Beyoncé: Lemonade
Beyoncé Lemonade (Columbia) Beyoncé is back with her best solo work to-date, a viciously honest album entitled Lemonade. Queen B has always been about female empowerment. From her Destiny’s Child days to her solo work, everything she has ever sung, every song she has ever written or produced has always had some kind of element of strength to it. More...
The Duke Spirit: KIN
The Duke Spirit KIN (self-released) It’s been five years since The Duke Spirit released their last album, but one listen to KIN will dispel any notion of the British band struggling to remain relevant. Their More...
Radiohead: A Moon Shaped Pool
Radiohead A Moon Shaped Pool (XL Recordings) Jonny Greenwood takes a page from Jimmy Page, slicing hi electric guitar with a violin bow for the kinetic “Burn the Witch,” the U2, vibey opener of Radiohead’s More...
Musiq Soulchild: Life on Earth
Musiq Soulchild Life on Earth (Entertainment One Music) Hey Musiq! It’s been a while. Actually, not really. I’ll explain. Musiq released an album prior to Life on Earth. It was a rap album and I wasn’t More...
The Cheek of Her: Black Heart Mantra
The Cheek of Her Black Heart Mantra (self-released) The Cheek of Her is the one-woman project of singer/songwriter Helen Dooley. Her new EP, Black Heart Mantra, is a spiky, hard-lyric, jumpy, mélange from a More...
James Blake: The Colour in Anything
James Blake The Colour in Anything (Universal Records) Right now, James Blake is a white-hot collaborator, having worked with Beyoncé and Drake recently. His third LP, The Colour in Anything, demonstrates the More...
Paul Simon: Stranger to Stranger
Paul Simon Stranger to Stranger (Concord Records) Paul Simon’s newest record, Stranger to Stranger, is a hard one to pin down at the beginning. Instrumentally, it is one of Simon’s most experimental records. More...
Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros: PersonA
Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros PersonA (Community Music Group) A clear evolution it evident on Edward Sharpe’s new album, Person A, which introduces a darker, more mature sound and lyrical depth. The album More...
JMSN: It is.
JMSN It is. (White Room Records) JMSN, the Michigan-bred producer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, who released the acclaimed Priscilla LP in 2012, returns with It is. — a record that’s half More...
Graham Nash: This Path Tonight
Graham Nash This Path Tonight (Blue Castle) This Path Tonight is all about acoustic minimalism. What instruments there are (acoustic guitars, Hammond organ, piano, and a compassionate rhythm section) are low-fi More...
