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.

Nickelback
Here and Now
Rock

Inspiration and degradation fight for the spotlight on Nickelback’s seventh album.

Daughtry
Break the Spell
Rock

Chris Daughtry told American Idol host Ryan Seacrest that his band’s third album is “way more upbeat, way more positive …

Big Time Rush
Elevate
EDM/Electronica/Techno, Pop, R&B

Nickelodeon has copied a few pages from the fake/real band playbook used by Disney Channel (or was it NBC back …

Drake
Take Care
R&B, Rap/Hip-Hop

Drake’s second album finds the post-DeGrassi rapper admitting that worldly excess doesn’t satisfy his soul. But that doesn’t stop him …

Various/Soundtrack
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked
Pop, R&B, Rap/Hip-Hop, Soundtracks

The ‘Munks cover the likes of Lady Gaga, LMFAO and Katy Perry, begging this question: Is merely editing the really …