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The pop phenom wraps stories of sacrifice and surrender with bold confidence on her maximalist debut
Their long-promised collaboration, which is also Badu’s first proper album in 16 years, plays to both of their strengths and delivers exactly what fans have been waiting for
The first music from a surviving Beastie Boy since the death of Adam Yauch, Thank You finds a legend restless to go somewhere new
On the group's first album in more than a decade, the Shakes sound like old friends exploring new sounds
Recorded a week after the death of former bandmate Brent Hinds, the Atlanta metal crew mines their grief for one of their most emotional albums
The Killers frontman does a solid job channeling his Nashville heroes on Thrasher, but the mystery train doesn’t always stay on track
With its looser feel and top-shelf songs, it’s hard to imagine a better record from this band this far down the line than the Gold Album
The Manchester band deliver a debut that proves to be more than worth the hype
The Scottish electronic production duo prove nobody is better at their kind of limpid lullabies
The rising British band’s most musically adventurous album yet delivers rousing highs, even if a few songs struggle to keep pace
It’s business as usual for a band that are comfortingly dependable but due a shake-up
After a six-year break between solo projects, the songwriter returns with Lost Weekend, a spectacular song cycle on love and loss
Ravyn Lenae Breaks Down Boundaries on ‘Blue Island’ — The record points clearly towards the future, one in which the Chicago singer is an obvious leader in pop, R&B, alt-anything, and whatever else she decides to lay claim to
Karol G Feels It All on the Vulnerable ‘No Me Arrepiento de Sentir Tanto’ — The Colombian superstar traces all of the messy phases of heartbreak on her seventh album
Francisca Valenzuela’s ‘Maldita’ Is an Unflinching — and Cathartic — Look at Motherhood — The Chilean-American singer-songwriter goes deep and finds healing on her new album
Shaboozey Thinks Big on ‘The Outlaw Cherie Lee & Other Western Tales’ — The country hitmaker takes a major swing with his new Wild West concept album, and mostly connects
Charli XCX Makes the Most of Her Moment With ‘Music, Fashion, Film’ — Her proper follow-up to Brat is a brilliant, catchy, often very funny look at the machinery of fame
The Strokes’ ‘Reality Awaits’: Reality Bites a Little Too Hard — The veteran band’s latest album is an at times thrilling, often inscrutable, sometimes straight-up bizarre addition to their story
Aaron Lee Tasjan Listens to the Spirit of Todd Snider on ‘Get Over It, Underdog’ — The singer-songwriter — and longtime friend of Snider, who died last year — champions those who perpetually have the deck stacked against them on an inspiring new album
