Alejandro Escovedo Returns To Punk Roots With 'Sonica USA'
Escovedo's upcoming album, due out this fall, is a suite of songs about identity recorded in Italy and the U.S.
Music Reviews
Drake Steps Forward As The Morrissey Of Hip-Hop On 'Scorpion'
Drake explores the quality and variety of his own moodiness on a new double album. Critic Ken Tucker says that Scorpion has staying power — despite the fact that it sometimes feels "too long."
Meek Mill Celebrates Freedom, Calls For Reform On 'Legends Of The Summer' EP
The Philadelphia rapper became a bellwether for criminal justice reform due to his own court case last year. Now, he's putting his platform into his music.
Future's Mixtapes Are Made For The Summer And He Knows It
The Atlanta trendsetter surprises fans with Beast Mode 2, the follow-up to his 2015 mixtape with producer Zaytoven.
First Listen: The Suffers, 'Everything Here'
On the group's second album, Kam Franklin and The Suffers revel in the multidimensional, multicultural possibilities of their take on soul.
First Listen: Deafheaven, 'Ordinary Corrupt Human Love'
On Ordinary Corrupt Human Love, the band's first album in three years, Deafheaven leans more fully than ever before into elements that inspire alternate outrage and obsession.
First Listen: Luluc, 'Sculptor'
The Australian folk duo's follow-up to 2014's wonderful Passerby broadens Luluc's palette and subject matter in rewarding ways.
New Songs That Will Make You Want To Crank The Volume
Rock critic Ken Tucker listens to new songs by My Morning Jacket's Jim James, the Danish band Iceage and George Clinton and Parliament. As each song shows, "there's an art to summoning up chaos."
Gaby Moreno And Van Dyke Parks Address Immigration In New Single
The track is from an upcoming album between the celebrated singer and iconic producer/arranger.
What Is The Song Of The Summer?
From the joint debut of pop's royal couple to a "bro-country" act ceding the mic to a woman's perspective, music insiders give their picks for 2018's song of the summer.