The singer has yet to discover a sound or sensibility that truly distinguishes her.
As with most Madonna albums, it’s impossible to talk about the music without addressing the cultural context that produced it.
Daydream Nation this is not, but it doesn’t need to be.
This album’s brief 10 tracks prove that Beck’s almost always more interesting when he’s not having fun.
Despite its musical accomplishments, Rook is not a particularly easy album to listen to.
That Kerli Kõiv claims no musical influences aside from Björk is a tad suspicious.
Seems to me that Hunky Dory is the last time Bowie was hanging back and outside of his “generation.”
Omaha quintet Tilly and the Wall return for another round of their patent-pending Gene Kelly rock.
Pairing Nordic, perky-voiced songbirds with ice-capped Euro-house is a no-brainer and Keerlup’s got the formula in spades.
Feed the Animals is a sweaty, neon-lit, seizure-inducing, off-the-wall delight.
There’s a strong autobiographical bent to Real Animal, as Escovedo makes overt references to the different phases of his storied career.
It’s the album that has the phrase “blowjob queen” on it and the singer’s nipple on the cover, but it’s so much more.
Hymn and Her is proof that a talented group such as Earlimart should quickly learn how to better navigate this forest.
Originally conceived as an album of string-quartet pieces, Shark’s Teeth evolved into something more musically full-bodied.
This is not the dance music of the future. It’s the artfully resuscitated, painstakingly stitched-together, spangled-and-sparkling dance music of the past.
Recorded largely outside of Iceland, Með Suð is less polished than the band’s previous outings.
Stay Positive takes its rightful place as an album that, if nothing else, is a pure and imperfect love letter to music.
How best to describe disappointment? And how best to justify it?
Though he says otherwise, it’s hard to think of an American songwriter as admired by fans and critics as Berman.
Perhaps it’s foolish to expect progressiveness from a girl whose debut was a Christian gospel album.
With At Mount Zoomer, Wolf Parade has quite easily surpassed the greatness that was their debut.