Charli Xcx released her sixth studio album on June 7. “Brat” comes just two years after “Crash” landed in March 2022. The British pop star has been around more than a decade now, but she hasn’t earned any Grammy noms as a lead artist yet, and she hasn’t won any hardware. Could this finally be her time to shine?
“Brat” has a sky-high MetaCritic score of 92 based on 17 reviews counted as of this writing — every single one of them classified as positive. Among those raving about the album is Poppie Platt (The Telegraph UK), who calls it “a courageous, candid reflection on how dreadful it can feel to constantly be the ‘cool girl,’ the one who laughs off failure, or pretends not to care what the critics think.” Adds Laura Snapes (The Guardian), “Charli’s unbarred feelings of insecurity, bitchiness and obsession are so fiercely well observed that they make...
“Brat” has a sky-high MetaCritic score of 92 based on 17 reviews counted as of this writing — every single one of them classified as positive. Among those raving about the album is Poppie Platt (The Telegraph UK), who calls it “a courageous, candid reflection on how dreadful it can feel to constantly be the ‘cool girl,’ the one who laughs off failure, or pretends not to care what the critics think.” Adds Laura Snapes (The Guardian), “Charli’s unbarred feelings of insecurity, bitchiness and obsession are so fiercely well observed that they make...
- 6/7/2024
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Is Kacey Musgraves‘s new album, “Deeper Well,” a return to form? Her “Golden Hour,” which reveled in wedded bliss, was critically hailed and won the Grammy for Album of the Year. But then her follow-up “Star-Crossed,” which chronicled her divorce, received somewhat less enthusiastic notices and only scored two noms. Now three years later comes her latest studio release, which dropped on March 15. What do music journalists think of this one?
“Deeper Well’s” reviews are currently more in line with “Star-Crossed” than “Golden Hour,” though “Golden Hour” would be a tough bar for any artist to clear. As of this writing “Well” has an impressive score of 79 on MetaCritic based on 11 reviews counted: nine of them positive, two somewhat mixed and none outright negative.
Roisin O’Connor (The Independent UK) is the most effusive, calling “Deeper Well” a “revelation” compared to “the somewhat limp results” of “Star-Crossed.” The album...
“Deeper Well’s” reviews are currently more in line with “Star-Crossed” than “Golden Hour,” though “Golden Hour” would be a tough bar for any artist to clear. As of this writing “Well” has an impressive score of 79 on MetaCritic based on 11 reviews counted: nine of them positive, two somewhat mixed and none outright negative.
Roisin O’Connor (The Independent UK) is the most effusive, calling “Deeper Well” a “revelation” compared to “the somewhat limp results” of “Star-Crossed.” The album...
- 3/19/2024
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Ariana Grande ‘Eternal Sunshine’ reviews: She addresses controversies on ‘honest’ and ‘mature’ album
A new Ariana Grande era has begun with the release of her seventh studio album, “Eternal Sunshine,” on March 8. And it may be one of her best if the reviews are any indication. As of this writing it has earned a MetaCritic score of 83 based on 12 reviews counted thus far: 11 positive and one somewhat mixed, but none outright negative.
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Brittany Spanos (Rolling Stone) is especially effusive, calling the album “some of the most honest and inventive music of her career … It’s a divorce album that goes through all the stages of grief, and the singer navigates a new beginning with some of the most honest and inventive songs of her career so far.” Neil Z. Yeung (AllMusic) adds, “Grande strikes a balance between the warm, lush R&b...
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Brittany Spanos (Rolling Stone) is especially effusive, calling the album “some of the most honest and inventive music of her career … It’s a divorce album that goes through all the stages of grief, and the singer navigates a new beginning with some of the most honest and inventive songs of her career so far.” Neil Z. Yeung (AllMusic) adds, “Grande strikes a balance between the warm, lush R&b...
- 3/12/2024
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Phoenix has shared “Identical,” their first new music since their 2017 album Ti Amo. The track can be heard in the new trailer for the Sofia Coppola film On the Rocks, starring Bill Murray, Rashida Jones and Marlon Wayans. The song will be featured in the film when it premieres in October in theaters and on Apple TV Plus.
“Identical” comes with a simple iPhone-shot video depicting a Phoenix sweatshirt going up in flames. The clip was directed by Roman Coppola, who previously created the band’s videos for “Funky Squaredance,...
“Identical” comes with a simple iPhone-shot video depicting a Phoenix sweatshirt going up in flames. The clip was directed by Roman Coppola, who previously created the band’s videos for “Funky Squaredance,...
- 8/19/2020
- by Claire Shaffer
- Rollingstone.com
As much as Taylor Swift has written about her detractors on songs like “Shake it Off,” “Mean” and “Look What You Made Me Do,” critics have always admired her work, with her albums usually hovering in the 70s on MetaCritic. But that’s nothing compared to “Folklore.” She released the album with only a few hours of prior notice on Friday, July 24, and it’s no surprise that her fans love it, but music journalists think it’s the best of her career too.
As of this writing “Folklore” has a MetaCritic score of 89 based on 20 reviews counted thus far: 19 positive, one somewhat mixed and none outright negative. That’s a full 10 points higher than her previous personal best, “Lover,” which came out only 11 months ago. That also places “Folklore” among the 10 highest rated albums of 2020 to date.
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As of this writing “Folklore” has a MetaCritic score of 89 based on 20 reviews counted thus far: 19 positive, one somewhat mixed and none outright negative. That’s a full 10 points higher than her previous personal best, “Lover,” which came out only 11 months ago. That also places “Folklore” among the 10 highest rated albums of 2020 to date.
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- 7/29/2020
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
The 1975’s Matty Healey has vowed that going forward the band will add an inclusion rider to any festival contract stating they’ll only play if a certain percentage of the other artists on the bill are women or non-binary.
The singer made the claim on Twitter Wednesday after sliding into a conversation about the overwhelmingly male lineups at this year’s Reading and Leeds festivals in England (the 1975 are not set to play either show this year). While Healy praised booking a newly reunited Rage Against the Machine as a headliner,...
The singer made the claim on Twitter Wednesday after sliding into a conversation about the overwhelmingly male lineups at this year’s Reading and Leeds festivals in England (the 1975 are not set to play either show this year). While Healy praised booking a newly reunited Rage Against the Machine as a headliner,...
- 2/12/2020
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
French synth-pop band Phoenix announced a new book, titled Phoenix: Liberté, Égalité, Phoenix! Described as “a superfan’s chronicle of the evolution of a band,” it’s due out October 15th.
Phoenix: Liberté, Égalité, Phoenix! will draw on Phoenix’s personal archive of photographs, notes, lyrics and more, and will be accompanied by an oral history composed from interviews with the band, conducted by and co-written with The Guardian deputy music editor Laura Snapes.
The book coincides with several important anniversaries for the band: the 30th anniversary of when the...
Phoenix: Liberté, Égalité, Phoenix! will draw on Phoenix’s personal archive of photographs, notes, lyrics and more, and will be accompanied by an oral history composed from interviews with the band, conducted by and co-written with The Guardian deputy music editor Laura Snapes.
The book coincides with several important anniversaries for the band: the 30th anniversary of when the...
- 7/19/2019
- by Claire Shaffer
- Rollingstone.com
It’s April, and there are only four months left in this Grammys cycle now that the cutoff date has been moved up to August 31 instead of September 30, and no decisive front-runners have emerged yet. That might have changed with the arrival of Billie Eilish, whose debut studio album “When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?” was released on March 29 to that ideal combination of critical acclaim and chart-topping sales. Could she end up dominating the 2020 awards?
Eilish is a 17-year-old singer-songwriter who has already been working for a few years. She released two EPs and several singles before “Fall Asleep” dropped last month. Four of those singles were certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America and two of them went platinum (“Ocean Eyes” and “Lovely” with Khalid). And “Fall Asleep” gave her her first number-one hit on the Billboard 200 albums chart, while also boosting her...
Eilish is a 17-year-old singer-songwriter who has already been working for a few years. She released two EPs and several singles before “Fall Asleep” dropped last month. Four of those singles were certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America and two of them went platinum (“Ocean Eyes” and “Lovely” with Khalid). And “Fall Asleep” gave her her first number-one hit on the Billboard 200 albums chart, while also boosting her...
- 4/15/2019
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Maren Morris made a big splash in country music with her 2016 album “Hero,” which was her major label debut. Then she followed that with an unlikely hit single, “The Middle,” which crossed her over into electronic dance music with help from Zedd and Grey. So where does her second album, “Girl,” fall on that spectrum between country and crossover pop? And does it live up to the potential of her debut?
“Hero” was named one of the top 10 albums of 2016 by Billboard and Variety, and it was the best country album of the year according to Rolling Stone. “Girl” might not get quite as many year-end citations, but it’s still generally liked by critics. As of this writing it has a MetaCritic score of 68 based on seven reviews — six positive, one mixed. It’s being called “endearing and earnest.” Morris is “stretching out musically” and making her “pop move...
“Hero” was named one of the top 10 albums of 2016 by Billboard and Variety, and it was the best country album of the year according to Rolling Stone. “Girl” might not get quite as many year-end citations, but it’s still generally liked by critics. As of this writing it has a MetaCritic score of 68 based on seven reviews — six positive, one mixed. It’s being called “endearing and earnest.” Morris is “stretching out musically” and making her “pop move...
- 3/13/2019
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
The 1975 scored two 2019 Brit Awards, British Group and the highest honor of Album of the Year for A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships, on Wednesday. Singer Matty Healy said they were “humbled” when winning the latter, but it was during their acceptance speech for British Group where he addressed a current music hot topic in the wake of the Ryan Adams sexual misconduct allegations.
After giving thanks for the award, he quoted The Guardian‘s Laura Snapes, who wrote a riveting essay that addressed pervasive misogyny in the music industry.
After giving thanks for the award, he quoted The Guardian‘s Laura Snapes, who wrote a riveting essay that addressed pervasive misogyny in the music industry.
- 2/21/2019
- by Althea Legaspi
- Rollingstone.com
Dua Lipa, Calvin Harris and the 1975 were big winners at Wednesday night’s Brit Awards, taking home the Best British Single (for Harris and Lipa’s “One Kiss”), Album of the Year (for The 1975’s “Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships”) as well as Best British Group (the 1975).
While the show, livestreamed from London’s O2 Arena, features plenty of non-English talent, the Brits are basically the U.K.’s version of the Grammys, where Little Mix, the 1975, George Ezra and Tom Walker are superstars and Jay and Beyonce and Drake and Ariana are relegated to the “international” categories. The evening featured eye-popping performances from Little Mix, Harris — who was joined by both Sam Smith and Lipa — and not least Hugh Jackman, who opened the show with a “Greatest Showman” bit. There were also comparatively low-key performances from sultry R&B singer Jorja Smith and a duet between Jess Glynne and...
While the show, livestreamed from London’s O2 Arena, features plenty of non-English talent, the Brits are basically the U.K.’s version of the Grammys, where Little Mix, the 1975, George Ezra and Tom Walker are superstars and Jay and Beyonce and Drake and Ariana are relegated to the “international” categories. The evening featured eye-popping performances from Little Mix, Harris — who was joined by both Sam Smith and Lipa — and not least Hugh Jackman, who opened the show with a “Greatest Showman” bit. There were also comparatively low-key performances from sultry R&B singer Jorja Smith and a duet between Jess Glynne and...
- 2/20/2019
- by Jem Aswad
- Variety Film + TV
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