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Album Review: "World Goes Round" by World Goes Round (8/10)
Label: Viper Records Producer: Tommy Vicari In 1989, a supergroup of behind-the-scenes industry vets got together at co-lead vocalist Frank Musker’s Laurel Canyon studio to ... -
Album Review: "Extinction Level Event 2: The Wrath of God" by Busta Rhymes (9/10)
Label: Conglomerate/Empire Producer: Various ELE 2 is Busta Rhymes’ 10th studio album to date and is by far his most puzzling one yet. With over ... -
Album Review: "Point the Flashlight and Walk" by Told Slant (8/10)
Label: Double Double Whammy Producer: Felix Walworth Felix Walworth, aka Told Slant, has shown clear growth on their third full-length release, with complex compositions that ... -
Vinyl Review: Gareth Coker's "Ori and the Will of the Wisps"
Composer Gareth Coker, with whom we spoke in 2018, has teamed with iam8bit for a vinyl release of Ori and the Will of the Wisps. ... -
Album Review: Hot Chelle Rae's "Tangerine"
Kicking off their comeback EP by way of a title track custom-built for radio, HCR sounds like a hip-hop Bee Gees. While the disc's other ... -
Album Review: Bill Curreri's "Hard Road Home"
Though his emergence as an indie powerhouse finds his blend of feisty rockers, mid-tempo pop gems and soulful ballads fitting in the "Americana rock" category, ... -
Album Review: Daylight by Grace Potter (8/10)
If Midnight caused her to consider leaving music, then Daylight is Potter’s wholehearted message to everyone that she’s here to stay. While 2015’s Midnight featured ... -
Album Review: Norman F***ing Rockwell by Lana Del Rey (9/10)
Utilizing guitar riffs, soft piano chords and an overall stripped-down sound, it’s almost as though Del Rey sheds her former, lost self and becomes a ... -
Album Review: Steve Gadd Band by Steve Gadd Band (8/10)
On the Steve Gadd Band’s spirited, hook and improvisation filled, tightly funky then polyrhythmic groove-a-second fourth album, the legendary drummer and his longtime cohorts from ... -
Album Review: Head Over Heels by Chromeo (8/10)
Like most Chromeo’s releases over the past decade, songs from their new Head Over Heels are deeply rooted in Minneapolis funk, dance-pop and nu-disco. Nevertheless, ...
