The singer has yet to discover a sound or sensibility that truly distinguishes her.
Tales from Turnpike House is a modest triumpth.
She Wants Revenge is a testament to a time in dance music history when everything old is new again.
While a lot of Reconsider Me is damn good, it’s not sufficiently representative of the quality (or quantity) of Zevon’s love songs.
If In My Mind sags, it’s not because Heather Headley is in any danger of a sophomore slump.
The inescapable vibe of a smoky honky-tonk permeates Rabbit Fur Coat.
The Greatest feels like a late-night walk down the loneliest street in the world.
With little fanfare, the Broken Arrow-based Ester Drang has become one of the little-known gems of indie rock.
P.O.D. sits on the throne that Creed always refused to.
The Life Pursuit is not only a career-defining album for Belle and Sebastian, it’s the first essential album of 2006.
What redeems Tunstall is her voice and the overall punch of her guitars.
Even Johansen’s second outing as Magnet doesn’t stray too far from the Norwegian singer-songwriter’s previous efforts.
Morningwood is trashy, enjoyable, and utterly insignificant entertainment, but so is shotgunning a can of Pabst Blue Ribbon.
Despite losing some steam toward the finish, With Love and Squalor marks this threesome as a band worth watching.
Angelenos are lucky. Our FM airwaves are second-to-none in terms of diversity and quality of programming.
Gone is the acerbic tension that marked the Strokes as forefathers of the East Coast rock resurgence.
There are several songs here that might make you forget all about David Fisher’s unfortunate picnic table demise from Six Feet Under.
In many ways, Breakthrough does present a more grown-up Mary.
By the standards of the albums released by the Idol kids, The Real Thing fares scarcely worse than Ruben Studdard’s Soulful.
Biggie has no one to blame for this overwhelming cavalier negligence but himself.
The clean version of James Blunt’s Back to Bedlam dulls the edges of the U.K. singer-songwriter’s often pointed lyrics