New Reviews for May 17, 2024
Touch & Go
Chicago's math rock titans dish out ten bangers in 28 minutes in a fitting yet unexpected finale to their career.
RCA / Wolf & Rothstein
This revamped version of 3.15.2020 sports a new mix, a shuffled track list, and all the daring and unpredictable brilliance of the original.
Domino
The singer/songwriter returns from a long hiatus with gorgeously weathered songs that explore aging with resolute honesty.
Hail Mary Productions / Virgin
A bright, lively, and fresh spin on classic rock from the actress turned singer.
RCA
Frontman Matt Shultz exorcises personal demons as his band plays an alluring alt-rock pastiche.
Polyvinyl
Set against a move from Georgia to Vermont, the project's shape-shifting 19th studio outing tends to favor its sexier, sassier, funkier proclivities.
Mono Mundo Recordings
Flashes of their retro-pop past and Latin-infused present mix on a great album from these roots country veterans.
Cultco Music / Hollywood
Boosted by orchestral backing, the Rochester indie crew scale back on concept and get creative on yet another addictive set.
In Memoriam
In Memoriam
Editors' Choice for April, 2024
AllMusic Staff Pick
- May 19, 2024
1987
By crystallizing all of the band's influences -- Stones-y rock & roll, pop, funk, contemporary dance-pop -- into a cool, stylish dance/rock hybrid, the Aussies' sixth studio album spawned no less than four Top Ten singles, including their only U.S. number one, "Need You Tonight." Even without the band's MTV-endorsed sense of style, the flawless songcraft is intoxicating, and it's what makes this one of the best mainstream pop albums of the '80s.
