Grade: B- Drake’s third album, “Nothing Was the Same,” featuring Jay Z, Big Sean and 2 Chainz, was officially released Sept. 24. Although the album was leaked 10 days prior to its official...

Grade: A- Chvrches, the three-piece synth-pop darlings from Scotland, finally presented the world with an official full-length studio album. The band creates a tidal wave of dreamy pop with “The...

Grade: B- While “Intersections” was one of my most anticipated fall records, I have to admit that it took a few spins for me to be all right with Into It. Over It.’s latest effort. After...

Reigning R&B goddess of cool Solange released the music video for “Lovers in the Parking Lot” on Wednesday, bringing one of the smoothest tracks of her “True” EP into the mainstream....

For a while, I was beginning to lose my faith in scary movies. “Insidious: Chapter 2” totally renewed it. The storyline was incredible with lots of twists that were all explained by the end...

When I think of The Roots, I think of its signature sound: traditional band arrangements and rap vocals. On their collaboration with Elvis Costello, ”Wise Up Ghost,” I was treated to something...

Canadian band The Sadies has been genre-bending for almost two decades, and its 16th studio album has splintered country, folk and garage-band rock together in a mesmerizing way. “Internal Sounds,”...

Feel-good synth rockers Grouplove have released their second studio album, “Spreading Rumours.” Already riding the success of the radio hit “Ways To Go,” this album is sure to be...

Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser, better known as MGMT, have released their self-titled third album after three years since the band’s last effort, “Congratulations.” The theme...

Grade: A+ If you like 2 Chainz, you’ll like his new album, “B.O.A.T.S. II: Me Time.” But let’s talk about the 26-page cook book that 2 Chainz has concocted to accompany every track...

It’s a Vin Diesel sci-fi; I didn’t exactly go in with the highest expectations. Still, though, they should have been a little lower. No movie has ever made me as uncomfortable as “Riddick”...

Grade: A Songstress Janelle Monáe’s sophomore album “The Electric Lady” dropped on September 10 to much hype, and Monáe delivered. The album had a variety of featured artists...