album reviews

When you hit a creative wall, is it better to start over, or dig in until you get it right? And what’s the deal with the owls?

Clipping producer William Huston contemplates Jeez’s status as the platonic ideal of gangster rap, and the value of quality mastering.

Hard-touring songwriter Kevin Devine finds a kindred spirit on David Bazan’s latest release.

Sometimes it’s not the band that changed, it’s you. And sometimes, the band is just out of ideas.

“Even if I dream alone on such a dangerous night, somehow I know I am going to dream again tonight,” sings David Crosby on "Dangerous Night," a...

If you're around my age, you were probably introduced to rock & roll in the '70s. And so there is no doubt that Kiss played a part in your youth.

On their debut album, Jungle mine the ’70s in search of the perfect groove, but this is more than just a nostalgia trip.

We mostly know about prison from films or TV, and this tough movie about life inside teaches us another thing: Jack O'Connell is a real movie star.

Basement Jaxx: Still doing their own thing after all these years, even if everyone else is now doing their thing as well.

The acclaimed singer-songwriter outs Opeth's prog-metal mastermind Mikael Åkerfeldt as… a singer-songwriter.

No stranger to ecstatic noise or meticulous composition himself, Mission of Burma’s guitarist rhapsodizes over the brilliant Palace of Wind.

It might be a bit overproduced, but Cerebral Ballzy still nail the punk formula on their sophomore album.