Katherine St. Asaph

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Review: Selena Gomez Is Whoever Pop Needs Her to Be on Revival

On Gomez's new album, she remains a chameleon, but with more impressive results

By Katherine St. Asaph

Review: Adam Lambert's The Original High Is an Actual Pop Album

After two LPs that didn't quite deliver on his potential, Lambert finally finds collaborators who help him draw out his talents

By Katherine St. Asaph

Review: Best Coast Go Full Power Pop on California Nights

All the fuzz and distance of Best Coast’s previous records has been Lemon Pledged into guitar sparkle

By Katherine St. Asaph

Review: Kelly Clarkson's Piece By Piece Is a Victory Lap

Clarkson still has some of the best pipes in pop, but she's using them to hit the same note — over and over again

By Katherine St. Asaph

Listen to Rihanna, Kanye West and Paul McCartney Team Up on 'FourFiveSeconds'

Rihanna and Kanye West trade vocal duties, with Macca on acoustic guitar, on a surprisingly breezy new track

By Katherine St. Asaph

Review: Nicki Minaj Reinvents Herself on Personal The Pinkprint

Minaj's new LP sees her donning many identities at once — and that's a good thing

By Katherine St. Asaph

Review: On Sucker, Charli XCX Outdoes Her Peers

Sucker contains a dressing room’s worth of new styles and a Top 40 playlist’s worth of pop moves

By Katherine St. Asaph

Review: Jessie J's Sweet Talker Leaves a Sour Aftertaste

On the U.S. follow-up to Jessie J's debut Who You Are, she shows off everything except who she is

By Katherine St. Asaph

Review: Weezer Insists That Everything Will Be Alright in the End, and It Is

Weezer heads back to 1994 — with mixed results

By Katherine St. Asaph

MDNGHT Catch a Lovely "Breeze" in New Video: Premiere

Watch the premiere of the U.K. quartet's latest music video

By Katherine St. Asaph

Sofi De La Torre’s ‘Vermillion’ Is Your Gorgeously Gloomy Song of the Summer

Certain lines in pop songs can stop you in your tracks under the right conditions. Sofi de la Torre’s “Vermillion” has one; it might hit best at dusk, outside under an artificial scatter of light:...

By Katherine St. Asaph

Robin Thicke's Paula Gets His Sound Back, Not His Self-Respect

The crooner's concept album about his ex-wife is perfectly pleasant — as long as you don't read the news

By Katherine St. Asaph

A Beginner's Guide to Solange's Music

Solange's oeuvre deserves more attention than it's received since video leaked of her allegedly assaulting her brother-in-law Jay Z

By Katherine St. Asaph

Mariah Carey Ends the Hip-Hop Drought With "Thirsty": Listen

After a few misfires, the diva nails her latest Me. I Am Mariah... The Elusive Chanteuse cut

By Katherine St. Asaph

REVIEW: Michael Jackson's Legacy Gets Honored (Mostly) on Xscape

For the first time in posthumous MJ history, the music can speak for itself

By Katherine St. Asaph

La Roux Synthpops Up Again With "Let Me Down Gently"

It's been five years since La Roux had a surprise hit with "Bulletproof" — and now, they're back with something mellower, which is "like a morose flip of fellow synthpopper Robyn’s 'Call Your Girlfriend'"

By Katherine St. Asaph

N.A.S.A. and Karen O Cover "I Shot the Sheriff": Video Premiere

N.A.S.A. teams up with the Yeah Yeah Yeahs' Karen O for a new take on a well-loved classic

By Katherine St. Asaph

Say Lou Lou Go for the Gold in "Everything We Touch" Video

The electropop duo's lush new single gets a sparkly video treatment

By Katherine St. Asaph

Pharrell Williams Casts a Lot of Non-Marilyns in "Marilyn Monroe" Video: Watch

The singer's latest video has lots of G I R Ls

By Katherine St. Asaph

Rock With Michael Jackson (Again)

The King of Pop gets a new sound

By Katherine St. Asaph
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