The Killers have been quiet in recent years. Lead singer Brandon Flowers has spent a lot of time overcoming writer’s block, tending to his family and trying his hand at…
For the first time since his debut album in 2005, Macklemore is, as they say in the industry, “going solo.” The Seattle-bred rapper split from his producer and…
The year of the protest song continues with the release of super group Prophets of Rage’s debut album on Sept. 15. Made up of Rage…
The Foo Fighters‘ new album has taken everything we know of the band, multiplied it, slapped on some color and added an edge, making it one of the most…
As EDM continues to infiltrate the mainstream by way of pop music, more and more electronic artists are centering their studio albums around a pop format. For Swedish DJ-duo Galantis…
How rare it is to get a fresh, new glimpse into the mind of a renowned artist decades after the pinnacle of their career. Thanks to “Hitchhiker,” that’s…
Jack Johnson is back with his seventh studio album, and one that continues the surfer-turned songwriter’s sense of calm in a world that seems to be progressively chaotic. “All The Light Above It Too”…
Zola Jesus has returned with her latest album, one that unabashedly sits within the shadows of depression, anger and death. “Taiga,” her more light, pop-oriented album from 2014 saw a…
Established singer-songwriter Tori Amos is back with a new album. “Native Invader,” set for release on Sept. 8, is a continuation of a career musician who’s been steadily pumping out music since her 1988…
The National have been hard at work over the past couple years crafting yet another shadowy, thematic record. “Sleep Well Beast,” set for release on Sept. 8, finds singer Matt Berninger and company…
Over the past two years, LCD Soundsystem have been touring relentlessly as a band reunited. This, after distraught fans thought they would never see the gang back together following their “final” performance on April…
Iron & Wine has been a source of love, pain and inward thinking for fans since founder Sam Beam first released the deeply intimate “The Creek Drank the Cradle” back in 2002. Two similarly…
Philadelphia up-and-comer Lil Uzi Vert isn’t one to mince words, proclaiming to anyone who will listen his status as a bona fide rockstar. The 23-year-old does more than talk the talk, though. His viral…
Back with his third installment of the “Blue Chips” series, Queens rapper Action Bronson just dropped “Blue Chips 7000,” a journey through comedy, food and self-love. While the first two records saw production…
Following the triumphant success of 2014’s “Lost in the Dream,” The War on Drugs might have sent a shiver through their hipster fanbase with the news that they had signed with Atlantic Records. The…
There’s always been a sense of groove to Queens of the Stone Age. Perhaps it comes from the desert vibes they inject into their music, or lead singer Josh Homme’s slithering movements and soulful…
It’s hard to find an album so ambitious in its musicality that also extends an olive branch of accessibility to the more pop-minded. It’s even harder to imagine that kind of album, simultaneously steeped in…
Grizzly Bear, a once Brooklyn-based indie outfit, has changed locales to Los Angeles for its first new album since 2012’s “Shields.” The change must have done them good as their new project, “Painted…
It’s never an easy task to make a pop comeback. It’s particularly difficult for the now 30-year-old singer Kesha, who, in recent years, has been embroiled in negativity due to her lawsuit against a…
Long Island-native turned Angelino Jenny O. is the musical embodiment of two generations. Sonically, she sounds like a California dream dipped in whatever acid was being passed around at Woodstock (not the brown acid). Thematically…
Michael Angelakos is sick of the music industry, literally. As the founder and sole proprietor of the indie-electro project Passion Pit, he’s spent the past decade of his life pushing his music through the…
Anyone who has spent time skimming Youtube’s comments section knows how dark, twisted and fickle of a mistress the internet can be. It can get your band discovered and hype you up until you’re big…
Vic Mensa has been slowly but surely carving out his place in hip-hop. From a guest spot on Kanye West’s “Life of Pablo” album alongside Sia to the dance heavy verses on Flume’s “Lose…
Recently, Kentucky-based band Cage the Elephant set off on a stripped-down tour showcasing their now extensive catalogue of down-home rock n’ roll. Lead singer Matt Shultz and the boys, along with an orchestra, stopped…
There’s a lot to unpack with Tyler, the Creator’s new album. With a pre-release date leak and a ton of subsequent speculation about the California rapper’s sexual orientation, “Flower Boy” was primed for…
Lana Del Rey continues to be a baroque pop star who has a way about her that demands our collective attention. Her first step onto the national scene came from 2011’s “Video Games,” which the…
When assessing the music of Foster the People, it’s impossible not to acknowledge the pernicious edge they give their indie pop songs. After all, this is a band whose breakout, “Pumped Up Kicks,” describes…
From a short-lived fling with reality titan Khloe Kardashian to jumping on tracks with prime hitmakers like Drake or even Jennifer Lopez to raise his stock, French Montana has always flourished in good company.
While the twenty-one-year-old DJ known as Mura Masa follows in the footsteps of fellow British DJ acts like Disclosure and Jamie XX, this Guernsey-island native manages to stay fresh on his debut self-titled…
Coldplay‘s new five-track EP “Kaleidoscope” contains a remix of the song “Hypnotised” that serves as a perfect microcosm for what the band is all about. With looping piano melodies, a toy xylophone, swelling…