FLOOD

Great songs, yes, but without Sia’s nervy verve.

Their newest collaboration finds the Londoners building upon their personal relationship and their view of the works they’ve made collectively and singularly.

The former Velvet Underground drummer reflects on the band’s legacy.

Oh well, near-perfection is always a welcome problem.

It would be naïve to accuse Boucher of gleaming up or dumbing down her sound because she moved to sunny LA.

The iconic actor leads us out of Plato’s Cave on his new LP.

All of that shoved into eleven tracks, and somehow Beat Connection manage to avoid being mere pastiche.

Like the passing of Tupac Shakur, Arthur Russell, or Kurt Cobain, the 2006 death of progressive hip-hop producer J Dilla does not seemed to have slowed his output, but, rather, enhanced it.

At 67, rock’s ghouliest hit-maker finds new thrills—or else.

“Teens of Style” might not be new, but it’s definitely fresh now.

While “Depression Cherry”‘s churchy psychedelic pop is breezy and somewhat open (as if stained glass windows were propped for sun and shadow), “Thank Your Lucky Stars” closes the shades and shutters the glass for a mustier, darker vibe.

The rising eighteen-year-old from Oregon is ready for what’s next.

The Isley Brother sits down for a rare interview and tells us about life as a member of one of music’s most famous families.

“Caracal” is a more heatedly soulful and undeniably slower and touchy-feely release that pushes Disclosure into stranger territories with limitless possibilities in the future.

Oh, and Sumner never got better as a lyricist, but he didn’t get worse. Small victory, that.

“Depression Cherry” is ornery and pretty at the same time.

Raging against the dying of the light with the New Jersey band’s new rock opera, “The Most Lamentable Tragedy.”

Touring the Cuisine of the Mediterranean with Bobby Saritsoglou of Philadelphia’s Opa.

No matter who is mixing, though, Souleyman—still in his familiar shades and traditional robes—is the star, and his poignant vocals are as magnetic as his look is unique.

Get ready to get down like it’s 1995 all over again.