By: Ryan Dowd

Above and Beyond convincingly trades in its usual techno dance style for a stripped-down one on Acoustic.

By: John Wiley

Cities Aviv’s debut album Come to Life pays tribute to Kanye West, while exploring new possibilities in the rap genre.

By: Ariana Igneri

Vocal powerhouse Mary J. Blige joins Euro pop duo Disclosure on its second music video for “F For You,” off its Grammy-nominated debut album Settle.

By: John Wiley

Brothers and Sisters by folk artist Damien Jurado is a dicey, poetic work, broadly inaccessible, but rewarding for those open to its strangeness.

By: Magdalena Lachowicz

While Young The Giant’s more radio-friendly sound is appealing on Mind Over Matter, it’s also average and formulaic.

By: Dan Lyle

Despite its strong single ‘Say Something,’ A Great Big World’s Is There Anybody Out There? is predictable and childish in its sound.

By: Ryan Dowd

Eric Church’s video for “Give Me Back My Hometown” is dark and confusing, but unlike the music of his frolicking Florida Georgia Line counterparts, it’s confusing in a lot of the right ways.

R. Kelly’s latest release, Black Panties, lacks variety and depth, with an overly sexual and repetitive track list.

The few songs on Britney Jean that reflect the iconic eras of Spears’ career are not enough to salvage the album.