While still pointedly political, Neil Young’s latest with Promise of the Real takes a more freewheeling, macro look at the world and becomes more centered than his recent albums.
A deluxe reissue of Minnie Riperton’s best album—fusing funk, reggae, folk, soul—includes bonus tracks and new liner notes, which elaborate on the process of recording this classic with Stevie Wonder.
Sia’s shiny Christmas album feels inconsistent and underwritten, like opening a gift where someone’s forgotten to remove the tags.
The prolific Atlanta producer enlists 17 women for an all-female mixtape that is well-intentioned and occasionally delightful, but doesn't have enough highlights to sustain its momentum.
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Years in the making, U2’s 14th studio album finds the band straining to reassert its relevance in a world where rock music has long since ceded its vanguard status.
The new LP from pioneering industrial band Godflesh is the duo’s best effort in over 20 years—a sinister amalgam of Justin Broadrick and G.C. Green’s collective work to date.
With a long bench of guests from 2 Chainz to Ne-Yo, the singer’s fourth album is sometimes catchy but astonishingly hollow and derivative.
With their vicious debut LP, Austin quartet Expander ascend to the Texas thrash pantheon, evoking familiar metal-punk sounds as well as dystopian sci-fi themes.