Madonna
MDNA
EDM/Electronica/Techno, Pop

MDNA is an odd combination of old-school Material Girl naughtiness and deeply personal peeks into the pain (and violent rage) …

Various/Soundtrack
The Hunger Games: Songs From District 12 and Beyond
Country, Folk, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks

Über-producer T Bone Burnett coaxes lush, lamentation-filled efforts out of a long list of familiar and obscure contributors alike, as …

One Direction
Up All Night
Pop

This reality-competition import from across the pond tears a page from the classic boy-band playbook and implements it to pop …

Bruce Springsteen
Wrecking Ball
Rock

It’s the 17th studio album from The Boss, and on it, New Jersey’s favorite son dons the mantle of rock …

The Fray
Scars & Stories
Alternative, Rock

The Fray once again plumbs the depths of melancholy introspection. But it (mostly) concludes that even though life is hard, …

Van Halen
A Different Kind of Truth
Rock

Van Halen’s last album with David Lee Roth came out just as Ronald Reagan was finishing up his first term …

Gotye
Making Mirrors
Alternative, Pop, Rock

Gotye tells us, “You can be addicted to a certain kind of sadness.” And so his new album, Making Mirrors, …

The Fresh Beat Band
The Fresh Beat Band: Music From the Hit TV Show
Pop, Soundtracks

This compilation soundtrack from the first three seasons of Nick Jr.’s popular show majors in friendship, optimism and the love …

Tim McGraw
Emotional Traffic
Country

Country superstar Tim McGraw has been locked in a protracted legal battle with his label for nearly two years over …

Lamb of God
Resolution
Alternative, Metal

Twenty years in, this veteran Virginia metalcore act still pulsates with rage and despair even as it poses some surprisingly …

David Crowder*Band
Give Us Rest or (A Requiem Mass in C [The Happiest of All Keys])
Alternative, Christian/Gospel, EDM/Electronica/Techno, Folk, Pop, Rock

This 34-track magnum opus swan song leaves no musical stone unturned … nor does it even once turn its attention …

Skrillex
Bangarang
Alternative, EDM/Electronica/Techno

Who or what is Skrillex? The kids at the raves have known the answer for a while now. The rest …

Amy Winehouse
Lioness: Hidden Treasures
Jazz/Swing/Blues, R&B

A posthumous collection from the mercurial British neo-soul singer lays bare the soul of a lost woman who longed to …

The Black Keys
El Camino
Alternative, Rock

The Black Keys’ Grammy-winning album El Camino is as stripped-down and unpretentious as the peculiar automobile it’s named after.

Rihanna
Talk That Talk
EDM/Electronica/Techno, Pop

Rihanna might as well face it: She’s addicted to love. Or, at the very least, lust.