Ishmael Butler’s latest transforms a lifetime of flyness into a moral code, then puts it on trial.
There are certainly pleasures to be found on the album, but the singer himself seems to get lost.
The singer gets serious with his craft at one of the nation’s most renowned concert venues.
From Madonna to Nirvana to Beyoncé, we picked our favorite MTV VMA performances.
The album presents an unfettered picture of life not as we wish it to be, but as it actually is.
The video is all sanded-down edges, soft focus, and Hollywood ending.
The singer’s set featured cameos by Sabrina Carpenter, Charli XCX, Sombr, and more.
The new songs add little of consequence to a project that already had little to say.
The album asks what independence is worth when it starts to look like crushing loneliness.
The album’s abrupt shifts in genre and tone never allow you to settle in.
“Party” channels the voice of McKellen, the Queen of Pop’s music, and the spirit of Lady Gaga.
The album reminds us that great music takes you on a trip to someplace you never knew existed.
The singer appeared alongside host Mariska Hargitay in ‘Law & Order: SVU’ sketch.
Beck’s return to folk-rock is frequently beautiful, even as it produces diminishing returns.
A kaleidoscopic dance album that admits it doesn’t have all the answers.
The album is the singer’s most adventurous to date, even if the results are a little unwieldy.
The release brings a previously unfinished chapter of the No Burden era into the present.
