Benson Boone’s ‘American Heart’ Is a Capitalist Fantasy
Benson Boone’s sophomore album American Heart treads the same ground as his debut: formulaic pop that is hard to ignore.
Benson Boone’s sophomore album American Heart treads the same ground as his debut: formulaic pop that is hard to ignore.
Rife with concept albums in the 1970s, Captain Fantastic is one of the most coherent, and it shows Elton John and Bernie Taupin’s creative relationship.
Marie-Paule Belle has been crafting smart, sweet, and tart pop-rock since 1973. It’s time for her profile to be higher outside her native France.
Maturity requires sacrifice, which, throughout her fourth album, Lorde discovers by separating herself from the person the world sees and often expects.
Following years of tumult, the newly-independent Kesha is ready for Top 40 glory. Her new album excels when she’s doing it on her own terms.
When Detroit’s top-of-the charts the Supremes met Liverpool’s top-of-the-world the Beatles in 1965, the awkward silence was deafening.
The title “I Quit” implies resignation, but throughout the record, Haim eschew a former glossiness and recommit to their signature moody rock sound.
By adopting a new persona, Natalia Lafourcade delves deeper into her folkloric sonic landscape, uncovering new perspectives along the way.
From massive hits to experimental pop compositions, Brian Wilson’s music is always thoughtful, idiosyncratic, and as thrilling today as it was in the 1960s.
I’m left with a new idea of who Addison Rae is, and this idea is way more interesting than how I feel about most of the pop music in those algorithmic playlists.
On the Billboard Hot 100 list, Bruce Springsteen endures the second-place status of silver medal syndrome year after year.
When it comes down to Katy Perry’s concerts, the embattled pop star embraces maturity and manifests “I love you” with a family-friendly extravaganza.