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New Cheap Trick album may be their best in 35 years

Wednesday, 28 June 2017, 16:22 Last update: about 10 years ago

Cheap Trick is way better than all right on "We're All Alright!" - which may be their best in 35 years. With the album title taken from the ending chant on their signature song "Surrender," Cheap...

Glen Campbell takes a goodbye turn on 'Adios'

Tuesday, 27 June 2017, 16:21 Last update: about 10 years ago

There's no way to hear Glen Campbell's farewell album, "Adios," except through the prism of his rapid descent into Alzheimer's. It's syrupy, laced with over-the-top emotion and full of can't-miss...

Charlatans melodic, nostalgic on 'Different Days'

Monday, 26 June 2017, 16:20 Last update: about 10 years ago

There are two parts to The Charlatans' 13th album, "Different Days" - the first with sunny melodies and the other which samples their roots in Manchester's baggy dance scene. Opener "Hey Sunrise"...

What do you mean? Phoenix's insane lyrics mar return

Friday, 23 June 2017, 16:59 Last update: about 10 years ago

There's a point while listening to the new Phoenix album - and everyone will have a different point - when you're bopping along to a perfectly fine wave of synth and you have to stop to ask, "What did...

'It Comes at Night,' a brisk psychological thriller

Friday, 23 June 2017, 16:04 Last update: about 10 years ago

"It Comes at Night " has the title of a horror film and, at times, the mood of one, but it is far too restrained to get the juices of the genre crowd going. That's not an accident or a...

'Transient Lullaby' filled with beautiful harmony

Thursday, 22 June 2017, 16:59 Last update: about 10 years ago

Music in marriage is especially mellifluous these days. Whitehorse, Tennis and Little Silver are among the couples turning quality couplets. And then there's Chris Masterson and his wife, Eleanor...

The struggle is real for Katy Perry

Wednesday, 21 June 2017, 16:58 Last update: about 10 years ago

She once roared. But now, we'll just call it meowing. Katy Perry, one of the top voices in contemporary pop over the last decade, limps into her fourth album with a collection of songs that don't...

Jason Isbell can't stop writing world-class music

Tuesday, 20 June 2017, 16:57 Last update: about 10 years ago

In the hands of an ordinary songwriter, "Anxiety" would be an ordinary song. But when the writer is Jason Isbell, arguably the finest songwriter putting pen to paper these days, the song changes...

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