The singer has yet to discover a sound or sensibility that truly distinguishes her.
It’s hard to shake the sense that Starsailor is angry as to how they’ve fared on this side of the Atlantic.
The album is an intriguing mishmash of sounds, beats, and vocal affectations.
Happy birthday, MTV. You’re 25. A little old to be playing with 12 year olds, doncha think?
Lemonade is practically a case study in G. Love’s particular flavor of effortless cool.
Sæglópur is a fleeting experience, but one which resonates.
What’s Going On makes sense for a band renowned for its forward-thinking fusion of R&B, gospel, soul, and jazz.
Greatest hits compilations are odd birds.
Fronted by diminutive twin sisters Emily and Susan Hsu, Exit Clov formed, as so many groups do, from the wreckage of previous bands.
Happy Hollow is far too grouchy to be taken seriously.
She looked a lot like Lady Kier’s little sister during her one-night stand at the Maritime Hotel’s Hiro Ballroom in New York City.
Post-War is a lush blend of humming synths, organs, gentle strings, and deceptively simple acoustic strumming.
The Panic Channel delivers pure rock n’ roll through and through.
Perhaps Paris Hilton should have called her debut Album.
Thunder Down Under, a live recording for Australian radio, is an explosive self-eulogy.
This is precisely what you might get if you let a 16-year-old and Samuel L. Jackson loose in a music studio.
Like all Mountain Goats albums, of course, there are some gems.
While Janet Jackson struggles to find her footing on the rocky surface of 2006, newcomer Cassie is climbing straight past her.
Everything she’s done post-“Genie in a Bottle” has been advertising for the new-and-improved Christina Aguilera brand.
Surprisingly, the band’s sound feels just as loose and fresh as it did 17 years ago.
It takes mighty big huevos to feel up to the task of reinterpreting a clutch of rock classics from the ’80s