Miley Cyrus
Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz
Alternative, EDM/Electronica/Techno, Pop

What does a 22-year-old former Disney star do for an encore after swinging naked on a wrecking ball? Miley Cyrus …

Halsey
Badlands
Alternative, EDM/Electronica/Techno, Pop

The Badlands that newcomer Halsey sings about are a barren, hopeless territory for anyone unlucky enough to traverse them.

The Weeknd
Beauty Behind the Madness
Pop, R&B

A better title would be Brokenness Behind the Emptiness.

Carly Rae Jepsen
E•MO•TION
Pop

Carly Rae Jepsen is truly in love with being in love, and she lives to feel her feelings.

Dr. Dre
Compton
Rap/Hip-Hop

Dr. Dre isn’t 23 anymore. He’s twice that age plus a few years. But he’s still in love with “making …

Luke Bryan
Kill the Lights
Country

Kill the Lights is arguably Luke Bryan’s most mature effort to date. But that doesn’t mean he’s ready to swear …

tobyMac
This is Not a Test
Christian/Gospel, EDM/Electronica/Techno, Pop, Rap/Hip-Hop, Reggae, Rock

A dc Talk reunion is just one of many tasty spiritual and sonic treats on tobyMac’s deliciously diverse seventh solo …

Owl City
Mobile Orchestra
Alternative, Christian/Gospel, Country, EDM/Electronica/Techno, Pop

In a world filled with songs and stories drenched in salacious sex and narcissistic nihilism, I’ll take Owl City’s wide-eyed …

R5
Sometime Last Night
Pop, Rock

Teen Beach Movie star Ross Lynch and his R-named cohorts may look like Disney teen idols of yesteryear. But R5’s …

August Burns Red
Found in Far Away Places
Alternative, Christian/Gospel, Metal

The latest effort from this influential Christian metalcore act once again wades into some of the most controversial subjects facing …

Breaking Benjamin
Dark Before Dawn
Alternative, Metal, Rock

Light and dark swirl in nearly equal measure on each moody, post-grunge song, just as the album’s title hints at.

Kacey Musgraves
Pageant Material
Country

Musgraves is back with an old-school country album that embraces many of the genre’s most familiar themes.

Muse
Drones
Alternative, EDM/Electronica/Techno, Pop, Rock

Drones’ lyrical content focuses much of its attention on how warfare is conducted in the 21st century. Namely, nameless, faceless …

Florence + The Machine
How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful
Alternative, Rock

Florence Welch plunges into the swirling, inky melancholy of loss on this fiery English band’s third album.

Lifehouse
Out of the Wasteland
Alternative, Pop, Rock

Lifehouse’s latest overflows with a mature perspective on life and love, conflict and perseverance.