In 2023 we lost legendary songwriterGordon Lightfoot. He left behind a treasure trove of country-folk classics, several featured on his albumSundown.These songs resonated deeply with teenagers who came of age in the early to mid-1970s — many sang along in their bedrooms and learned to ...
Her third album expands into spiky garage rock, lavish psych-folk, and misty dance-pop, turning toward romantic love as its primary subject. The sounds are more immediate and broadly appealing than ever, but Cheek hasn’t lost her restless ingenuity: The creature put to rest on its Auto-...
the votes are in, the numbers have been crunched and the records have been obsessed over. here, in no particular order, is our comprehensive list of the best albums of 2023.the physical booklet of our top albums & films of the year is available in store for free! what did we get wrong?
a few observations stand out. Namely, that the gap in quality between number 50 and number 1 is actually very small. You can go even further than that. In fact, there are easily 200 other albums released in 2023 that could have arguably competed for the ...
Even when singing about the most common experiences for young people including love, body image, heartbreak and entering adulthood, Eilish’s signature sinister sound is lurking in the background of album standouts “Chihiro,”“The Diner” and “Bittersuite,” turning every aching lyric into ...
She knows she’s “too profound” for those who wrong her, and perhaps that’s because she understands the most foundational fact of emotional survival: strength requires vulnerability.“Nobody gets me,” SZA sings from forbidding heights — and here it is nice to imagine her turning her ...
Her confidence as a producer and songwriter has grown since then, turning out some striking performances. What makes it so thrilling is how she continues challenging the limits of what conventional pop music is capable of doing without sacrificing its undeniable appeal. Her lyrics are self-assured...
this is the most vulnerable McMahon has been on a record. It’s taken Amen Dunes a decade of making music to achieve a real breakthrough, but the strength of his storytelling meansFreedomshould be a real career turning point.“This is your time, their time is done,”a child shouts onIn...
showcase a more robust sound from King Princess and find her turning the keen insights of her writing inwards toward her own faults, joys and mindsets. Her goal for the album, she explained in a statement, is to"give you all some strength...
from a Rollin’ 60s Crip who once strived to become a millionaire drug dealer (per his explanation about “Million While You Young”) to a community activist and entrepreneur with dreams he was turning into reality (“Billion-dollar project, ‘bout to crack the cement/ So what if our invest...