Bon Jovi
This House Is Not for Sale
Rock

Thirty years after conquering the music world, Jon Bon Jovi and his band are somehow still topping the charts with …

Lady Gaga
Joanne
Alternative, Folk, Pop, Rock

Lady Gaga is inching past hedonism for hedonism’s sake, trading her outrageous antics something more substantive … if still reckless …

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 …

Green Day
Revolution Radio
Punk, Rock

Revolution Radio isn’t perfect. But it represents a revolution for Green Day: It’s perhaps the most upbeat album these punk …

Alter Bridge
My Champion
Metal, Rock

If you know a young rock fan in need of a redemptive message, you’d be hard put to find a …

Moby & The Void Pacific Choir
Are You Lost in the World Like Me?
Alternative, EDM/Electronica/Techno, Rock

Moby’s latest provocatively critiques our technology-addicted culture and suggests that it’s failing to deliver deeper relationships.

Lady Gaga
“Perfect Illusion”
EDM/Electronica/Techno, Pop, Rock

Lady Gaga’s latest offers a cautionary tale about the dangers of rushing too quickly into a relationship that ultimately proves …

Kings of Leon
Waste a Moment
Alternative, Rock

Kings of Leon’s latest includes one provocatively positive lyric amid an otherwise edgy narrative about two volatile characters.

Metallica
Hardwired
Metal, Rock

It’s been eight years since we last heard from Metallica. And that span hasn’t brightened this iconic thrash band’s outlook …

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.

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.

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.

Twenty One Pilots
Heathens
Alternative, EDM/Electronica/Techno, Pop, Rock

Twenty One Pilots’ latest gritty hit comes to us courtesy of a soundtrack to a dark superhero movie that’s likely …