★★★★★ (Columbia) Wrecking Ball is the most despairing, confrontational and musically turbulent album Bruce Springsteen has ever made. He is angry and accusing in these songs, to the point of exhaustion, with grave reason. The ...
Pink Floyd – The Wall: Immersion Edition (4.5/5) Capitol / EMI There was agreement, at first. In the summer of 1978, Roger Waters, Pink Floyd‘s singer-bassist and primary songwriter, presented the other members with two ...
After 31 years, America’s alternative-rock kings hang up their crown
★★★★ (Nonesuch) Come for the iPad gimmick, stay for the eerie brilliance
After 24 years, the ultimate New Wave hit machine roars back onto the road
With a new guitarist and killer new LP, the Chilis blast back into action
It was an improbable match:Â Lou Reed‘s cutting-monotone voice and explicit stories of desire and despair, lashed to Metallica‘s apocalyptic charge. It is now a perfect fit. In a recent rapid series of sessions at Metallica’s ...
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