s straightforward pop-rock.
It’s the quiet, more poignant moments, too few and far between, that resonate the loudest.
“Baby Don’t Lie” finds Gwen Stefani effortlessly grooving to a reggae-flavored beat and an admittedly catchy hook.
Kiesza’s debut, Sound of a Woman, quickly reveals itself to be a crafty bait and switch.
From the first syncopated finger snap, it’s clear Aquarius is a direct descendent of ’90s-era Janet Jackson.
A bolder, more experimental album would have better reflected Songs of Innocence’s ballsy, innovative roll-out.
Goddess is not exactly Top 40 fodder, but that’s exactly where Banks deserves to be.
Her recent rendition of “Frozen” breathtakingly reinvented the queen of pop’s icy electro-pop hit from 1998 into a stirring, nuanced keyboard dirge.
I’m Not Bossy, I’m the Boss is the singer-songwriter’s most accessible album since 2000’s Faith and Courage.
A mere 10 days after the premiere of “Jo,” Goldfrapp has unveiled the fifth music video from their latest album.
The album is proof that despite the forward march of progress, there will always be hearts plagued by love that lives in the shadows.
The album’s earthier sound complements the Americana imagery Del Rey’s been peddling for years.
It’s hard not to be seduced by both Del Rey’s hazy, misguided bliss and producer Dan Auerbach’s woozy atmospherics.
Shine One feels longer than it is, which is a desirable quality for what is basically glorified background music.
The DJ/producer is credited with helping to popularize Chicago house in the wake of disco’s greatly exaggerated demise.
“G.U.Y.” returns Gaga to her previous visual excesses.
Katy Perry has chosen to set herself up for another public flogging by setting the video for “Dark Horse” in Memphis.
Last year I made the mistake of second-guessing the Academy’s recent trend of awarding the biggest selling album in this category.
It’s the more mundane, increasingly transient plotlines that come to define the latest installment of Downton Abbey.