G-Eazy By the time Macklemore (and Ryan Lewis) got around to making their second, career-killing album, This Unruly Mess I’ve Made, it had already…
Despite venturing into LP-length territory for the first time, Doma sees Rikhter as forceful and focused as ever. The R Label Group — a boutique music…
HEY WHAT proves that even down a bandmember, Low is still one of the best at perpetual, successful reinvention. Fresh off of another lineup change,…
Renewal perfectly articulates Billy Strings’ wunderkind facility with both traditional and progressive bluegrass bona fides. Bluegrass remains the most doggedly conservative — from a formalist…
Certified Lover Boy finds Drake is simply going through the motions, an album that sounds just like his last couple, but with even less…
The Servant is another stunning piece of evidence that Shelby Lynne can do pretty much anything as a singer and record-maker. Following the genre-bursting bravura…
In the Meantime is a bit overstuffed with filler, but Alessia Cara’s latest makes for a pleasant background companion in our present reality. Alessia Cara…
Texis is a little too uniform, but is proof that Sleigh Bells understands their own strengths, even if it doesn’t do much to further their…
29: Written in Stone is the best mainstream country album of the year and feels like the moment where Carly Pearce has come into her…
Drake Drake — the artist, the brand, the living meme — goes through the motions these days. Why? Because he knows that he’ll be…
Sincerely, Kentrell is a senselessly assembled product, not without artistry, but lacking in a coherent vision. “YB better.” This simple phrase has become a rallying…
A Beginner’s Mind is an impressive collaborative work, one that beautifully reclaims the sounds and emotional heft of Stevens’ mid-aughts folk efforts. As our collective…
The Yearbook immediately situates Baby Queen at the fore of contemporary pop. Baby Queen (real name Arabella Latham) debuted in the pop music scene in…
Star-Crossed is a raw album but distinctly minor, teetering into boring and a notable letdown after Golden Hour. After a busy release cycle unexpectedly launched Kacey…
A Southern Gothic is an album that thrillingly pushes at the boundaries of what the blues can be. You can think of genre as a…
NBA YoungBoy “YB better.” This simple phrase has become a rallying cry of sorts for the millions of prepubescent YoungBoy Never Broke Again (or…
Donda reflects the kind of confident controversy someone like Kanye can get away with when crafting an album as timeliness as this. The announcement of…
Big Red Machine’s latest record is a more star-forward, familiar affair, but its strength of artistry keeps its less experimental tracks from disappointing. After what…