Maura Johnston

Jonas Brothers Are Serious About Having a Good Time on ‘The Album’

Jonas Brothers Are Serious About Having a Good Time on ‘The Album’

Joe, Kevin, and Nick' sixth album has summertime pop sparkle, and some thoughts

May 16, 2023

Ed Sheeran Battles Depression and Wins on ‘Subtract’

He focuses on lyrics and delivery in songs that have a powerful exposed-nerve feel

May 6, 2023

Labrinth Packs a Lifetime of Moods, Feels, and Maxed-Out Drama Into A Half-Hour of Music on ‘Ends & Begins’

Electro-pop artist's third album sounds like he time-traveled here from a much bleaker future, but it works

May 1, 2023

Suga’s New Solo Album Is All About Freedom

It's the BTS member's third release under the name Agust D

April 21, 2023

The ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ Album is Everything A Soundtrack Should Be

Rihanna is the biggest bold-face name but the entire project is musically rich and carefully curated.

November 8, 2022

Imagine Dragons Still Know How to Efficiently Stomp Stadiums Into Rubble

The alt-rock band remains reliably, radioactively enormous on the second installment of their double LP ‘Mercury’

July 6, 2022

Post Malone Expands His Sound as He Looks Inward on ‘Twelve Carat Toothache’

His fourth album is full of big-name cameos, sweeping gestures, and pensive vibes

June 8, 2022

Review: The 1975 Melt Genres and Hearts on ‘A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships’

The UK band’s latest cuts through our social media malaise with some highly emotional songs and a sound that replicates…

December 5, 2018

Amy Winehouse’s ‘Back to Black’: 10 Things You Didn’t Know

How "Rehab" came to be, which song Nas inspired and other behind-the-scenes facts about singer-songwriter's 2006 smash

October 28, 2016

How Pop Stars Killed ‘American Idol’

Show took a different turn after Nicki Minaj and Mariah Carey joined the judges' table

April 8, 2016