Coldplay Despite — and arguably, because of — their ambition to make music that will be listened to by large numbers of people, British…
Blue Bannisters is first Lana album in a while that isn’t exactly doing its own thing but it still presents occasional pleasures, even if it…
In These Silent Days breaks the COVID-19 album mold, with Carlile toward introspection and intense emotionalism without giving in to insularity. Brandi Carlile wrote the…
Still Sucks doesn’t suck, but a weak back-half suggests Limp Bizkit still isn’t sure where exactly to take their sound/brand. Limp Bizkit had been…
Miko Marks’ EP — a confrontation with outmoded country normatives — might be even better than her exceptional LP debut. After Music Row had…
Tech N9ne still has technical proficiency to spare, but Asin9ne is both undercooked and overstuffed, offering no reason for the rapper to retain relevance.…
Lana Del Rey As much as there’s an aesthetic and thematic throughline to Lana Del Rey’s discography, it’s also true that each new Lana…
Meek Mill Meek Mill owes his entire career to fortunate circumstances: as in, he regularly talks a big game online about how he’s one…
The War on Drugs has always been indebted to the sounds of rock’s yesteryear, but here only recall the better works in their own…
Projector relies too heavily on sonic referencing, but is a highly listenable debut that holds promise for a more singular future for Geese. Fresh out…
Pins & Needles is a star-making turn for Hemby, the rare gimmick-free studio debut that simply rips. You probably know a lot of Natalie Hemby…
Trying Not to Think About It is a mature, introspective pop album, and definitive proof that JoJo is here to stay. JoJo’s 2020 album Good…
Expensive Pain proves that absent external conflict motivating him, Meek Mill is only able to operate on unappealing auto-pilot. Meek Mill owes his entire career…
Punk is a jumbled, inconsistent mess, and the latest misstep from a once-great artist to now regularly makes them. What does one expect from Young…
Let Me Do One More isn’t quite as sonically succinct as past Illuminati Hotties records, but it’s rich in its emotional contours and progressions. Producer…
You Get It All is Carll’s best work since his debut, every track here an outright winner. An artist whose rapturous reception in his early…
Notable about Lil Wayne and Rich the Kid’s collab on Trust Fund Babies is just how much fun they’re having here in a natural, impromptu kind…
The latest live recording of A Love Supreme is a revelation, with Coltrane blowing the standards to smithereens. For decades, the only known live recording…