The Queensbridge legend’s 13th album marks a retreat into a nostalgia-act comfort zone, one that suits him even as it yields diminishing returns.
On their fearlessly creative, beat-heavy new record, the Montreal band spikes their dream pop with trip-hop, nu-metal, and other ’90s signifiers.
The rainbow-colored pups of Rebecca Stern’s documentary are in concert with the Dan Deacon’s score, which teases out the heart underneath the ostensibly garish world of creative dog grooming.
The latest from the incarcerated L.A. rapper, stemming from the same frenzied recording period just before he went to prison, is an hour of lived-in, reliable street rap that continues to shape and contour the psyche of a rapper in his final days of freedom.
As his longstanding band Bright Eyes returns, the 40-year-old songwriter reflects on the artists that have soundtracked his life, from Cyndi Lauper to the Faint to Phoebe Bridgers.
On a rainy morning in early August, we spoke with the singer-songwriter about her raw new album, her process, and the age-old quandary of art versus commerce.
Matty Healy discusses every album by the 1975 in this episode of “On the Records”
The rising Nigerian singer is on the vanguard of the hybrid “Afro-life” sound and his latest album is the peak of his vision so far, a melodious, detailed, and effortless album of feel-good pop and R&B.
With spacious live takes and poetic lyricism, the North Carolina songwriter’s second album brings order to the chaos of the day. Step inside Eno Axis and things immediately fall into place.
The New Jersey duo’s seventh album sacrifices some of the group’s youthful spark, blurring emo nostalgia with contemporary pop polish.
Three decades into her career, one of country music’s most reliable and empathetic songwriters offers a profoundly intimate record, full of hushed revelations.