Ken Tucker
K-Pop Band BTS Proves Its Skill And Influence On 'Map Of The Soul: 7'
BTS' new record features songs that vary from grandly dramatic to impishly playful. The album's been a near-instant hit, selling over 2 million copies in its first two hours of release in South Korea.
Best Coast Achieves A New, More Poignant Power On 'Almost Tomorrow'
Singer-songwriter-guitarist Bethany Cosentino opens up about sobriety on a propulsive new album with musical partner Bobb Bruno. Almost Tomorrow is Best Coast's first record in five years.
'Royal Albert Hall' Album Captures Bryan Ferry In All His Contradictory Glory
Best known as the lead singer for Roxy Music, Ferry released two solo albums in the '70s filled with covers. A marvelous new concert album features Ferry performing many of these songs live.
John Moreland Brings Back The Old Fashioned Idea Of The Album With 'LP5'
The Tulsa, Okla.,-based singer-songwriter has a reputation for writing superb sad songs, but his new record shows a wider range of emotions, with novelistic details in the lyrics.
Destroyer Turns Nightmares Into Dreams With The Moody Album, 'Have We Met'
Led by New Pornographers member Dan Bejar, the band takes inspiration from The Twilight Zone and Edgar Allan Poe to evoke a distressed intensity on its new record.