tobyMac
This is Not a Test
Christian/Gospel, EDM/Electronica/Techno, Pop, Rap/Hip-Hop, Reggae, Rock

A dc Talk reunion is just one of many tasty spiritual and sonic treats on tobyMac’s deliciously diverse seventh solo …

One Direction
Drag Me Down
Pop, Rock

The latest hit from One Direction might sound like it’s once again headed in a dangerous direction. But a more …

5 Seconds of Summer
She’s Kinda Hot
Pop, Punk, Rock

This pop-punk effort from Australian band 5SOS is a lukewarm blend of listless lust and energetic empowerment.

R5
Sometime Last Night
Pop, Rock

Teen Beach Movie star Ross Lynch and his R-named cohorts may look like Disney teen idols of yesteryear. But R5’s …

Breaking Benjamin
Dark Before Dawn
Alternative, Metal, Rock

Light and dark swirl in nearly equal measure on each moody, post-grunge song, just as the album’s title hints at.

Muse
Drones
Alternative, EDM/Electronica/Techno, Pop, Rock

Drones’ lyrical content focuses much of its attention on how warfare is conducted in the 21st century. Namely, nameless, faceless …

Florence + The Machine
How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful
Alternative, Rock

Florence Welch plunges into the swirling, inky melancholy of loss on this fiery English band’s third album.

Lifehouse
Out of the Wasteland
Alternative, Pop, Rock

Lifehouse’s latest overflows with a mature perspective on life and love, conflict and perseverance.

Twenty One Pilots
Blurryface
Alternative, EDM/Electronica/Techno, Pop, Rap/Hip-Hop, Reggae, Rock

The two guys from Ohio known as Twenty One Pilots defy easy categorization as they amalgamate pop, rap, punk, rock, …

Mumford & Sons
Wilder Mind
Rock

Marcus Mumford and Co. put away the banjos and turn up the electricity … which doesn’t actually help shine much …

Fall Out Boy
Uma Thurman
Alternative, Pop, Punk, Rock

There’s nothing paint-by-numbers about Fall Out Boy’s push to connect the dots between The Munsters, Pulp Fiction and … gay …

Halestorm
Into the Wild Life
Rock

The third hard-rocking effort from Lizzy Hale and Co. jarringly fuses positive messages of empowerment with toxic rebellion.

AWOLNATION
Run
Alternative, EDM/Electronica/Techno, Pop, Rock

The second album from this Venice, Calif., electronic rock band sails right past the dock of easy classification … both …

X Ambassadors
Renegades
Alternative, Folk, Rock

It’s been tough sledding for rock musicians in the music world for, well, quite a while now. But a handful …

Kelly Clarkson
Piece by Piece
EDM/Electronica/Techno, Pop, R&B, Rock

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 …