The members of Aespa, the newest group from legendary K-pop company SM Entertainment, work two jobs: one as regular idols and performers, and another as…
With The Album, the Jonas Brothers have given listeners their second full-length release since they reunited in 2019, no matter that it was a move…
The Kesha of today is and isn’t the same as the Ke$ha of 2010, whose debut album Animal featured six Billboard-topping singles, including “TiK ToK,”…
Last year, InRO reviewed K-pop boy group Seventeen’s Face the Sun, their fourth full-length album and one of the best projects of their career. Face…
While only a year out from the Big Ghost Ltd. collab tape What Has Been Blessed Cannot Be Cursed, Conway the Machine seems anxious to…
Kristian Matsson, better known by his moniker The Tallest Man on Earth, returns with his sixth album of original songs, Henry St. Over the past…
Jethro Tull’s long-awaited return with 2022’s The Zealot Gene — their first album in two decades — was something of a small triumph. It gave…
Anyone with a taste for Squid Pisser’s brand of whacked-out noise punk will likely be reminded of the Locust’s Infest-by-way-of-the-B-52’s genre concoction. And while that…
Taken in its context as the opener and lead single of Everything But the Girl’s 11th studio album, Fuse, “Nothing Left to Lose” almost seems…
The National are tired and worn out — that’s the explicit subject of First Two Pages of Frankenstein’s best song, “Tropic Morning News,” but it’s…
At first, it wasn’t necessarily clear how seriously one should take Zelooperz, his defining traits being “Internet rap oddball” and “Danny Brown protege.” Discovered in…
It’s a glorious time to be a fan of girl groups. UK trio FLO is paying homage to TLC and Aaliyah, and they’re poised to…
On her debut album With a Hammer, Korean-American singer, DJ, and producer Kathy Yaeji Lee, a.k.a. Yaeji, works through an intricate web of emotions and…
Nearly half a decade removed from a breakout, self-titled EP, boygenius returns with the record, the indie sad girl supergroup’s first full length. While said…
Eras in music are often as much defined by the music itself as by the dominant methods of discovery of the day. Every generation has…
Rae Sremmurd was always undeniable. Exploding onto the scene nearly a decade ago, brothers Swae Lee and Slim Jxmmy delivered some of the most memorable…
The music on sister duo Aly & AJ’s last album, 2021’s A Touch of the Beat, ranged from fireplace-warm pop-rock (“Listen!!!”) to tense synthpop (“Lucky…
In May 2022, Andy Fletcher — the keyboard player and one of the founding members of the prestigious British synth-pop/electronic rock group Depeche Mode —…
For an era-defining band like 100 gecs — singer/producers Dylan Brady and Laura Les — it’s surprising that so few conversations about the group tend…
Karin Dreijer returns with Radical Romantics, their highly collaborative third album under the solo moniker Fever Ray — with production from heavy hitters like Trent…
To twangy Chicago indie rockers Ratboys, making music is all about good, honest fun. Their new song, “Black Earth, WI,” lives up to that promise.…