The songs rarely cohere into anything greater than the sum of their individual parts.
If the compendium of bands currently aping its heavenly guitar fireworks is any indication, the album has lost none of its power.
Though it features some rousing dance-pop, the album never quite rises to the promise of its title.
The show was a welcome reminder of what a virtuosic musician and performer Amos has always been.
The album is a tight set of songs that display Max Clarke’s facility for songcraft.
The duo’s latest collaboration is a repetitive EDM track featuring robotic, sliced-and-diced vocals.
The album affirms that the band isn’t ready to get comfortable quite yet.
Contrasted with the band’s early releases, the album feels less like a punch in the gut and more like a warm embrace.
As it turns out, Colter Wall doesn’t just sing cowboy songs, he lives them.
The singer’s debut album is bound to make listeners feel a sense of unpleasant voyeurism.
The singer-songwriter’s growth as an artist helps elevate her formative work.
The action-packed video finds the singer pulling off a heist of her master recordings.
The album’s music rattles and quakes in stark contrast with the singer’s studiously composed intellectual exercises.
The album’s laidback and unfussy arrangements underserve the artist’s anguished storytelling.
The album has a consistent upbeat vitality that never allows things to veer too far in one direction or another.
The album leverages the Japanese musician’s keen compositional abilities with his ear for catchy pop melodies.
The singer’s affinity for pop’s past is evident throughout the lead single from her second album.
The first entry in the singer-songwriter’s 50 States Project serves as a freeze-frame of an era.
The album abounds in the rapper’s trademark vocalic inflections and outlandish songwriting quirks.
Vocal hooks take a backseat to an impressionistic rendering of desire on Amber Bain’s latest.
The Americana legend’s 15th album feels like a triumph against the odds.