Celebrity Life
Prince’s ‘Welcome 2 America’: Funkier, Sexier, Superflyier Than Most of His Latter-Day Music
With stronger songs and sharper messages than much of the music he released during his final years, the album should have come out when he was alive
Jack Antonoff Makes His Most Cohesive Album Yet With Bleachers’ ‘Take the Sadness Out of Saturday Night’
The Top 40 super-producer dreams and strives and displays some serious Springsteen worship as he reaches for his unique vision of pop grandeur.
Tainy and Yandel Riff on Reggaeton’s Past and Present on ‘Dynasty’
A veteran rapper and a ubiquitous producer team up for an LP that organically pushes reggaeton forward
Pop Smoke’s ‘Faith’ Dilutes Its Star’s Intensity With Endless Features
The rapper's second posthumous album has some dazzling moments, but ultimately feels like business as usual for an audience whose attention may be elsewhere
The ‘Space Jam: A New Legacy’ Soundtrack Is an Insult to Children
A galaxy of stars comes out to service a manufactured pop moment
Clairo Raises the Stakes on the Adventurous ‘Sling’
Claire Cottrill expands her sound with grace and subtlety on second album
John Mayer Makes Eighties Slickness Seem Weirdly Heartfelt on ‘Sob Rock’
Beneath the self-consciously dated packaging is a warm, classy record.
Vince Staples’ Self-Titled LP Is a Concise Study in Peril and Paranoia
Teaming up with producer Kenny Beats, the Long Beach rapper pilots a shadowy world with forlorn determination
Bobby Gillespie and Jehnny Beth Capture the Awkwardness of Divorce on ‘Utopian Ashes’
With moments of beauty and a few songs that make you want to scream primally, the collaboration never rises to either artist's full potential
Tyler, the Creator Trades Teenage Angst For Mature Introspection on ‘Call Me If You Get Lost’
The rapper’s youthful angst makes way for more mature boasting on his excellent new album
Rauw Alejandro Takes Reggaeton to Bold New Places on ‘Vice Versa’
The Puerto Rican singer's great new album branches out to incorporate pop, drum 'n' bass and other diverse styles.
Mountain Goats Mix Terror and Beauty on ‘Dark in Here’
Recorded just as Covid was taking hold, the band's latest inhabits a shared sense of tragedy