Pharrell Williams tells us on one song, “Half of me is good, the other half is nasty.” But the balance …
The Fray’s fourth effort delivers another dose of earnest, anthemic alt-rock. But it (mostly) trades the band’s trademark melancholy for …
Beck’s reflective, Grammy-winning Morning Phase walks a paradoxical tightrope between melancholic despair and hopeful determination.
The British girl band Little Mix continues to mimic One Direction’s every move—from deluging fans with massive amounts of new …
Eric Church recently said, “There’s good music. There’s bad music.” And he knows how to make both kinds.
Sugarland’s leading lady makes her solo debut with an album that sets the band’s big, polished, arena-ready songs on the …
Switchfoot’s ninth album, Fading West, also serves as an upbeat soundtrack to the band’s new surfing film. Along the way, …
Justin Bieber has been releasing a new track every Monday for the last couple of months. Journals collects those melancholy …
Queen Bey shocked everyone with the surprise release of her fifth album. Will she shock us, too, with what she …
Britney says her eighth album is her most personal. So just how personally do you want to get to know …
The Frozen soundtrack is hot. It’s the most popular soundtrack since Titanic’s back in 1998. And an Oscar for Best …
The hit singles! The 3-D concert movie! The international tour! And now the album throngs of tween girls have been …
We rarely have to wait long in a Daughtry song before he responds to life’s many challenges with exhortations to …
Lady Gaga’s ARTPOP is monstrously mistitled. (And that’s not the only thing wrong with it.)
Thirteen years after the first Marshall Mathers LP, Slim Shady is back. And age has not mellowed him one little …