album reviews

Darkly atmospheric, emotionally tough and fiercely individual, Laura Marling’s new album reminds a great songwriter of an episode from his youth.

Forget about the music on the new JEFF the Brotherhood album, what's the deal with the band's label switcheroo?

On his new album, one of the great living songwriters delivers a big payoff with the barest-seeming tools.

Musical genres are as groundless as racial categories. Genres don't describe music, they describe sales categories, marketing ploys, demographic...

This psychosexual thriller, about a sexual surrogate and the unhinged client who gets too close, conjures up a convincingly depressing world.

J. Cole's "Power Trip" is currently in non-stop radio rotation and I'm OK with that. It's a soulful head-nodder of a sing-along rap song. It's one...

With flair, aplomb and a dip into personal history, the New Orleans rocker overcomes his terror of writing about a band that has never disappointed.

The imagery might get a little grody, but Run the Jewels 2 delivers all the fury and conscience that we love El-P and Killer Mike for.

Wu-Tang’s mysterious new album will not be heard by virtually anyone for 88 years. So what does it have to do with the Eiffel Tower?

On this collaborative album, the jazz trio BadBadNotGood don't overwhelm Ghostface Killah, they make him sound more like himself.

Glasgow is more than a city, it’s a tradition. A tradition that the Phantom Band is doing a smashing job of upholding.

Moon Duo’s latest inspires Shilpa Ray to conduct a refresher course in the roots of psychedelic music.