We weren’t sure if Madonna could surprise us anymore. Until she did.
The album shrewdly distances Jonas from his former band’s straightforward pop-rock.
The video proudly boasts a plethora of hip-hop and goth clichés.
On Motion, Calvin Harris either revitalizes tricks from earlier in his career or descends into self-parody.
Storytone introduces the world to Neil Young the crooner, which is probably not a side of him anyone thought they ever needed to hear.
Future turns a low point in his life into work that deepens the character of his art.
We look back at the Knife’s catalogue to compile a list of their very best tracks.
The album not only resumes the lyrical onslaught of its predecessor, but expands the duo’s purview.
Otra Era agreeably splits the difference between commercial ambition and individualism.
On his major-label debut, Money Sucks, Friends Rule, Francis attempts to make the Swiss Army knife of party albums.
1989 displays Swift’s willingness to venture outside her comfort zone without much of a safety net.
Ypres is notable for, more than any other Tindersticks effort, indulging an avant-classical ambition.
The covers on With a Little Help from My Fwends tend more toward pointless sabotage than creative rearrangement.
“Baby Don’t Lie” finds Gwen Stefani effortlessly grooving to a reggae-flavored beat and an admittedly catchy hook.
Kiesza’s debut, Sound of a Woman, quickly reveals itself to be a crafty bait and switch.
Soused adds new dimensions to Scott Walker’s oppressively gloomy rococo mood music.
The title of Mary Lambert’s debut, Heart on My Sleeve, reads like a concise manifesto.
24 Karat Gold: Songs from the Vault is a glorified act of copyright protection.
The album’s bugged-out trip-hop productions are occasionally interrupted by misguided attempts at R&B slow-burners.
The Best Day finds Moore playing energized, accessible guitar rock that retains many elements of Sonic Youth’s inimitable sprawl.
From the first syncopated finger snap, it’s clear Aquarius is a direct descendent of ’90s-era Janet Jackson.