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‘EI8HT’ is one of the hard rock band’s best albums yet
Shinedown’s new album is meant to surprise. The chart-topping rockers attempt something different on “EI8HT,” their aptly titled eighth studio release, out Friday. Frontman ... -
On ‘Dancing On The Wall,’ desire and dread meet on the dance floor
Four years since their last project, Muna — the Los Angeles-based synth pop band composed of Katie Gavin, Naomi McPherson and Josette Maskin — ... -
Kacey Musgraves’ album is where you’ll want to be
She’s from Texas I can tell by the way she’s two-steppin’ ‘round the “Middle of Nowhere.” Kacey Musgraves’ sixth studio album isn’t so much ... -
Foo Fighters’ new album is high-energy return
Frontman Dave Grohl and Foo Fighters had a tumultuous two years. In 2024, Grohl announced he fathered a child outside his marriage. In 2025, ... -
Kahan’s ‘The Great Divide’ meets the moment
Gather around. Singer-songwriter Noah Kahan is leading his audience to therapy — or a walk in the woods. Kahan’s fourth studio album, “The Great ... -
Ozzy tribute highlights riff-filled ‘Engines of Demolition’
Black Label Society immediately steps on the gas on “Engines of Demolition” and delivers the hard-rockin’ riffs, bluesy grooves and soulful ballads that have ... -
Charlie Puth shows off his bag of musical tricks
There have been some changes in Charlie Puth’s life recently. He got married. He’s a dad. And in the musical shoutout heard ‘round the ... -
Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Flea realizes lifelong dream with solo jazz album
On his first ever solo album, Red Hot Chili Peppers’ eccentric bassist Flea is full of surprises. He opens with a track that serves ... -
K-pop group Blackpink’s ‘Deadline’ is a fantastic, if too short, return to form
For those who love the K-pop girl group: Has a more thrilling phrase than “Blackpink in your area!” ever been uttered by an artist? ... -
Mars is for lovers on his first album in 10 years
Bruno Mars is back — did you miss him? The 16-time Grammy Award-winning Mars is an undisputable hitmaker, and that trend continues with the ... -
K-pop group Blackpink’s ‘Deadline’ is a fantastic, if too short, return to form
For those who love the K-pop girl group: Has a more thrilling phrase than “Blackpink in your area!” ever been uttered by an artist? ... -
Hilary Duff is a pop star reincarnate on ‘Luck… or Something’
Hilary Duff is a pop star once more – if a pop star ever truly stops being one. More than a decade after 2015’s ... -
Manor delivers nostalgia, polished and punk in new album
In his seminal 1981 book “Simulacra and Simulation,” cultural theorist Jean Baudrillard argued that Disneyland is emblematic of reality’s collapse into perpetual imitation. “Disneyland ... -
Megadeth is going out on top with ferocious self-titled final album
A fter more than 40 guitar-shredding years, Megadeth is going out on their own thunderous terms. The Grammy-winning thrash metal pioneers’ self-titled 17th and ... -
Waxahatchee surprises by releasing ‘Snocaps’ with twin sister
For the recently converted Waxahatchee fan, Alabama-raised singer-songwriter Katie Crutchfield does not drum up the image of distorted riffs, scrappy lo-fi recordings and indie ... -
Florence + the Machine’s ‘Everybody Scream’ wrestles with greatness and mortality
During his acceptance speech for best actor at this year’s Screen Actors Guild Awards, Timothée Chalamet made known his desire to be remembered as ... -
Rosalía’s ‘Lux’ is unlike anything in mainstream music — thank God
Before Rosalía became a global pop phenomenon, she was Rosalía Vila Tobella — a flamenco student at Catalonia’s elite College of Music. There, she ... -
Brandi Carlile looks inward on the great ‘Returning to Myself’
It’s been 20 years since Brandi Carlile released her self-titled debut album. After two decades of extensive collaborations and accolades for her music that ... -
Olivia Dean breaks down ‘The Art of Loving’ with jazzy soul-pop sounds
Olivia Dean, the rising British soul pop singer-songwriter, has returned with a confident sophomore album, “The Art of Loving.” Across 12 tracks, Dean cements ... -
Khalid bounces back with complex look at love in ‘After the Sun Goes Down’
If you want to know how far Khalid has traveled in a year, just look at his album covers. His summer 2024 16-track “Sincere” ... -
Geese’s ‘Getting Killed’ is Brooklyn band’s most accessible album yet
There’s a bomb in my car!” Geese frontman Cameron Winter warns through blood-curdling screams on “Trinidad,” the opening track of the band’s third studio ... -
King Princess scoffs at heartbreak on ‘Girl Violence’
It’s impossible to hear King Princess groan “I’m a loser” on their ambitious third album and not think of Beck singing the same line ... -
Sabrina Carpenter’s ‘Man’s Best Friend’ is a sincere but still sexy breakup album
If Sabrina Carpenter’s “Short n’ Sweet” celebrated the start of a romantic relationship, the pop sensation’s seventh studio album, “Man’s Best Friend,” is where ... -
Jon Batiste opts for chill vibe on stripped-down album, ‘Big Money’
On “Big Money,” Super Bowl-sized singer Jon Batiste opts for a surprisingly intimate sound. The just over 32-minute, nine-song set will be released Friday, ... -
English post-punks Wet Leg level up on sophomore album
A few songs into the second studio album from buzzy English post-punks Wet Leg, singer Rhian Teasdale yells “level up!” And level up they ... -
HAIM return with a superb and salty breakup album
HAIM has declared this season to be “single-girl summer” and offered us the soundtrack. Heartsick never sounded so good. “I Quit,” the fourth full-length ... -
‘Broken Branches’ offers safe, familiar, cold beer country
Nashville hitmaker Dierks Bentley has delivered “Broken Branches,” his eleventh studio album that leans into some well-tread country rock territory, the kind that invariably ... -
Cautious Clay’s dreamy R&B-pop album is an exploration in time
Cautious Clay, the multi-instrumentalist whose dreamy R&B and indie-pop sound has earned him the attention of everyone from Arooj Aftab and John Mayer to ... -
PUP’s pop-punk album is unapologetically imperfect
For those unfamiliar with Toronto-based punk rock band PUP, the name is an acronym for “pathetic use of potential,” lead singer Stefan Babcock has ... -
Elton John and Brandi Carlile’s collaboration deepen
It started with a movie. Country star Brandi Carlile, so moved after watching a rough cut of the 2024 music documentary “Elton John: Never ... -
Jessie Reyez returns in triumph with ‘Paid in Memories’
Most artists would make the first song on their new album something welcoming, trendy or pleasing, at least to make the Spotify algorithm happy. ... -
The Lady Gaga you loved and missed returns with pop ‘Mayhem’
She hath returned: A new Lady Gaga, like the old Lady Gaga, but a different Lady Gaga. “Mayhem,” released Friday, is a satisfying full-length ... -
Blackpink star Lisa’s ‘Alter Ego’ is an ambitious, chameleonic solo debut
Lisa, one-fourth of the K-pop juggernaut Blackpink, has officially stepped out on her own — releasing her first solo album “Alter Ego.” Across rap, ... -
Tate entices with post-Britney Spears, dirty, breathy pop
She can sing. She can dance. She’s mastered a sultry gaze. She can write a smutty phrase. Is Tate McRae the new princess of ... -
In Grammy spotlight, Khruangbin wants to ‘let the music speak for itself’
If you think your Spotify playlist is getting a little too long, consider the one shared by the members of Khruangbin. It’s got 51 ...
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