First Listen: Cody ChesnuTT, 'My Love Divine Degree'
A studio session with Kanye led to a new album that finds the soul eccentric extending his fatherly compassion, and a helping of funk, to the world at large.
Music Reviews
Songs We Love: The Darcys, 'Arizona Hwy'
The Toronto duo's '80s-inspired summer jam gets the road-trip music video it deserves.
The Holy Circle's 'Hearts Called' Is A Gothic Prayer
The Holy Circle makes dark synth-pop that's velvet to the touch, and a sonic saw blade to the core.
Harry Styles And Dan Auerbach Strive For Authenticity On 2 New Solo Albums
Rock critic Ken Tucker reviews Styles' self-titled solo album, as well as Waiting on a Song, by Auerbach of The Black Keys. Tucker says the new albums "meet in a middle-ground of forced humility."
Songs We Love: Katie Ellen, 'Lucy Stone'
Chumped's Anika Pyle and Dan Frelly are back with a new band that's more pop than punk and a song named for a 19th-century abolitionist and suffragist.
Paramore's 'After Laughter' Is Something New, Built From Pieces Of The Past
The fifth album by the one-time pop-punk champions ditches the four-letter qualifier to embrace a classic '80s pop sound. But there's still anxiety beneath the gloss.
ICYMI: On His Solo Debut, 'Fantasmas,' Zavala Is A Messenger Of Relief
The Chicago producer ventures into instrumental electronic music that evokes both his home city and the openness of nature.
Songs We Love: The Crossing, 'The White Wind'
The Crossing, a new music choir from Philadelphia, communes with nature in John Luther Adams' "holy" ode to the wind, the skies and birds.
Songs We Love: Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit, 'If We Were Vampires'
Wedding songs are hard, but marriage songs are harder. In this one, Isbell confronts reality, the downsides of shared days and the resilience that helps a couple overcome them.
Everybody Is Freaking Out To David Nance's New Dance Move, The 'Negative Boogie'
This is spastic dance music for rock 'n' roll deviants, a mad dogpile of shredded Pere Ubu nerves and a little bit of Sonny Sharrock skronk-punk.