We weren’t sure if Madonna could surprise us anymore. Until she did.
This uniquely immersive video attests to Marcak knack for empathetically homing in on the essence of archetypical figures.
Black Keys frontman’s DanAuerbach’s Waiting on a Song is, first and foremost, a piece of studio art.
The track is finally seeing the light of day via the soundtrack to the Canadian animated film Leap!
The album goes down nice and easy, but it can’t overcome the cynical nature of its rootsy overtones.
The Mountain Goats’s Goths focuses on the blurry boundary separating artistic success from failure.
Katy Perry’s “Bon Appétit” may have received a lukewarm reception, but the new music video for the track delivers the goods.
You’re Welcome displays the benefits and pitfalls of emerging from beneath a lo-fi blanket of noise.
A Kind Revolution isn’t explicitly topical, but its mood captures the spirit of the age.
Turn Up the Quiet allows listeners to lean into words and melodies they already know by heart.
Though it’s encouraging to see DeMarco explore the darker side of life, This Old Dog feels thematically muddled.
From A Room: Volume 1’s focus is on individual moments, not on how its songs work together as a whole.
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Katy Perry’s “Bon Appétit” is a decided shift away from the so-called “purposeful pop” of its predecessor.
Throughout, Damon Albarn effectively weaves together his guests’ ostensibly disparate styles.
Pleasure embraces the melancholic sentiments of blues and improvisational immediacy of jazz.
Trombone Shorty walks the line between pop and jazz throughout his Blue Note debut album.
These are the best albums of 1998 as selected by Slant’s music writers.
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