Music

Magnetic Fields' mastermind Stephin Merritt knows how to write poppy love ballads, and Realism is no exception.

Feist and a less-anxious Björk come to mind when listening to this solid album.

The mix-masters behind Santigold and M.I.A release Guns Don't Kill People . . . Lazers Do blends reggae inspiration with blatant danceability to keep you movin' and groovin' all night long.

Listening to the debut full-length by London threesome Male Bonding is like trying to have a conversation with someone who's running a marathon–they're huffing along at warp speed and you're all, "Wait! Wait!"

Marianne Faithfull always has her finger on the pulse of who’s cool.

Little Hells is a little bit of heaven for your earbuds.

Kori Gardner and Jason Hammel, the husband-and-wife rockers who make up Mates of State, say the idea behind Crushes was to play some of their favorite songs by other artists as though they had written them.

Brooklyn's favorite power-pop-punk duo does it again.

A must-have for superfans of Rasputina.

Metric's fourth outing offers more than a few surprises.