As Jazmine Sullivan’s first album in six years, Heaux Tales puts her talents on display and successfully ignores the standard R&B industry traps. Jazmine Sullivan has…
Greenfields is a little muddled from numerous star-studded features, but still puts the Bee Gee’s classic songbook on display in a new light. On his…
Vertigo Days is more of the same from The Notwist, which should be taken as a compliment: the album offers a welcomingly updated take on the…
This sample-heavy team-up between Madlib and Four Tet manages to showcase both their talents while creating something sonically unlike anything they could have made individually.…
Steve Earle’s newest, a tribute to his late son Justin Townes Earle, delivers a mournful-yet-celebratory look at a father’s love for his departed son. Steve…
Jazmine Sullivan Jazmine Sullivan has built a rather remarkable career for herself over the last decade, the sort that few contemporary pop artists are allowed…
“Fuck Soulja Boy. Soulja Boy, I know you’re young enough to be my kid but you single-handedly killed hip-hop, man. That shit is such garbage.…
Nightmare Vacation is a focused (re-)introduction for the Rico familiar and newcomers alike. Rico Nasty has made quite a name for herself, utilizing an abrasive…
The BrOs’ attempt to move the needle back in the direction of commerciality isn’t their sharpest effort but does reposition them at the fore of…
Without any rhyme or reason for its sequencing, the latest from Jack White’s vault is a low effort shrug. After nearly a decade of being…
Margo’s latest strikes the perfect balance of intimacy and spectacle. Perfectly Imperfect at the Ryman captures Margo Price at an inflection point. The album was…
McCartney III finds the artist in a familiar playful mood, experimenting across various forms, genres, and lyrical modes. Considering the lukewarm (even arguably harsh) response with…
Paul McCartney Considering the lukewarm (even arguably harsh) response with which Paul McCartney’s two previous one-man home-recorded solo albums, McCartney (1970) and McCartney II (1980),…
Sin Miedo is an album that pays reverence to Latin music’s recent past while also thrillingly anticipating its future. Kali Uchis’s debut Isolation was described as…
The Way It Feels bears some undeniable deadweight, but also positions Maddie & Tae well to regain their status as queens of country. With “Die from…
2020 proves that Magik Markers are still able to excite nearly two decades into their career. As young upstarts on the American noise scene of the…
Pluto x Baby Pluto is an uneven affair, less a successful collaboration than a platform for one ascending rapper to overshadow one feeling the fade. At…
The Hustles Continues is a bit too busy and suffers from a glut of features, but once again proves J’s relevance and absolute buoyancy. There are…
Juicy J There are few constants in this precarious universe that we inhabit: the sky is blue, the grass is green, and as long as…
Gillian Welch Sometimes you have to almost lose something in order to realize just how much it’s worth. Such is the case with Boots No.…