Album Reviews Archive

While Rob Zombie keeps himself busy working on films– and just being Rob Zombie– it’s easy to forget how much he has to offer the world of music, but this is an artist who is still very much relevant. It’s nice, then, to get a new album from him– oh, wait, these are all re-releases?

By the end of the opening track it’s clear that Neil Young & Crazy Horse came to recording Americana from the purest perspective: that of just wanting to hang out and play some music. Every song on the album has the sound of a jam session among old friends, down to its live and raw

The Zac Brown Band has a reputation for putting out simple, polished country music, and for doing a bit of genre hopping in their own rather controlled way. They have had tremendous success with this formula, and are credited with helping to advance country music as a whole. Which strikes me as odd, because the

When Matisyahu posted a photo on Twitter showing his beardless face while he was working on Spark Seeker, his fans freaked out a bit at the thought that he might be distancing himself from Judaism. He quickly reassured them that this wasn’t the case, but that as he explored his religion he found himself too

I remember reading about Flo Rida many years ago when he was an up-and-comer, profiled in numerous big-name magazines, which foretold his near certain rise to the pinnacle of his craft within the next week or two. It has been many years since then, and while Flo has certainly left a mark–and had a big

Eric Benét has long held firm to his vintage R&B style, but he has said that his latest record is a very contemporary offering, which should be a great thing because this kind of music has certainly seen a lot of advancement over the last twenty years or so and it’s high time that Benét

Fiona Apple albums come few and far between, and each appears to have its own growing pains– though we’re judging by a small sample size; she has released just four albums in total. It seems as if the process of releasing an album is a painful and labored one for Apple, even though the act