The album doesn’t see the rapper experimenting with his skull-rattling sound very much.
Circles Super Bon Bon… can’t quite shake the obvious negativity of its creator.
Relaxed but never lazy, Wise Up Ghost is a groove-driven album that pops with attitude.
The latest offering from Ejecta builds from Enya-esque meditation to ‘80s synth-pop splendor in under two minutes.
Ski Mask occasionally reminds us that Islands haven’t lost their ability to get weird.
“Shot at the Night” might not be either the band’s or Gonzalez’s best work, but it’s a promising direction for Brandon Flowers and company.
The album runs the gamut between workmanlike and sounding a little bored.
Britney Spears has dropped her new single, “Work Bitch,” a day early after the track leaked online over the weekend.
MGMT plays like two dudes fiddling around with knobs and software to see how much noise they can lay down over a whole lot of B-side-grade material.
New Zealand pop singer Lorde has dropped a new single from her debut LP, out September 30th on Republic.
The Electric Lady is a lengthy but never boring tribute to bounce and grind.
Arctic Monkeys’ AM is a carefully written and produced effort about the desultory careen of youth.
Pat Grossi, a.k.a. Active Child, has announced a new six-track EP, The Rapor.
Arcade Fire has been more than a little bit coy about their new album, Reflektor.
With Tales of Us, the dance floor isn’t just empty; it’s burnt to a husk and shrouded in darkness.
True to its retro-hip-hop style, the track pays homage to the Beastie Boys’s “So What’cha Want.”
The music video for Miley Cyrus’s “Wrecking Ball” is all monotones except for the singer’s bleached locks, red lips, and piercing blue eyes.
Even the name of Holy Ghost!’s sophomore effort, Dynamics, seems to be actively inviting criticism.
The Weeknd’s Kiss Land makes for a generally brutal, misogynistic listen.
The album pits Knopfler’s guitar against a seafaring rabble of strings, flutes, and the occasional pennywhistle, and the result is far more fun than this arrangement might suggest.
On Oni Pond plays it too safe, the Man Man formula scrubbed clean of its dirty charm.