music commentary

When it comes to music, do we really want to know how the metaphorical sausage gets made?

Mercury Rev has made a very generous and personal record that is like a President's smile, a friend's yacht and a big European cathedral.

Lumisokea’s nocturne of an album is replete with oceanic disasters and haunted mansions — but it might just quiet the nastiest voices in your head.

Some of the songs on JR JR's self-titled album reminded our writer of scenes from her life. So she wrote about them.

The celebrated jazz bassist knows a good rhythmatist when he hears one: Mac Miller. But Miller's debut album already finds him at a crossroads.

On her debut album, rapper Little Simz does something rather brave: preserve the ideas and stories that are true to her own values and experiences.

Empress Of's beguiling debut album is full of musical delights, but its wonderful imperfections are the true pearls to seek out and keep close.

The only complaint this electronic star has about the Surrey dance music production team's new album is that there isn't much to complain about.

Keith Richards' new album has good genes, and that's why people on Mars will enjoy it some day.

Forster sounds agog with the possibilities that life has to offer on his first release in seven years — and his hair is still excellent.

Zachary Cale's album might sound timeless, yet it's rooted in a very specific time: sunset. But the sunset of what? A day, an empire, an era?

Travis Scott says he’s “everything except a rapper” on his debut studio album. Is he right?