Dolly Parton, Gender, and Country Music portrays an artist of strength and verve who’s committed to being exactly who she wants to be on her terms, no matter what the traditional paternalistic power structure dictated she should do.
Rina Sawayama's debut EP is 90's tinged R&B/Pop made for our times, music about social media addiction and reality vs Instagram, not to mention a welcome debut from an interesting talent. M Milner reviews.
Jessie Ware's Glasshouse is a classy and clear-eyed ode to building and strengthening her relationship through a series of frank, yet caring love songs.
I would rather have hit singles by Coldplay on the radio over whatever they think counts as music these days. Coldplay can do much better than Kaleidoscope.
Bleachers' Gone Now will turn into a cult classic, a secret for people to discover on their own, which is the best-case scenario for this type of record.