Fall Out Boy American Beauty/American Psycho (Island – DCD2) Fall Out Boy has morphed from the emo/pop-punk scene of the early 2000s […]

Lykke Li I Never Learn  (Atlantic Records) Lykke Li’s third album, I Never Learn, is as emotional as its title sounds. Twenty-eight-year-old […]

Camera Obscura Desire Lines (4AD) Scottish indie pop band Camera Obscura’s glorious pop sensibilities may have reached their apex on the group’s […]

Demi Lovato Demi (Hollywood Records) I first must say I’ve always liked this artist. She proves the theory of a great “comeback.” […]

Crystal Fighters Cave Rave (Atlantic Records) Crystal Fighters is a sextet from London with an overabundance of happy tunes on their latest […]

Fall Out Boy Save Rock and Roll (Island Records) Fall Out Boy is back with Save Rock and Roll after their four-year […]

Paramore Paramore (Fueled By Ramen) Tennesse pop-punk-rock band Paramore’s self-titled album features 19 tracks including three noteworthy interludes. The acoustic interlude tracks, […]

Ducktails The Flower Lane (Domino Recording Co.) Something about this album strikes me as a collaborative effort, maybe because it appears to […]

Chris Brown Fortune (RCA Records) Chris Brown, St. Louis-based rapper, is back — with his fifth studio album, Fortune. As a companion […]

Zola Jesus Conatus (Sacred Bones Records) It looks promising on paper. Nika Roza Danilova is a young gal trained as an opera […]