The songs rarely cohere into anything greater than the sum of their individual parts.
Lennox’s music often nods to the past, but her new album feels more in tune with the zeitgeist.
The singer serves up a woozy cocktail of fluttery flutes, wobbly bass, and pie-eyed key changes.
The song sees the singer expanding his sonic palette in a more experimental direction.
The album operates with surprisingly little ambition: It clocks in, then clocks out.
A stripped-back album brimming with a longing for rootedness that occasionally feels stunted.
The midtempo track finds the singer squarely within his old-school wheelhouse.
This year can be summed up in one word: surreal.
Our list comprises modern originals and reinterpretations of yuletide favorites.
While the year started off quietly, it ultimately produced a slew of albums that are at turns introspective and ambitious.
In an age of dwindling attention spans, songs are the most discrete commercial musical unit.
The singer probes the hardship of living in the shadow of his father, Ghostface Killah.
The story of one of Madonna’s most underrated, revealing albums remains partly untold.
The album is a demonstration of Daniel Lopatin’s mastery of structural tension.
The song’s title isn’t the only thing about it that nods to the 1980s.
If Eusexua felt rooted in the moment, Afterglow is a reflection of what’s happened.
The propulsive electro-pop track reunites the singer with longtime collaborator Klas Åhlund.
Directed by Mitch Ryan, the video for “House” is equally as ominous as the song itself.
The video follows the Daft Punk robots on a kaleidoscopic voyage through space.
The album finds the Detroit rapper discovering a new lust for life.
The album rewards patience as you luxuriate in the breadth of the singer’s world.