Predictably, Red (Taylor’s Version) isn’t entirely convincing, but it’s another welcome assertion of autonomy from the ever-evolving artist. Red is the Taylor Swift album…
Kid A Mnesia is notable for its B-sides, deep cuts, and rough tracks, an opportunity for rediscovery that doesn’t disappoint. Around the turn of the…
Body/Dilloway/Head is a patient, thrilling deconstruction, a reimagining of what rock music is and what it can be. In the world of noise music and…
The Other Side of Life is a swanky sonic reinvention for Beach Fossils, and a tease what else they have to offer. Brooklyn indie band…
Music of the Spheres represents a mostly successful reconfiguration for Coldplay, but one that suggests the band’s character might be too pure to register in…
LP! is yet another refinement from JPEGMAFIA, offering his most fully realized vision and hopefully only a taste of a freer artistic future. The music…
Sympathy for Life represents a new tangent for Parquet Courts, but one that could stand to be attended to more. Remarkably dynamic and continually inventive,…
Weight of the World finds Maxo Kream once again improving his sound, carrying through his evolving maturity with ever-present swagger. Lately, Maxo Kream has been…
Illusory Walls is a unification of The World is a Beautiful Place’s mythic ethos and philosophical ruminations, a bit of a rehash in content but…
Eternal Home is a brilliant auditory tapestry unlike anything Angel Marcloid has produced before. Spanning a total of nearly 80 minutes, several movements, and countless…
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…