Almost a year before the COVID-19 outbreak, the release of Titanic Rising foreshadowed themes of irreversible change and doom. But upon further listen, Weyes Blood’s real triumph is her capacity to offer a stern yet considerate critique on humanity’s hand in upending their own home.
Read MoreIn their critically acclaimed first album, Crosses discover a soundscape that collapses the secular and religious border through obscure images of the sacred, seductive synths, and erotic lyricism.
Read MoreHozier’s Wasteland, Baby! reaffirms anxieties of inevitable doom through love, pain, and pure Irish inspiration.
Read MoreThe iconic Kiwi pop star had to start somewhere, and her unapologetically juvenile debut has 20-something-year-old teenagers everywhere mourning their youth with the tenth jubilee of Pure Heroine.
Read MoreNirvana’s third and final album lives on as an anthem for post-teenage sadness 30 years after its release.
Read MoreOn its 10th anniversary, Retired from Sad, New Career in Business and its central themes of self-discovery, maturity, and fear of the unknown are just as relevant as they were a decade ago.
Read MoreFall Out Boy’s first post-hiatus album defines a pivotal moment in their career and remains their most complex release yet.
Read MoreAfter signing with a major record label, Bring Me The Horizon refined their metalcore sound with its fourth album, creating a unique combination of heavy electronic tracks leading to lasting success 10 years after Sempiternal’s release.
Read MoreFrom love songs to solo anthems, Elvis to gay rights, Kacey Musgraves’ award-winning 2018 album proves that then and now, country music is for everyone.
Read MoreSampling camera shutters, bubbling liquids, and crunchy apples, the experimental pop group’s self-titled debut remains an immersive time capsule of twenty-first-century sounds and issues, five years later.
Read MoreLeonard Cohen’s debut album Songs of Leonard Cohen is a wonderful intertwining of his poetic talent and music. 55 years after being released, this album is a reminder of the human longing and desire to love.
Read MoreStevie Wonder may have always been R&B’s great innovator, but his first era-defining album transformed him into something more — an introspective and personal artist.
Read MoreFive years following the release of Taylor Swift’s Reputation, the divisive album remains a milestone in her discography as an experimental effort and a crucial step in the singer’s return to the spotlight from a year-long hiatus.
Read MoreA seamless mix of ferocity and intimacy, Around the Fur marked a shift towards musical maturity not just for Deftones, but for alternative music decades later.
Read MoreSpears’ public downfall muddled its initial reception, Blackout stands as a pioneering electropop classic with much to reveal about the #FreeBritney movement.
Read MoreWith her sixth studio album, The Velvet Rope, global pop sensation Janet Jackson takes an extremely intimate look into the performer's life, with a groundbreaking work in more than just sound.
Read MoreOne of the biggest singer-songwriters of the early 2020s released her first record five years ago, and it’s not as sad a record as one might think.
Read More25 years later, a consensus is growing that Oasis’s third album, Be Here Now, was too harshly criticized on its initial release. Was Be Here Now a good album that was unfairly maligned, or was its criticism well-deserved? Could it have been both?
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