The effects-laden video takes a page from Poor Things and Severance.
Hewitt teams up with former bitch Meredith Brooks for a collection of jangly girl-pop a la Natalie Imbruglia or Jewel.
Beck has crafted a meditative masterpiece of powerful resonance.
Eve’s Eve-Olution is another tight record that will undoubtedly keep her, um, rydin’ high.
Coldplay has once again delivered pure acoustic beauty.
Diamond Princess is probably the most uninspired hip-hop record of the year.
Now considered a neo-classic, the album samples nine different languages throughout, making it a truly global communication.
Faultline adds a layer of human warmth to his post-rock electronic palette.
The album was seemingly designed to take its listeners progressively farther and farther away from their respective spots on the planet.
The album is not as varied or multi-textured as Martinez’s debut, geared to live up to formulaic scripts rather than artistic instinct.
The album retains the group’s knack for cybernetic pop hooks while exploring chill-out and hard, filter-filled trance.
Recorded by producer-on-the-rise Ryan Freeland, the album is lush without becoming too glossy.
For fans of Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band heyday, the boss’s new album, The Rising, should turn out to be an American treasure.
A thoroughly enjoyable record, Highly Evolved recalls two of the wildest times in rock.
With each solo outing, Beth Orton chips away at her musical past.
While Busted Stuff is undeniably a step back from the band’s previous work, it all looms high above the everyday fluff of Everyday.
Church wears his influences on his sleeve, but it’s not clear what planet he’s actually from.
The album is obscene, blasphemous, dirty and, quite frankly, irresistible
The album is a homegrown effort that joins the producer with a flock of other Philly-bred artists including Shawn Stockman of Boyz II Men and Questlove.
Boyz II Men return with a new label and some old friends.
Generation Y likes to play dress up.