4/5 Stars Finally, a dance album that the Top 40 DJs can spin to their hearts desires and that will surely be blaring at middle school dances for generations to come.  In Usher’s new album, Looking...

4/5 Stars The cover of There’s No Leaving Now shows a simple blurred picture of a tree, fitting for an album byKristian Mattson, better known by his stage name The Tallest Man on Earth. The band...

Spring has most certainly arrived on campus. The birds are singing, flowers are blooming and people are dressed like it’s 85 degrees, even though the thermostat barely reads 50. But regardless of the...

Jason Pierce is no stranger to the concept of mortality. For a man who nearly died of double pneumonia in 2005 and recently spent months in an experimental pharmaceutical-induced recovery from a degenerative...

With D.C. weather finally settling into warmer temperatures, it could mean only one thing: The Sweetlife Food and Music Festival. Before The Shins hit the festival’s stage on April 28, fans will get...

“The Wave” Miiike Snow // Happy to You 3/5 stars With its latest single, Miike Snow has made up for the stigma associated with Swedish music. “The Wave” makes use of crooning vocals,...

5/5 stars In his newest album, Making Mirrors, Gotye (pronounced go-tee-yay) breaks from the more soul-centric endeavors of his previous music, focusing much more heavily on funk and pop sounds. Gotye,...

Full disclosure: I'm totally out of the loop on music. Exactly what you want to hear from a music reviewer, right? I spent the fall in the Middle East, and when I returned to America it was like waking...

After having been on hiatus more times than Coldplay, Cursive is back with their album I Am Gemini, a follow up to the band's sixth album Mama, I'm Swollen. And since I'm not one to beat around the...

In 2008, Brooklyn-based electronic pop duo Chairlift lived the dream of most indie bands. They released a record, appeared in an iTunes commercial and were signed to a major record label. But instead...

With the release of its third studio album, Bombay Bicycle Club has proven itself as a band that warrants some attention. The album is full of mellow vocals, interesting lyrics and electric guitar-backed...

Posthumous albums are a look back at a musician's career, their achievements and hits, as well as insight to their works in progress, plans for the future and direction as an artist. Following Amy Winehouse's...