We weren’t sure if Madonna could surprise us anymore. Until she did.
Though they agitated authority, Public Enemy’s universal beats spoke to anyone and everyone with simple honesty.
The album alternates between heavy-beat ballads and more traditional adult contemporary mush.
What the situation with the Raconteurs does is expose exactly where the machinery breaks down.
Morrison channels the familiar, angry-old-man musings on art and public life that have driven his 21st-century output.
Most of April’s narratives are from the same wounded speaker of “Katy Song” and “Summer Dress.”
Ryan spins compelling narratives that don’t pull any punches with their details of difficult lives.
The album certainly sounds like a deliberate attempt at a comeback.
Kathy Mattea approaches dramatic, compelling stories and the real people they represent with respect and even humility.
Compared with his more famous peers, AZ is a model of consistency.
While irrepressibly buoyant, the album may feel to the casual listener like the soundtrack to a movie they haven’t seen.
The album is lost somewhere between the paved highways of modern rock radio and the scruff byways of indie folk.
Until a week ago, I hated Willie Nelson.
These songs aren’t as transcendent as a Chemical Brothers comedown, but they’ll suffice until the Chems reunite with Beth Orton.
Kylie Minogue has churned out three singles from her album X since its international release last year.
The consistent surprises that Dan Bejar’s vocals generate are one of the main things keeping these songs evasive and interesting.
I wonder if Kelley Polar likes figure skating.
“Mr. Jones” worked because you didn’t have to listen to Adam Duritz pretend to “rock out” for 56 minutes.
Funplex neither redefines nor sullies the band’s sterling legacy, which is probably close to a best case scenario.
At a time when the indie world is furiously reviving ’60s pop, here’s a mainstream act trying to stay ahead of the game.
It’s a certain failure to do little beyond noodle energetically and evoke the work of others that dooms Parc Avenue to mediocrity.