We weren’t sure if Madonna could surprise us anymore. Until she did.
The album is proof that despite the forward march of progress, there will always be hearts plagued by love that lives in the shadows.
Animal Ambition finds 50 Cent in Charles Foster Kane mode, looking back fondly on the days of his youth.
A.K.A. is a fitting title for dancer turned actress turned singer turned fashion designer turned American Idol judge Jennifer Lopez.
The album’s earthier sound complements the Americana imagery Del Rey’s been peddling for years.
First Aid Kit’s third album, Stay Gold, is less intimate than the duo’s previous effort.
Lazaretto is full of brash, forceful songs, further indulging the intense id formerly balanced by the White Stripes’ sweet-and-salty duality.
Lana Del Rey has unveiled yet another track from her new album, Ultraviolence.
Grappling with that fraught history and how we move on is the explicit aim of Hercules and Love Affair’s third album.
How to Dress Well’s What Is This Heart? is the sound of a one-man band at war with itself.
It’s hard not to be seduced by both Del Rey’s hazy, misguided bliss and producer Dan Auerbach’s woozy atmospherics.
The subtle surprises throughout Are We There indicate Van Etten’s ability to risk sentimentality without succumbing to it.
Röyksopp and Robyn’s sounds share so much sonic DNA that their team-up is almost self-defeating.
The album is the most overt moment of Mariah having her Strawberry Cheesequake and eating it too.
A Long Way to the Beginning represents Kuti’s first effort to push Egypt 80 in a new, modern direction.
…And Then You Shoot Your Cousin is an album whose sole focus is reportage, with no individual aspirational narrative to disguise the ugliness.
Blue Smoke contains plenty of evidence that Parton can still write songs full of imagination, humor, and history.
Ghost Stories isn’t the return to basics the band hinted at during interviews, nor does it need to be.
Cool Planet qualifies as ample reason to give thanks for the continued reunion of one of indie rock’s most iconic bands.
Upside Down Mountain attempts to accommodate both antic creepiness and transcendent uplift.
The hard-hitting EDM hook of Cazzette’s remix of Mariah Carey and Miguel’s ‘#Beautiful’ is right on trend.