Prince – Timeless: Ten Songs, Five Decades and One Big Question: Who Is This For?
Album Reviews
Prince obsessive Ben Preece dives deep into Timeless, tracing every song back through five decades of Prince history, from 1977 to his final tour in 2016.
Phoebe Bridgers, Ryan Adams, and the Songs That Keep Emotional Receipts
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Annette Geneva unpacks Phoebe Bridgers’ Stranger in the Alps, Ryan Adams, complicated fandom, and the songs that keep emotional receipts long after the people attached to them have changed.
Everybody knows 'Laid'. Far fewer know Laid. We go beyond James’ immortal title track to discover the strange, intimate Brian Eno-produced album hiding behind the hit.
August and Everything After didn't arrive with swagger. It arrived with uncertainty. In this Waxx Lyrical deep dive, we explore the stories, songs and emotional honesty that transformed Counting Crows' debut into one of the defining albums of the 1990s.
Miles Davis — Kind of Blue: The Cool Revolution That Never Ends
Miles Davis assembled a dream team for Kind of Blue—Coltrane, Cannonball, Evans, and more—creating spacious, timeless jazz that still defines modern music.
2025 has delivered a wave of albums that feel urgent, inspired, and impossible to ignore. From fearless debuts to veterans still pushing forward, here’s what we’ve had on repeat. No rankings, no filler—just the records that hit hardest.
