Adam Lambert, 'For Your Entertainment' (19 Recordings/RCA)
A debut even Simon Cowell could love.
By Barry Walters 11.19.09 8:33 AM
The success of former American Idol contestants is measured not only by who helps them, but by what material they get and how well they make it their own.
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REVIEW: 'Michael Jackson's This Is It'
The man and his talent shine through in this engaging documentary about his planned final concerts.
By Barry Walters 10.29.09 10:32 AM
Michael Jackson proved time and time again that he was both master and victim of some of popular culture's most serious control issues.
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Massive Attack, 'Splitting the Atom' (Virgin)
Cinematic soul seekers scout nightmare's edge.
By Barry Walters 10.07.09 9:59 AM
Suggesting enormous dread through anxious details, this four-track preview of the Bristol trip-hop collective's long-awaited 2010 album slithers like adelicate monster.
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Basement Jaxx, 'Scars' (Ultra/XL)
Where are their heads at? Thankfully, lost in the stars.
By Barry Walters 10.06.09 12:44 PM
For three studio albums, this London DJ duo asserted their dance-floor eclecticism with a wallop every bit as combustive as it was ornate.
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Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band, 'Between My Head and the Sky' (Chimera)
Levity and love from cross-generational icon.
By Barry Walters 09.23.09 5:22 AM
La Roux, 'La Roux' (Cherrytree)
Ginger U.K. ingénue exhumes '80s-pop past.
By Barry Walters 09.15.09 1:48 PM
