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Ichiko Aoba  Luminescent Creatures

Ichiko Aoba reaches a natural artistic peak by exploring the sea’s depths, seeking glowing signs of universal life and creating her finest work yet Spectrum Culture

Lady Gaga  Mayhem

Lady Gaga sounds as if her creative batteries are running on empty, leaving the star adrift in karaoke limbo A.V. Club

Lady Gaga  Mayhem

It may not be an instant classic, but it's still clear that no one can do it like Gaga All Music

Lady Gaga  Mayhem

It’s chaotic, loud, and more than a little bonkers – but it’s also a blast and a bold reassertion of Gaga’s status as pop’s reigning maximalist Dork

Tate McRae  So Close To What

The project is full of snappy, polished pop-R&B songs that never go too far astray in quality but can be a repetitive experience when considered as a whole Beats Per Minute

Lady Gaga  Mayhem

MAYHEM slightly underdelivers on its promise of soul-searching, grunge, and exploring the depths of the mind, but the old Gaga comes back in bursts of light. If only she were there for the entire runtime Northern Transmissions

Jason Isbell  Foxes in the Snow

This album is another great addition to his growing canon of songs Northern Transmissions

Lady Gaga  Mayhem

Mother Monster’s latest offering is a consistently buoyant confection of ‘80s-inspired disco funk that delivers enough electrifying, club-ready songs to shake off some of its derivative, repetitive tendencies Paste Magazine

Jason Isbell  Foxes in the Snow

With grace, Isbell throws back the curtain on first solo studio album in a decade. It’s roots music at its purest: nothing but the sound of his voice, memories, melodies and guitar, all captured over the course of a five-day wake at Electric Lady Studios in New York Paste Magazine

Divorce  Drive To Goldenhammer

A dynamic, difficult-to-predict listen that gently but deftly rebuts anyone who thinks they already know what Divorce are all about DIY

HotWax  Hot Shock

There’s a real sense of accomplishment that flows through their debut DIY

Lady Gaga  Mayhem

While Gaga has spent the last few cycles and projects winning awards as proof of her legendary talent to everyone, it finally sounds like she has won over the most important person of all: herself Sputnik Music (staff)

Jason Isbell  Foxes in the Snow

It’s as simple as it is beautiful, and serves as a perfect reminder that while I hope Isbell goes back to a more collaborative approach in future endeavors, even on his own the end results can be truly stunning Sputnik Music (staff)

Lady Gaga  Mayhem

She lifts ideas willy-nilly, from Yazoo, from Daft Punk, from Pat Benatar, from Michael Jackson, from Gwen Stefani and, hilariously, from herself The Arts Desk

Architects  The Sky, The Earth And All Between

While the highs here are bigger than on the previous two, it’s a much more inconsistent album that has a lot more lows Sputnik Music (staff)