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Yoko Ono Warzone

by Zachary Hoskins

3.5

Ono's gift for making change seem possible remains undimmed on Warzone.

Elvis Costello & the Imposters Look Now

3.5

by Jeremy Winograd

With its mix of rock and balladry, Look Now strikes a fine balance between the lively and the pensive.

A Star Is Born Original Soundtrack

2.5

by Jeremy Winograd

Unlike the film, there's not nearly enough substance here to justify all the bombast.

Empress Of Us

4.0

by Sophia Ordaz

Us's charm lies in its articulation of the giddy uncertainty that comes from fully trusting someone.

Kurt Vile Bottle It In

3.0

by Josh Goller

Vile is quick to conjure up a bevy of interesting images or ideas but struggles to find a compelling way to contain them.

Marissa Nadler Talks New Album For My Crimes

by Max Winter

The singer-songwriter talks about her new album, her process, and more.

Belly at Music Hall of Williamsburg

by Sal Cinquemani

By the end of the two-and-a-half-hour set, the entire band was rocking in lockstep.

Cat Power Wanderer

by Sophia Ordaz

While Cat Power's vulnerability here lends itself to melancholy, it's also triumphant and resolute.

Fucked Up Dose Your Dreams

by Jeremy Winograd

Dose Your Dreams proves Fucked Up's got a deep enough bag of tricks to make even conventionality sound compelling.

Phosphorescent C’est La Vie

by Josh Goller

C'est La Vie strikes a balance between happiness and longing that's often nothing short of sublime.

Cher Dancing Queen

by Alexa Camp

For an artist who's built an entire third act with her own distinct niche in dance music, the album feels surprisingly derivative.

Mudhoney Digital Garbage

by Zachary Hoskins

Digital Garbage is as cathartic and life-affirmingly juvenile as a well-placed middle finger.

Christine and the Queens Chris

by Sophia Ordaz

Unlike most ephemeral pop music today, Chris feels consequential and everlasting.

Prince Piano & a Microphone 1983

by Zachary Hoskins

Intimacy may be the most striking thing about this slim but reverently presented recording.

Paul McCartney Egypt Station

by Jeremy Winograd

Egypt Station marks a clean break from the music McCartney has been making for the last 20 years.

Lenny Kravitz Raise Vibration

by Zachary Hoskins

Raise Vibration is packed with sounds that are appealing, if a little overly familiar.

Spiritualized And Nothing Hurt

by Jeremy Winograd

And Nothing Hurt is a genuine attempt to transpose the Spiritualized space-rock orchestra into bedroom music.