The Fray once again plumbs the depths of melancholy introspection. But it (mostly) concludes that even though life is hard, …
Van Halen’s last album with David Lee Roth came out just as Ronald Reagan was finishing up his first term …
Gotye tells us, “You can be addicted to a certain kind of sadness.” And so his new album, Making Mirrors, …
This 34-track magnum opus swan song leaves no musical stone unturned … nor does it even once turn its attention …
The Black Keys’ Grammy-winning album El Camino is as stripped-down and unpretentious as the peculiar automobile it’s named after.
Chris Daughtry told American Idol host Ryan Seacrest that his band’s third album is “way more upbeat, way more positive …
Inspiration and degradation fight for the spotlight on Nickelback’s seventh album.
The latest offering from this rising British alt-rock act plunges listeners into an ocean of romanticized melancholy that drifts into …
Coldplay’s latest is a concept album grasping (sometimes beyond its reach) at transcendent meaning as a young couple struggles against …
Kelly Clarkson’s raspy, throaty and earnest vocals match the content of her songs as she blurs the boundaries between country, …
Evanescence frontwoman Amy Lee has built her career on brooding, melodramatic angst. And nearly a decade after she got started, …
Chevelle has a long history when it comes to songs with lyrically inscrutability. This time around, though, breadcrumbs have been …
The latest from Jon Foreman and Co. dives headfirst into the messy, confusing business of life and death, faith, hope …
Indie-minded rockers The Black Keys give us another fuzzed-out, low-fi salute to not finding the love of your life.
Switchfoot makes sure we all know that a dark horse is not a dismal horse. Quite the opposite in fact.