In this week's slate of Rolling Stone reviews, Jody Rosen declares that Rihanna has become "pop's bad-girl-in-chief" on her latest album, Talk That Talk. The disc, which includes her dirtiest songs ever, is also "her tightest, most assured yet – a relentlessly catchy and danceable pop album." Also, Monica Herrera digs the dark side of Yelawolf's Radioactive, Will Hermes praises Mazzy Star's first single in 15 years and Bryant Kitching hails the evocative sexual frustration on Los Campesinos' Hello Sadness.
ALBUMS
Rihanna - Talk That Talk (stream one song)
R.E.M. - Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage (stream one song)
The Rolling Stones - Some Girls: Deluxe Edition (stream one song)
Mary J. Blige - My Life II...The Journey Continues (Act I) (stream one song)
Yelawolf - Radioactive (stream one song)
Lady Gaga - Born This Way - The Remix (stream one song)
Los Campesinos! - Hello Sadness (stream one song)
Angels and Airwaves - Love Part Two (stream one song)
Peggy Sue - Acrobats (stream one song)
Mr. Gnome - Madness in Miniature (stream one song)
Steven Wilson - Grace For Drowning (stream one song)
Greg Ginn and the Royal We - We Are Amused (stream one song)
SONGS
Guided by Voices "The Unsinkable Fats Domino" (stream)
Nada Surf "When I Was Young" (stream)
Far East Movement "Jello" (stream)
Mazzy Star "Common Burn" (stream)
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