OneRepublic
Oh My My
EDM/Electronica/Techno, Pop, Rock

OneRepublic’s latest offers an upbeat, optimistic perspective, with just enough grittiness to keep anyone from accusing the band of being …

Mac Miller
The Divine Feminine
Alternative, Jazz/Swing/Blues, R&B, Rap/Hip-Hop

Mac Miller’s more famous girlfriend, Ariana Grande, didn’t want to dish details about him to Ellen DeGeneres. Miller has no …

Shawn Mendes
Illuminate
Pop

Shaun Mendes often sounds like a bluesy old soul here, spinning stories of love, sex and breakups that belie the …

Jason Aldean
They Don’t Know
Country

Jason Aldean tips his hat to the work ethic and dignity of his country constituency in flyover country. Most of …

Florida Georgia Line
Dig Your Roots
Country

Praiseworthy shout-outs to God, marriage, family and church compete with more problematic content on this rising country band’s latest effort.

Britney Spears
Glory
Pop

Britney Spears recently told comedian James Corden that she’s not very interested in men or physical intimacy anymore. Her ninth …

Frank Ocean
Blonde
Alternative, EDM/Electronica/Techno, Pop, R&B, Rap/Hip-Hop

Frank Ocean’s second studio effort blurs the lines between musical genres … and between vacuous hedonism and earnest yearning.

Skillet
Unleashed
Metal, Rock

Skillet’s melodic-but-ferocious-as-ever tenth effort, Unleashed, is a testament to the band’s faithful, hard-rocking focus on God’s redemptive love.

Various/Soundtrack
Suicide Squad: The Album
Alternative, EDM/Electronica/Techno, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock, Soundtracks

The movie Suicide Squad has big problems. Its No. 1 soundtrack has even more.

Hillary Scott and the Scott Family
Love Remains
Christian/Gospel, Country, Folk, Pop

This effort from Lady Antebellum singer Hillary Scott could hardly be more focused on Jesus if it tried.

NEEDTOBREATHE
H A R D L O V E
Alternative, Christian/Gospel, Folk, Pop, Rock

NEEDTOBREATHE’s sixth album still qualifies for the moniker “Christian rock,” but perhaps not in the ways we normally toss that …

Switchfoot
Where the Light Shines Through
Alternative, Pop, Rock

Switchfoot knows we’re broken people sojourning in a broken land. But those hard realities don’t get the last word on …

Radiohead
A Moon Shaped Pool
Alternative, EDM/Electronica/Techno, Rock

Radiohead’s ninth effort finds the critically acclaimed British alt-rock group once again traversing cryptic, melancholy lyrical territory.

Nick Jonas
Last Year Was Complicated
Pop, R&B

For Nick Jonas, the possibility of making a real commitment to one woman is a “complication” he’s not ready to …

Ariana Grande
Dangerous Woman
EDM/Electronica/Techno, Pop, R&B, Reggae

Ariana Grande is absolutely infatuated with the idea of embracing—and we do mean embracing—dangerous men who make her feel daring.