Melanie C Offers a Brilliant Club-Ready Mixtape
Melanie C’s Sweat is brilliant pop music, optimized for both dancefloor and gym. Here, she recognizes she was only ever waging war upon herself.
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Morgan Evans Washes Through Memento Mori
Morgan Evans’ Steel Town is a summery project meant to be played on long evenings and warm days. It takes a humble stance on introspection.
Elbow’s ‘Flying Dream 1’ Soars Quietly
Elbow’s Flying Dream 1 trusts its listeners, asking us to hold a quiet space for the music and let it reveal itself over time.
Genesis Ride Into the Sunset With a Compilation to Cap Their Career
Genesis compilation The Last Domino? The Hits reminds us of a time when rock music, be it progressive, popular, both, or neither, was afraid to stay stagnant.
James’ ‘All the Colours of You’ Is Complex Pop
James’ All the Colours of You shows the band continuing with a more layered and experimental sound. Where you would file this in a record store?
Paved with Good Inventions: Norway’s Anja Garbarek on Her Journey Back to Music with ‘The Road Is Just a Surface’
Just beneath Anja Garbarek's deceptively cool and composed music are the raucous emotions of a fevered storyteller, trying desperately to impart an often startling and vicious truth.