Saba's 'FEW GOOD THINGS' is an exercise in honing perspective
On his lushly produced third studio album, the Chicago rapper cycles through deep breaths amidst uncertainty and psyches himself up with much-needed reassurance.
Music Reviews
Connie Smith shines as an interpreter of heartbreak on 2 new releases
No woman in the history of country has cried as eloquently as Smith has. The album title, The Cry from the Heart, is the answer she's given over the years when asked to define country music.
Mitski's 'Laurel Hell' confronts the wild complexity of feeling
We're all feeling too much. Mitski's music can help. On her sixth album, she embraces dramatic emotions — and even in the depths of inner dysregulation, her clarity is remarkable.
On 'Pompeii,' Cate Le Bon makes meaning from the opulent and absurd
The Welsh songwriter's deeply romantic sixth record draws on Dionysian imagery, letting the listener figure out what she's thinking through the twists and turns of her wonderfully oblique songwriting.
Amber Mark's 'Three Dimensions Deep' turns grief into undeniable beauty
On her debut album, Amber Mark turns to the cosmos for answers.
'Barn' is Neil Young's best album in quite a while
Young has long been a nature writer, composing pastorals about the environment. Barn finds him composing lyrical hymns to the earth and sky, or raging against destruction on the horizon.
On 'CAPRISONGS,' FKA twigs vibrates at her highest frequency
The artist's community-oriented mixtape is a milestone of personal and professional transformation.
Review: 'Caprisongs,' the latest from FKA twigs
Pop singer FKA Twigs released new music on Friday, a mixtape called Caprisongs.
On 'Dawn FM,' The Weeknd is both suffering and saved
On his new album, The Weeknd lets us consider whether we would like to age into the shape of our fears or the shape of our most heroic dreams.
Jazz trio Artifacts gets to the point quickly, and sticks to it, on a new album
Flute player Nicole Mitchell, cellist Tomeka Reid and drummer Mike Reed all came up on Chicago's new jazz scene about 20 years ago. Now they revisit their roots on ... and then there's this.