Mazzy Star: Seasons of Your Day
Mazzy Star Seasons of Your Day (Rhymes of an Hour) Mazzy Star hypnotizes on their latest album, Seasons of Your Day. The familiar smoky, rich yet sedated and hazed-out vocals Hope Sandoval is known for are so More...
Drake: Nothing Was the Same
Drake Nothing Was the Same (Cash Money/Young Money Entertainment) Nothing Was the Same is Drake’s third studio album. Often criticized for being quite the emo-rapper at times, this particular criticism boasts More...
Public Enemy: Planet Earth – The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Greatest Rap Hits
Public Enemy Planet Earth: The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Greatest Rap Hits (Eastlink) The celebratory release Planet Earth: The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Greatest Rap Hits coincided with the induction of the More...
Wale: The Gifted
Wale The Gifted (Atlantic/Maybach Music Group) The vintage, self-professed “new black soul” on Wale’s new album, The Gifted, make it stand out as one of the most unforgettable albums released this year. More...
Man Overboard: Heart Attack
Man Overboard Heart Attack (Rise Records) Hard-hitting drums, pouty charismatic vocal harmonies and breakneck rhythms on Man Overboard’s new album, Heart Attack, is pop punk power at its best. At times gleeful, More...
Sara Bareilles: The Blessed Unrest
Sara Bareilles The Blessed Unrest (Epic) Singer/songwriter Sara Bareilles is known for her wistful vocal brilliance and engaging, piano-driven sound. Her new album, The Blessed Unrest, plays evenly within that More...
The Brand New Heavies: Forward
The Brand New Heavies Forward (Shanachie) Incorporating house, techno, soul, funk, jazz, hip hop, reggae and yet other genres of music has always been the Brand New Heavies’ recipe for success. Their delectable More...
Owl Eyes: Nightswim
Owl Eyes Nightswim (Wunderkind/Warner) Nightswim, the new album by Australia’s Owl Eyes, (also known as Brooke Addamo) operates in its own singular world of nicely layered pushes of cascading synthesizers, slaying More...
Michael Jackson: The Complete Remix Suite
Michael Jackson The Complete Remix Suite (Motown) Michael Jackson: The Complete Remix Suite is an eclectic homage to the late great King of Pop and the Jackson 5. It serves up some of their notoriously famous More...
Kanye West: Yeezus
Kanye West Yeezus (Roc-A-Fella Records) It is easy to forget that Kanye West turned the music industry upside down with a rare and wild mysticism that could be compared to the understated brilliance of what some More...
