It has been so long since the last Spiritualized. Jason Pierce's beloved dreamy/spacey Brit-rock project has lain dormant ever since the release of 2012's lovely Sweet Heart Sweet Light, with Pierce seemingly only leaving the house to play 20th-anniversary shows. The man certainly has a legacy worth celebrating, but Spiritualized have never rele...

John Lennon would have been 78 this year on 10/9. In the week leading up to the beloved icon’s birthday, Geffen and UMe are debuting John Lennon: Imagine: The Ultimate Collection. This one’s most definitely for the music nerd and Beatlemaniac.

Vanessa Carlton has transitioned from beloved few-hits wonder (shout out to "Ordinary Day") to tasteful cover artist. She covered Robyn's "Call Your Girlfriend" in March to kick off a six-part cover series. Her rendition of Fleetwood Mac's "Dreams" came out in April, followed by Neil Young's "Only Love Can Break Your Heart" and Karen Dalton's&am...

The best part of the trilogy is never the ending. For the past few years, the most famous and beloved couple in the recent history of American popular music have been telling us a story, and it's been a riveting one. Two years ago, Beyoncé gave us Lemonade, an album of starting depth and intimacy…

The Diplomats, or Dipset, were one of the most dominant rap crews in New York in the early- to mid-'00s. They had actual hits, they cranked out mixtapes with dizzying speed, and they were absolutely beloved among internet dorks like me. Then, toward the end of the last decade, they fractured, with the members of…