The album is at once a reckoning and a self-conscious pivot.
Tumble Bee is mostly sweet without being cloying, its songs antiquated without feeling outdated.
“Doughnut for a Snowman” recalls gentler, laidback numbers like “Peep-Hole” and “King and Caroline.”
If Daniel Lopatin has made any concessions to accessibility this time out, they figure mostly into Replica’s abstractly rhythmic qualities.
em>Weather is such a heady album because of how unflinchingly Ndegeocello has turned her keen observational eyes toward herself.
It’s All Fine Enough, I Guess would’ve been a far more honest and accurate title.
Crazy Clown Time exists in a world that’s just as hermetically sealed as Tom Waits’s Bad As Me.
Don’t be fooled by the simplicity of Susan Boyle’s music or image.
The Vision is a pretty shameless pop cash-in.
Inni is beautiful and alluring, yes, but ultimately a recycled bit of nostalgia likely to please very few.
That Parallax is no great departure from Deerhunter’s ouevre does little to dampen its gorgeous vision.
McCombs’s typical black humor arrives quickly, plainly, and at the expense of himself.
El Rego works both as a general career summary and a standalone album.
This is a solid collection of better-than-average songs cast in arrangements that offer a progressive take on modern country.
The set not only highlights Pikelny’s unimpeachable technical skill, but also the breadth of possibilities for the use of the banjo as a lead instrument.
Clancy’s Tavern is a fairly rote reiteration of the same album that Toby Keith has been re-recording once a year since 2005.
The question confronting Ambition isn’t whether Wale’s got the drive.
Florence and the Machine’s Ceremonials is a conversation that consists entirely in affirmations.
As the Wu-Tang dynasty approaches the beginning of its third decade, the future of their musical legacy appears bright.
Charli XCX’s new single could be subtitled “Love in the Time of Radiation.”
Guitar Slinger makes up for its lack of focus with some truly inspired songwriting and performances.