Juliana Hatfield is in for nothing short of a gory time on her newest album, Blood. Even the cover, a drawn woman diving with her arms splayed wide as blood spews from her butchered elbows, shows how the veteran rocker took this theme and ran with it. Where 2017’s Pussycat…

Say It Like You Feel It, the fifth album by Cash Cash, is a smokey, dry-ice-filled breath of fresh air. In the “ooh baby” genre and filled with “dance feels like love” metaphors, Cash Cash brings out real emotion and some poignant honesty. The multiplatinum New Jersey dance-pop trio…

In an expansive career that dates back to the early ’90s, Myles Kennedy has become a workhorse of modern rock. He’s done just about everything over that time, from fronting bands like Alter Bridge or The Conspirators (along with Slash!) or lending his voice to other bands and artists…

Less than a year after releasing his last solo album, On Sunset, Paul Weller is back with a follow-up. The former frontman for the legendary band The Jam once again arrives like an impeccably dressed guest at the soiree on Fat Pop (Volume 1). More than mere Britishness, Weller’s…

Americans, we like our heroes, heroines, alive with tragedy. A vicarious struggle pulls out our individualized triumphalism. The blessing is also the gift, as we like to say. Yet in truth, as St. Vincent sings on Daddy’s Home, casualties mount along the way. Daddy’s Home St. Vincent Loma Vista…

It may take a couple songs to appreciate The Black Keys’ new record, Delta Kream, a tribute to the Mississippi Hill Country blues influences they wrangled a couple decades ago to become household names in roots rock. Delta Kream The Black Keys Easy Eye Sound/Nonesuch, May 14 6/10 It seems…

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 and Whethan.…

Certain musical experiences can mimic religious ones. Sometimes, when we curl up somewhere soft and listen to beautiful music, life itself can begin to seem magical. Something about the way the sounds bloom between our ears and our minds lifts us out of the ordinary and into a transcendent…

On “Anywhere Away From Here,” from Life By Misadventure, the newest release from English musician Rag’n’Bone Man, a light piano accompanies Rory Charles Graham’s strong baritone voice, in perfect complement to guest vocalist P!nk’s raspy and melodic singing. The duo comes together like yin and yang, as the piano plays. While the…

Old-school country music continues to find a way. Veteran Travis Tritt has returned to the scene with his first original studio album in over 10 years. Set In Stone is an ode to the classics as his soulful twang pours over 11 new tracks of heartfelt love songs, upbeat…