Lady Gaga Creates a Cryptic Dancefloor Fantasy World on ‘Chromatica’
Lady Gaga hatched from an egg at the Grammys, rode a horse to the AMAs, shaved and tattooed her head in public, and donned an infamous…
The Airborne Toxic Event’s Mikel Jollett Combines Music and Prose With ‘Hollywood Park’
Dove Shore
Mikel Jollett was a writer long before he put his words to music as frontman of the Airborne Toxic Event. In his early years,…
The 1975 Deliver a Sprawling Epic of Inflated Bombast With ‘Notes on a Conditional Form’
The 1975 are a band that can not be categorized by a specific signature. They shift shapes, combining the trends of today with the traditions of…
Carly Rae Jepsen Continues Her Pop Indulgences Unabated on ‘Dedicated Side B’
Natalie O'Moore
Carly Rae Jepsen celebrated the anniversary of her last album, “Dedicated,” by posting an Instagram video last week that ended with a flash of the letter…
Charli XCX Chronicles Quarantine Restlessness and Romance on ‘How I’m Feeling Now’
In early April, as people around the world found themselves locked down amidst the global pandemic, UK pop sensation Charli XCX met with a…
Noah Cyrus Channels Doom and Gloom Into Cool Reflections With ‘The End of Everything’ EP
Brian Ziff
As the daughter of country star Billy Ray Cyrus, and sister of pop superstar Miley Cyrus, Noah Cyrus seems groomed for a career in…
Moses Sumney Defies Categorization With an Insistent Shriek on Ambitious Double Album ‘Græ’
Eric Gyamfi
Moses Sumney is an artist who strives to defy genre. In 2020, when the accessibility of music warrants immense hybridization, the same could be said about…
Perfume Genius Rises to New Immersive Excesses With ‘Set My Heart on Fire Immediately’
Since his 2010 debut “Learning,” Mike Hadreas, who records under the uncannily appropriate moniker Perfume Genius, brandished an aesthetic all…