Meghan Trainor
Title
Pop

UPDATED REVIEW: Meghan Trainor was one of the breakout stars of 2014. Now she’s transformed her four-song EP into a …

Lecrae
Anomaly
Rap/Hip-Hop

Lecrae is truly an anomaly in the rap world. He pulls no punches as he spits rhymes about brokenness, emptiness, …

Maroon 5
V
Pop, Rock

Maroon 5’s playboy frontman Adam Levine has got himself … all hitched up and married! So does his new matrimonial …

Ariana Grande
My Everything
Pop, R&B

Ariana Grande’s Nickelodeon days are in her rearview mirror now. So far back, in fact, that you can’t really see …

Anberlin
Lowborn
Alternative, Metal, Rock

Twelve years and seven albums later, Anberlin is somberly slipping off the musical stage.

5 Seconds of Summer
5 Seconds of Summer
Pop, Punk, Rock

The much-ballyhooed debut effort from this rockin’ Australian boy band badly blurs the lines between love and lust.

Jason Mraz
Yes!
Pop

How unfaltering optimistic and earnest is singer-songwriter Jason Mraz these days? So optimistic and earnest that the affirming, one-word title …

Sia
1000 Forms of Fear
Alternative, EDM/Electronica/Techno, Pop, R&B

Australian singer Sia Furler isn’t even remotely interested in being a celebrity. In fact, she’s more than a little afraid …

Magic!
Don’t Kill the Magic
Pop, Reggae

Among other things, this Police-inspired Canadian reggae fusion act asks, “How do you want to be remembered? As a sinner …

Owl City
Ultraviolet
EDM/Electronica/Techno, Pop

The paradox of Owl City is how Adam Young simultaneously dives deep into his melancholy soul … and finds something …

Ed Sheeran
x
Folk, Pop, R&B

Rising star Ed Sheeran’s x presents a vexingly convoluted self-portrait of a singer who longs for lifelong commitment one moment …

Sam Smith
In the Lonely Hour
Pop, R&B

Sam Smith’s debut album is titled In the Lonely Hour. But it could just have easily been called It’s a …

Lana Del Rey
Ultraviolence
Alternative, Pop, Rock

It’s safe to say that the latest effort from controversial chanteuse Lana Del Rey—which sounds like some sort of bleak …

Linkin Park
The Hunting Party
Alternative, Metal, Rock

Linkin Park’s pummeling, conflict-obsessed album The Hunting Party descends ever deeper into rage and despair.

Miranda Lambert
Platinum
Country

Have marriage and maturity slowed down country music’s resident working-class wild child?