Rosanne Cash | She Remembers Everything: Seven Memorable Points
Some people make too many albums. Rosanne Cash is not one of them. So when Johnny's eldest daughter finally shows up with something new — like her 15th studio...
Bob Dylan | More Blood, More Tracks: 12 Standout Cuts
You can call him moody. You can call him restless. You can call him fickle. You can even call him wreckless. But no matter what you say, you can't...
Marianne Faithfull | Negative Capability: Six Positive Thoughts
1 | There aren't many artists who can still deliver the goods at age 71 — especially when they've been through everything Marianne Faithfull has. But even though she hasn't...
Los Straitjackets | Complete Christmas Songbook
Yes, Los Straitjackets are doing some regifting. But at least they're being up-front about it. Complete Christmas Songbook, the holiday collection from everyone's favourite wrestling-masked surf-rockers, compiles both of...
Peter Bjorn & John | Darker Days
You know things are getting rough when even Peter, Bjorn and John are bummed. After all, these Swedish indie-popsters are the guys who scored their biggest hit on these...
Bob Moses | Battle Lines
Countless electronica duos write good music. Far fewer know how to write good songs. Bob Moses clearly don't have that problem. But there's no big mystery behind it. The...
Ty Segall | Fudge Sandwich
Ty Segall is not wasting time. His or yours. The prolific Los Angeles garage-rocker has been especially productive this year — he's already released five albums, including one with his...
The Monkees | Christmas Party
You don't have to be a Yuletide believer to get into this holiday offering from surviving Monkees Micky Dolenz, Mike Nesmith and Peter Tork. But it would help if...
Nao | Saturn
Everybody can't be a chart-topping pop singer. Nor should they. The music world also needs its share of auteurs, eccentrics, iconoclasts, rule-breakers and free-spirited musical individualists. Which is pretty...
The Struts | Young & Dangerous
You know what they say: There are no coincidences. And when it comes to the timing of this album, they're right. In what can only be described as one...
John Legend | A Legendary Christmas
Goodwill toward men is a fine thing. But honestly, sometimes it's hard to extend that feeling to John Legend. Not that he doesn't deserve it; dude is clearly on...
Robyn | Honey
Life turns a lot of folks hard and bitter. It does not make most people soft and sweet. Good thing Robyn is not like most people. In the eight...
David Crosby | Here If You Listen
"I've been thinking about dying and how to do it well," David Crosby croons with surprising sweetness a few songs into Here If You Listen. Well, fair enough, I...
Cloud Nothings | Last Building Burning
Fast and loud and hard are good. Fast and loud and hard and creative and smart are way better. And better is exactly what you get on Last Building...
Autogramm | What R U Waiting 4?
Musical genres come and go. In fact, some come and go more than once. Anyone who lived through the relentless and brutal ska resurgences of our recent past can...
