Lorde’s discography includes Pure Heroine (2013), Melodrama (2017), and Solar Power (2021). While Solar Power leaned into a mellow, sun-drenched aesthetic, Virgin signals a creative reset. “There’s ...

Caroline 2 is an Eton mess in album form. At one point this could’ve been a glorious meringue that would let loose a swirl of violins and twinkling guitars at the slightest crack. Instead, the pieces ...

Featuring Caroline Polachek and steeped in chamber-music gravitas, the Barnett brothers’ fifth studio album is spiky and ...