Zac Brown does a Taylor Swift crossover move, blending chicken pickin’ with pop, rock and even EDM. What he’s singing …
The third hard-rocking effort from Lizzy Hale and Co. jarringly fuses positive messages of empowerment with toxic rebellion.
Sufjan Stevens offers a raw and beautiful reflection on his estranged mother’s passing and the intense influence she still exerts …
The second album from this Venice, Calif., electronic rock band sails right past the dock of easy classification … both …
Kendrick Lamar’s third album propels him into the mainstream with a uniquely raw exploration of racism, class warfare, celebrity excess …
“Once again, I’m defying the convention that you can’t be both” spiritual and sexual, says the Material Girl about her …
Whether she’s evoking pop, rock, R&B or EDM stylings, Kelly Clarkson’s self-confidence-meets-spitfire-spirit remains more than evident on her seventh studio …
Christian metallers RED return with a dramatic, boundary-pushing concept album about the “dichotomy of good and evil.”
Mat Kearney’s fifth album offers a polished amalgamation of pop and rap as he gratefully ponders his past and the …
Imagine Dragons’ sophomore effort bleeds with earnest, angst-ridden spiritual longing. A longing for what? Light.
Drake offers up an unintentional case study in the idea of a God-shaped vacuum in our souls—by trying to fill …
Simon Cowell’s latest X Factor creation takes the musical stage with sass and sensuality, sporting a sultry synthesis of pop, …
Fall Out Boy albums are always interpretive exercises in sifting lyrical wheat from chaff or, say, beauty from psychosis.
Marilyn Manson’s ninth studio album marinates in brooding, opaque, spiritually sordid imagery that, while not as grotesque as it might …
This rising British star isn’t really who you think she might be. On her second major-label release, Sucker, Charli XCX …
