This joyful, vibrant album serves as a sonic and thematic counterpoint to The Loneliest Time.
Though it features some rousing dance-pop, the album never quite rises to the promise of its title.
The singer’s debut album is bound to make listeners feel a sense of unpleasant voyeurism.
The album is rooted in anger, but the more melodic passages express it without becoming trapped by it.
The album emphasizes the rapper’s Atlanta heritage by harkening back to both his past and Southern rap.
The music is notably grimmer than the lyrics, but even its lyrical themes return again and again to the subject of isolation.
The rapper and drummer’s music is a modern, often jarring synthesis of hip-hop and jazz.
The Chicago producer turns Footwork’s influences and spins them into something that sounds like a totally new language.
Despite Feist’s talents as a musician, her latest fades too easily into the background.
The album feels more defined by genre than the band’s past work, but the anger running through it is contagious.
The experimental musician’s debut album testifies to the liberating potential of making a racket.
The British rapper embraces a caffeinated punk sound that suggests a cross between Cockney Rejects and Dizzee Rascal.
While the album fits neatly into the indie-pop landscape, its songs don’t rely on repeated hooks, unfurling organically.
The electronic duo’s 10th album feels more like a document of the times than a sci-fi fantasy.
The album blends English folk, American roots music, and shades of trip-hop in ways that are both heady and nebulous.
The garage-punk band skillfully strikes a balance between exuberance and introspection.
The album continues in a classic rock-inspired direction, breaking from the neo-traditional country music that put the singer on the map.
The album suggests a lost ’70s Afrofuturist sci-fi movie score as composed by Alice Coltrane.
The album sounds more like the product of a therapy session than a collection of songs intended for the public.
The album is expertly crafted, but a rougher hewn approach would have better honored its source material.