Any release from a specific stage of an artist’s life might function as a time capsule, but few do this as perfectly as Taylor Swift’s 2010 album “Speak Now.” As the first…
PJ Harvey has never been one to lapse into routine. Every album since her 1992 debut, “Dry,” has taken unanticipated turns. Still, these disparate works can all be said to bear her…
Ed Sheeran has managed to consistently top charts ever since “Plus.” That work began an ambitious four-part series that is now coming to a closure, with the release of its final installment,…
Indie mainstay, The National, released their last album, 2019’s “I Am Easy to Find,” in conjunction with a short film that began with birth and ended with death. It shouldn’t particularly boggle…
Lana Del Rey has always offered a unique mix of nostalgia and novelty. Modes and manners of bygone eras came alongside hip-hop-style grandstanding in crafted pop songs that often took inspiration from…
A new Miley Cyrus album has usually come with a new Miley Cyrus. The last Miley was the ‘80s rock revisionist of 2020’s “Plastic Heart.” Before that came the country pop good…
Kali Uchis’ third album, “Red Moon in Venus,” opens to chirping birds and languid keys, as Uchis speaks, “I just wanted to tell you, in case you forgot / I love…
Caroline Polachek made her name as frontwoman of indie pop outfit Chairlift, teased different personas under the monikers of Ramona Lisa and CEP, and went on to write songs for the likes…