[go: up one dir, main page]
More Web Proxy on the site http://driver.im/
Give A Gift
Displaying all articles tagged:

Album Review

  1. album review
    You Wanted the Beast, You Got the BeastKendrick Lamar’s jittery, claustrophobic new album understands the value of being a hero and a villain.
    By Craig Jenkins
  2. album review
    Linkin Park’s Risky Rebirth Paid OffAn initially messy return paved the way for a balanced new album.
    By Craig Jenkins
  3. album review
    Tyler, the Creator Confronts an Odd FutureChromakopia is more interested in critiquing masculinity than celebrating its own aggression.
    By Craig Jenkins
  4. album review
    Halsey Should Just Be HerselfThe singer’s new album is lost in a sea of elaborate impersonations.
    By Rich Juzwiak
  5. album review
    This Is Not How to End Your BandThe final Japandroids album sounds like a retread of better Japandroids albums.
    By Brady Gerber
  6. album review
    Riverside
    Warriors Come Out and GrateLin-Manuel Miranda and Eisa Davis’s remake devolves into kumbaya.
    By Craig Jenkins
  7. close read
    The Pop Stars Who Flamed OutKaty Perry’s 143 joins the cursed ranks of musical missteps this year.
    By Craig Jenkins
  8. album review
    Future Slouches Toward LegacyMixtape Pluto is a rote retread of his last two albums.
    By Gary Suarez
  9. album review
    Post Malone’s Country Album Has Too Much BaggageF-1 Trillion burrows so far into the mainstream Nashville machine it inherits its problems.
    By Craig Jenkins
  10. album review
    Ice Spice, Bite-Size‘Y2K!’ is funny and playful. But when an album is the same length as an episode of Abbott Elementary, the filler is frustrating.
    By Craig Jenkins
  11. album review
    Adultish GambinoOn Bando Stone, Donald Glover spends one last night in a scene he believes he’s outgrown.
    By Craig Jenkins
  12. album review
    Zach Bryan Hits His LimitOn The Great American Bar Scene, the accidental superstar’s formula remains potent but predictable.
    By Craig Jenkins
  13. album review
    A Hip-Hop ‘What If …’James Blake and Lil Yachty’s new album is as astounding as it is annoying.
    By Craig Jenkins
  14. album review
    Camila Cabello’s June GloomC’XOXO is a jarring pivot with cursed timing. It’s also her best album to date.
    By Craig Jenkins
  15. album review
    Billie Eilish Doesn’t Have to Do It AllHit Me Hard and Soft can be gleefully disorienting, but it’s saddled with the timeless plight of the moody junior installment.
    By Craig Jenkins
  16. album review
    The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon - Season 11
    The Curious Case of the Stereophonic Cast RecordingPaying homage to a band without catalog access is usually a recipe for terrors. Will Butler’s Fleetwood Mac experiment is an impressive exception.
    By Craig Jenkins
  17. album review
    The Performative Poets DepartmentOn her new album, Taylor Swift is restless, fed up, and a little too aware of what everyone wants.
    By Craig Jenkins
  18. album review
    Our Sweetheart of the RodeoBeyoncé’s Cowboy Carter chronicles an artist with a voice pliable enough (and a following large enough) to crash whatever scene she pleases.
    By Craig Jenkins
  19. album review
    Justin Timberlake Wants You BackHis new album sticks to a safe, occasionally satisfying script, even when it’s clear he’s lost the plot.
    By Craig Jenkins
  20. album review
    Ariana Grande Is Telling This Story HerselfEternal Sunshine stares directly into the past — and recontextualizes it.
    By Craig Jenkins
  21. album review
    Schoolboy Q Is Following in the Footsteps of GiantsOn Blue Lips, he rummages through decades of Black American history.
    By Craig Jenkins
  22. album review
    What Is Kim Petras Doing?She could have reminded fans why she’s actually worth listening to. Instead, we got Slut Pop Miami.
    By Reanna Cruz
  23. album review
    Boygenius Is Here to Blunt Whatever Life Throws Our WayTheir Grammy-winning debut album is about finding strength in themselves.
    By Craig Jenkins
  24. album review
    We Should Appreciate The Smile While It’s Still HereDropping four projects in 20 months screams “Here for a good time, not a long time.”
    By Craig Jenkins
  25. album review
    Nicki Minaj Locks the GatesPink Friday 2 drips with the irritating realization that running a kingdom means defending its walls.
    By Craig Jenkins
  26. album review
    Peter Gabriel Is Trying to Keep It Togetheri/o is a series of lofty ideas for the future.
    By Craig Jenkins
  27. album review
    André 3000’s Solo Album Is a Breath of Fresh AirNew Blue Sun isn’t the esteemed return to form rap fans hoped for. It’s something more.
    By Craig Jenkins
  28. album review
    PinkPantheress Is Remastering the Y2K AestheticHeaven Knows sounds like lightning striking a 160 GB iPod.
    By Craig Jenkins
  29. close read
    Bad Bunny and Drake Are Making Offers Their Fans Can’t RefuseIn our current climate, it pays to be the villain.
    By Craig Jenkins
  30. album review
    The Rolling Stones Paint It BackwardA new Stones record in 2023 may feel as necessary as a milkman. But they’re doing more than just conjuring ghosts.
    By Leah Greenblatt
  31. album review
    Sufjan Stevens Tours the Garden of HeartbreakHis new album Javelin urges us to embrace life’s beauty while we still can.
    By Craig Jenkins
  32. album review
    Doja Cat Is Fighting Fires of Her Own CreationOn Scarlet, the rapper, singer, and internet terror channels negative comments into some of the best work of her career.
    By Craig Jenkins
  33. album review
    Olivia Rodrigo Would Rather Go Through ItOn Guts, the pop star sidesteps her winning formula.
    By Craig Jenkins
  34. album review
    Burna Boy Sounds Creatively ExhaustedThe Nigerian superstar’s new album was supposed to be a victory lap. But he comes across as bitter and paranoid.
    By Lawrence Burney
  35. album review
    Noname Shakes the TableOn Sundial, the rapper is pushing back against everyone — including herself.
    By Craig Jenkins
  36. album review
    Travis Scott Is Raging Into OblivionOn Utopia, the rapper is too scared to mess with the blueprint.
    By Craig Jenkins
  37. album review
    Blur’s Return Is a Fitting Evolution for a Once-Chaotic BandOn their beautiful, occasionally plodding new album, the Britpop legends embrace stillness.
    By Craig Jenkins
  38. album review
    Kelly Clarkson (Finally) Succumbs to the SpotlightChemistry proves to be the ideal emotional counterpart to her talk show.
    By Emma Madden
  39. album review
    Gunna Is Fed UpIsolation and anger hang over a Gift & a Curse, the rapper’s first album since taking a plea deal in the YSL indictment.
    By Paul Thompson
  40. album review
    Janelle Monáe Lets Go of Her (and Our) AnxietyOn her breezy new album, she abandons perfectionism.
    By Craig Jenkins
  41. album review
    The Foo Fighters Reach for the LightTheir new album isn’t for getting over tragedy. It’s about learning to live beside it.
    By Craig Jenkins
  42. it’s ‘the album’
    Every Album Named ‘The Album,’ RankedWhen self-titled won’t suffice.
    By Zach Schonfeld
  43. album review
    The Ed Sheeran Formula Hits a RoadblockHis grief-stricken new album is personal, messy, and necessary.
    By Craig Jenkins
  44. album review
    The National Are Now a Parody ActThe band have become the very thing their critics accuse them of.
    By James Robins
  45. album review
    Lighten Up and Listen to Everything But the GirlThe duo’s new album eases the pain without sacrificing pleasure.
    By Craig Jenkins
  46. album review
    Metallica Vanquish Their DemonsTheir new album conquers the present by conversing with the past.
    By Craig Jenkins
  47. album review
    Lana Del Rey Has Come to ConfessOn Ocean Blvd, the singer sets her fears on fire.
    By Craig Jenkins
  48. album review
    Miley’s Californication Is CompleteEndless Summer Vacation showcases a more unified and refined version of Cyrus, but is almost too meticulously crafted to soundtrack summers.
    By Craig Jenkins
  49. album review
    Just Give In to the New Gorillaz AlbumDamon Albarn’s earnest, schmaltzy Cracker Island is restless enough to work.
    By Craig Jenkins
  50. album review
    Skrillex Is Reinventing HimselfVibes shift, and the wub man endures.
    By Craig Jenkins
Load More