The track is a bustling pop-rock song bolstered by a clangy guitar riff and searing synth line.
The album is an essential, timeless artifact of an era when pop could be both popular and personal.
With Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me, the Cure gives the listener the kind of roller-coaster rush that only great pop can provide.
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road is such an epic, varied display of emotional depth and soul that it should be classified as some sort of operetta.
Annie Lennox isn’t above a little bit of self-deprecation, but Diva glides with a rich, feminine dignity that stands tall in pop history.
Homage aside, City is actually a very well crafted album.
For the first time in Björk’s career, the remixes might actually improve on the originals.
The album is filled with intricate folk-pop tunes that are both instantly charming and ever so melancholic.
The vibe of the day was participatory citizenship, which has become a growing mantra among political bands.
The career of a hip-hop artist is not unlike Cher’s farewell tour: it’ll continue on and on so long as the money keeps coming in.
Unfortunately, Spiderbait aren’t able to fully transcend their influences—even if they do do it well.
Scissor Sisters’s self-titled debut album is a fantastic, charming, breezy listen.
Throughout the album you’ll just want to pat them on the head for recognizing a great sample.
The melodies and harmonic dissonances hidden beneath the dense layers of white noise are interesting, even beautiful, but you get the sense that they’re accidental.
Songs to No One is by no means Jeff Buckley at his best.
These discs are a testament to Buckley’s awe-inspiring versatility and breadth of talent.
The album plays like a classical-pop mélange of various female singer-songwriter influences from the last 15 years.
The double album reveals the popping seams of a band that had the pressure of an entire fissuring generational/political gap on its back.
To celebrate the re-release of Grace, we’ve decided to root through the self-proclaimed chanteuse’s catalogue and spotlight some of his key releases.
Oh, MTV, what has happened to you? This year’s list of Video Music Award nominees reads more like a TRL line-up.
Without the odd bursts of light that Robert Smith is more than capable of, The Cure remains cloaked in shadow.