Three albums, 1977’s Low and Heroes, followed by Lodger in 1979, remain essential listening not only because the songs range from the instrumentally gothic “Warsawza” to the crowd-pleasing “Heroes,” but also because they anticipate the ’80s, when Bowie would reinvent himself once more as the poperatic singer of “Modern Love” and “Let’s Dance.”
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Pop Psychology Album by Neon Trees Island Records “COME OUT as a wanderer. Come out as a questioner. One day it won’t matter. But it still does.” The…More
Reviews of the book: Autobiography by Morrissey; and the albums: In the Company of Strangers by Hannah & Maggie, and Human by Joseph Eid.
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Reviews of the novel Exception to the Rule, and Lady Gaga’s album Artpop.
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The Diving Board by Elton John Capitol/Mercury Records THOMAS WOLFE was right: you can’t go home again. That’s the sad-but-true wisdom at the heart of “Home Again,” the…More
Closer To The Truth Cher Warner Bros. Records WELL, our über-goddess is at it again. Defying all industry expectations, the Lazarus of pop has a new album, Closer…More
WHETHER you’re a Bowie fan or not, chances are you’ve heard about the sudden return of the Thin White Duke in the form of an album, The Next Day.
MoreReviews of the play Hit the Wall, and the albums OUTlaw and One True Thing.
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EARLIER THIS YEAR, Frank Ocean hit the 55th Grammy Awards like a tsunami. Nominated for six awards, Ocean took home two; and performed a down-tempo love song to a guy named Forrest Gump. …
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Madonna, still the patron saint of scandal, has lost none of her power to piss people off.
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