The Next Day was clearing the table for Bowie, an album that got him working again after a decade away and one that tangled with his long legacy and his more traditional rock sound of recent years.

There's no revelation in Low Cut Connie's pursuit of the margins. The group's more likely to provide acknowledgment and then just jump in.

Given the hiatus that would follow this record – and, now, Bowie’s death – it’s hard not to look for portentous phrasings.

A classic artifact by an artist finding his purpose again in response to a national tragedy.

If you’re new to White, it may be the beginning of a beautiful musical friendship.

Perhaps it was inevitable that Bowie would finally turn pensive and reserved after his 50th birthday

After a series of thematically and sonically holistic projects, Gambino’s latest album is maddeningly inconsistent. Still, there are plenty of great songs and ideas here.

If Slint’s Spiderland is post-rock’s Rosetta Stone, then The For Carnation is its Odyssey.

A fistful of transcendent punk ballads and gothic anthems.

Earthling remains one of his most energetic albums, a collection of straightforward, intense pop that proved he was still eager to create as he entered his fourth decade of recording.