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Those silhouettes on the cover of Big city life? That’s you and me! Smerz’s latest and best album…

For all the emphasis on process, it hasn’t been made very transparent for listeners of the album. (That…

You might have heard, but Britpop’s greatest group returned this year in a blaze of summer-dominating, triumphal glory.…

Suzie True are a fan’s band. Named after a line in a song by 1990s Memphis punks the…

It’s not hard to see why Springsteen saw these sessions as a failure. There is something slightly generic…

It still might be his most successful attempt—“Oblivion” sinks to an absolute nadir as Parker aimlessly spritzes his…

In the summer of 2015, Carly Rae Jepsen was looking to the future: “My desire now,” she told…

Frances is, musically, a builder. Though her first works evoked the early ’70s successes of Joni Mitchell, Nested…

Madonna’s “MDNA.” Bruce Springsteen’s “The Rising.” Mariah Carey’s “Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel.” According to the Recording Industry…

Ronnie Wood and Sir Rod Stewart are “working on” new Faces songs. The Stay with Me group –…

Pop star Jade joined the Hits Radio Breakfast Show team of Fleur East, Will Best and James Barr…

At the One To One concerts, Lennon displayed a certain nervous energy, which pairs well with the sleazeball…

Smerz: Big city life EDITS Album Review