Illmatic album articles
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Physical media not dead? Taylor Swift album sells 800,000 vinyl records, the 5th-highest selling album since 1991
Taylor Swift spawned an anomaly in record sales, selling nearly one million vinyl copies of her latest album "The Tortured Poets Department," which was also one of the best-selling albums in over 30 years.The latest drop from Swift had fans in a frenzy to pick up collectible versions of her album across different formats. The singer released nine different iterations on CD, six on vinyl, and even four different styles on cassettes.Fans got their money's worth for the 31-song album, as Swift's...
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Kate Hudson on her "Glorious" album
The music coming from a North Hollywood studio might not be familiar – yet – but you've definitely heard that voice. Recently Kate Hudson was fine-tuning her songs, for her new album, "Glorious." It's a role the singer-songwriter was born to play. Asked how long she's been writing songs, Hudson replied, "Really poorly, my whole life! I guess I wasn't ready for it until now."And why is she "ready for it" now? "Because I just don't care anymore about what people think, probably. It was never...
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Jessica Pratt: Here in the Pitch Album Review
Jessica Pratt's fourth album of hypnagogic folk music hones her mysterious song to its finest point.