DNCE
Toothbrush
Pop, Rock

The latest effort from Joe Jonas’ pop-rock outfit DNCE is about steamier stuff than oral hygiene.

Volbeat
The Devil’s Bleeding Crown
Metal, Rock

The latest hit from Danish metal act Volbeat seems to express sympathy for the devil … and some other demonic …

P!nk
“Just Like Fire”
Pop, Rock

P!nk’s pop-rock contribution to the soundtrack for Alice Through the Looking Glass ponders what it takes to do the impossible.

Twenty One Pilots
Ride
Alternative, EDM/Electronica/Techno, Pop, Reggae, Rock

This reggae-tinged electropop hit from Twenty One Pilots is paradoxically upbeat and melancholy at the same time.

The Lumineers
Cleopatra
Alternative, Folk, Rock

The “Ho Hey” band delivers spare, pain-laced reflections on missed opportunities and the final separation of death.

The 1975
I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It
Alternative, Pop, Rock

The sophomore album from this rising British alt-pop band is as brutally honest as it is brutally hopeless.

Rihanna
Anti
Alternative, Pop, R&B, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock

Rihanna may be living life completely on her own terms, but beneath all the carnal bravado, it’s pretty clear she’s …

Panic! at the Disco
Death of a Bachelor
Alternative, Jazz/Swing/Blues, Pop, Rock

Panic! at the Disco’s sole remaining band member says marriage has made him a changed man. It’s a claim this …

David Bowie
Blackstar
Alternative, Jazz/Swing/Blues, Rock

David Bowie’s final album, released just three days before his death from cancer, strives to turn even that final event …

Prince
HITnRUN: Phase One/Phase Two
EDM/Electronica/Techno, Pop, Punk, R&B, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock

Prince’s final two albums find him as enchanted with sensuality as he was when his controversial career began nearly four …

Coldplay
A Head Full of Dreams
Alternative, Pop, Rock

One reviewer wrote, “A Head Full Of Dreams comes off like that one friend of yours who’s so positive you …

One Direction
Made in the A.M.
Pop, Rock

Throughout this band’s meteoric rise (and fall), you never have to wait long before sweetness gets sullied by reckless sexual …

5 Seconds of Summer
Sounds Good Feels Good
Pop, Punk, Rock

This stuff is at least less spotty than the Mrs. Robinson-like fantasies 5 Seconds of Summer was indulging just a …

Stryper
Fallen
Christian/Gospel, Metal, Rock

Three decades after launching its yellow-and-black attack, Stryper returns with another faith-fueled assault on spiritual darkness.

Fall Out Boy
Irresistible
Alternative, Pop, Punk, Rock

Demi Lovato joins Fall Out Boy on a song “inspired” by one of the most toxic and volatile romances in …