pop rock

Beabadoobee Is Timeless on ‘This Is How Tomorrow Moves’

Beabadoobee Is Timeless on ‘This Is How Tomorrow Moves’

On her third album, This Is How Tomorrow Moves, Beatrice Laus, also known as beabadoobee, blends folk and rock to create a timeless fantasy world.

Alex Izenberg Makes a Grand Statement with His Exiles

Alex Izenberg Makes a Grand Statement with His Exiles

Alex Izenberg & the Exiles sees the artist take another step in his evolution as a songwriter, and his supporting cast helps him reach that next crest. 

Patti Smith’s “Piss Factory” and “Hey Joe” Remain Prophetic 50 Years On

Patti Smith’s “Piss Factory” and “Hey Joe” Remain Prophetic 50 Years On

Patti Smith’s “Hey Joe” and “Piss Factory” expresses her unremitting fight for freedom: when she went from a factory girl to a poète maudit.

The 20 Best Tom Petty Songs

The 20 Best Tom Petty Songs

Throughout his prolific career, Tom Petty challenged himself to keep things interesting and reinvent things. These are his 20 best songs.

Dr. Dog Find Their Groove on First Album in Six Years

Dr. Dog Find Their Groove on First Album in Six Years

Dr. Dog return with their 11th album, which moves in and out of classic styles. It features their best track to date while proving they are still having fun.

Kasabian Deliver Infectious Grooves on ‘Happenings’

Kasabian Deliver Infectious Grooves on ‘Happenings’

Conceived in a spirit of celebration, Kasabian’s eighth LP is a concise, stadium-friendly set of danceable, infectiousness pop-rock for life’s brighter moments.

LØLØ Brings Genre Agnostic Approach to Heartbreak

LØLØ Brings Genre Agnostic Approach to Heartbreak

LØLØ’s anything-goes approach to rock music and a strong sense of melody make her debut album a winner, even if the lyrical topics get a bit repetitive.

The Killers’ ‘Hot Fuss’ 20 Years On: A Layered Hit That Still Slays

The Killers’ ‘Hot Fuss’ 20 Years On: A Layered Hit That Still Slays

The Killers’ Hot Fuss is made for the hips and heart, not the brains. Their best tunes are eminently digestible, meant to have you vibrating from the first few bars.

Alec Benjamin Hits the Right Note on ’12 Notes’

Alec Benjamin Hits the Right Note on ’12 Notes’

Alec Benjamin writes anthologies, and his fourth album, 12 Notes, is no different. This style of writing suits Benjamin’s propensity for parables.

A Reflective Hauntology: On the 2024 Reissue of Manic Street Preachers’ ‘Lifeblood’

A Reflective Hauntology: On the 2024 Reissue of Manic Street Preachers’ ‘Lifeblood’

Manic Street Preachers’ oeuvre indicates that one can only keep preaching manically if one lets oneself be haunted by the past to show the cracks in capitalist realism.

Dehd Take Yet Another Step Forward on ‘Poetry’

Dehd Take Yet Another Step Forward on ‘Poetry’

Dehd exude a youthful charm that is hard to replicate on Poetry. They are infectious and their sunny melodies and sincerity make their music compelling.

Hana Vu Revels in ‘Romanticism’

Hana Vu Revels in ‘Romanticism’

Romanticism emerges as a whole, as Hana Vu’s space to ask some big questions, though the answers she’s receiving are mostly ambivalent at best.