album reviews

Having spent the better (obviously the wrong word) part of my listening life in a thralldom to both severe depression and the saddest music I can...

Who is the real Nicki Minaj? And does her new album reveal the answer? Sylvan Esso's singer gets to the bottom of it… or tries to.

With The London Sessions, soul icon Mary J. Blige shows us something we haven’t seen before: the real Mary.

Red Fang’s singer thinks that Take That are clearly talented, but they need some more flavor.

An early booster talks Charli XCX's new album. He does not love it.

Incorporating stories submitted by fans, emo mainstay Bob Nanna (Braid, Hey Mercedes) creates a flowing remembrance of things past.

Forty-three years later, Faust is still the sound of crazy Europeans shredding any accepted idea of rock music.

Why do actors sing standards? Why should Zooey Deschanel dabble in the occult? Larkin Grimm explains it all for you.

On their last album, Norwegian dance music duo Röyksopp move beyond EDM cliches and endeavor to create their own private world.

It’s not her broken-hearted best, but the new Marianne Faithfull album still feels like a welcome visit from an old friend.

Locating exotica's heart of darkness, Tētēma makes you feel like you'll soon be transformed into a stain on the wall of a public bathroom in hell.

Eminem might have broken down doors for Princess Superstar, but she still thinks he needs an editor.