First Listen: The Cadillac Three, 'Legacy'
For this Nashville-based power trio, it's all about hitting the sweet spot between leanness and brawn, swagger and craft.
Music Reviews
First Listen: Lilly Hiatt, 'Trinity Lane'
In this Nashville songwriter's hands, an examination of the wounds wrought by relationships is an occasion for exacting honesty.
Van Morrison Rides Back Into The Mystic With 'Transformation'
On the first single from Roll With The Punches, Morrison gives us soaring bit of classic roots-soul, and his best outing in recent years.
DOOM And Jay Electronica Debut 'True Lightyears,' Teasing A New KMD Album
Rap's masked villain drops the first single from KMD's third album — and first in 25 years — Crack In Time.
Reissued 'Party Of One' Captures Nick Lowe At His Witty, Melodic Best
Six albums the British songwriter recorded between 1982 and 1990 are being reissued in remastered versions. Critic Ken Tucker singles out Party of One as being among Lowe's finest works.
Converge Announces First Album In Five Years With New Song 'Under Duress'
One of the standard-bearers of extreme metal is back with The Dusk In Us out Nov. 3.
Makthaverskan's 'In My Dreams': A Dreamy, Post-Punk Jump From The Void
The band from Gothenburg, Sweden announces III today, with ten more tracks that swirl dream-pop and post-punk in a gossamer rage and desperation.
Songs We Love: Lee Ann Womack, 'All The Trouble'
One of country music's finest voices returns on The Lonely, The Lonesome & The Gone -- Womack says the record is an intentionally imperfect portrait of East Texas country and blues.
The Bill Evans Trio Plays With Spontaneity And Grace On 'Another Time'
In 1968, jazz pianist Bill Evans led a trio with Jack DeJohnette and Eddie Gomez. They spent five weeks in Europe; a newly unearthed concert recording catches them live in a Dutch radio studio.
Shocking Omissions: Lady Gaga's Extravagantly Human 'The Fame Monster'
The album turned Hollywood decadence and dirt into a campy, scathing and — most importantly — audio-visual extravaganza that continues to influence and inspire.