Anderson .Paak and Bruno Mars have finally released their debut album as Silk Sonic. Mars has been playing with the idea of funk since 2015’s global hit Uptown Special, as has renaissance musician and rapper .Paak, who experimented with funk sounds on 2018 album Oxnard. In 2017, when the…

Considered by some to be one of the greatest female vocalists of all time, Diana Ross is back with her 25th studio album, Thank You. As the best-known member of the Supremes in the 1960s, Ross got her start in the world of Motown. The Supremes are still the…

Music of the Spheres, the ninth album from Coldplay, is the auditory culmination of years of electronic experimentation. Over the course of about two decades, Coldplay transitioned away from acoustic earthly music and into the world of big-budget production. Five of the 12-track song titles are emojis, reflecting the…

LANY, whose name is an acronym for Los Angeles and New York, wanted a four-letter moniker for aesthetic purposes when it formed in 2014—just not one that unveiled the Nashville natives’ true origins. The coast-obsessed trio (Paul Klein, Les Priest and Jake Clifford Goss) hasn’t had a long career,…

From 2007 to 2021, dream-pop band SAINT MOTEL has been making listeners move and groove to the soothing beats of their soft funk, both in person and on TikTok, where 2014 hit “My Type” went viral last year. While their first album in 2012 didn’t grant them much popularity,…

Marina Diamandis is no stranger to poignant-but-kitschy glam-pop. She’s slowly been popularizing it since 2012 as Marina and the Diamonds. Her second album, Electra Heart, skyrocketed her to cult success. Performing as the album’s titular character, she made intricately orchestrated concept videos to her bubblegum synth-pop songs. Diamandis (she just…

Ashe, “Ashlyn.” Ashe (Ashlyn Rae Willson) has had a pretty eventful last few years. A graduate of the Berklee School of Music, her career formally began in 2015 as one of the many female vocalists who’ve offered their talents to dance music, collaborating with the likes of Louis the Child…

Sarah Dooley, courtesy: James Underwood. Comedian, musician and author Sarah Dooley, a creative powerhouse, might seem like she’s resting comfortably at the top of her game. But even after the release of her second album, Is This Heartbreak? Dooley has never stopped moving, making and re-making herself. “I started writing music…

The Fratellis, after 15 years filled with breakups and makeups, have arrived at their sixth album, Half Drunk Under a Full Moon. Their first album, Costello Music, took the world by storm as “Chelsea Dagger” became a sports anthem. Their next three had mixed results, but the new album is…

The Fratellis, courtesy. The Fratellis, and frontman John Lawler in particular, have had a career of ups and downs. Their rush to stardom almost 15 years ago, followed by their breakup and consequent reunion is the quintessential rock band tale, and one that seems to be heading toward a…