We weren’t sure if Madonna could surprise us anymore. Until she did.
Autumn Fallin’ is a quintessential New York album.
Threats of pilfering frothy iced beverages in bloody bowling alleys aside, there’s plenty to justify the existence of The Hits.
Take My Breath Away keeps its beats consistent but often hunkers down into contemplative quietude.
Saturnalia is defined by a monotony that not even a kitchen sink could save.
Stronger is an album of hard-won optimism, as even the break-up songs have a sense of humor about them.
Trail of Dead’s Century of Self is at times a stirring, effective rock album, but the band’s creativity is less vital than they think.
Good Time sounds strangely insecure for an artist who continues to draw some seriously heavyweight comparisons.
Singer-songwriter Casey Dienel is the type of girl that laments the deaths of clawfoot bathtubs.
The real strength of the album is the strength of every Malkmus project: He’s an indefatigably charming frontman.
The album never quite works as a whole because it doesn’t give a clear indication of what the Punch Brothers are about.
Rykestrasse is so finely emotionally tuned and expertly pieced together that you can’t help but indulge Hukkelberg’s few eccentricities.
What doesn’t kill us clearly makes for a strong sense of melodic arrangement.
That Landes’s quiet folk-rock gives way to more raucous passages and experimental arrangements makes Fireproof less sonically monotonous.
This record doesn’t so much represent a new direction as it does a return to past themes.
if it isn’t Tift Merritt’s commercial breakthrough, Another Country is a welcome return.
Erkyah Badu’s New AmErykah: Part One is some cracked, urgent, just plain weird boho avant shit.
The album includes all of the ingredients as its predecessor, but a ratcheting-up of intensity makes this album shine brighter.
The album is very much on intimate terms with folk music without being of it.
200 Million Thousand is a patchwork that eventually turns into a sound of its own.
Baltimore-based Beach House is a band with a problem.