Review

**Painted Palms** are far from bad at what they do - they might just be too good at it.

Has God Seen My Shadow? shines a brighter light on someone that has all too often skulked in the shadows.

_High Hopes_ is not going to shock anyone, but it is **Bruce Springsteen**'s most vital-sounding set since _The Seeger Sessions_.

The best thing you'll hear in these tempestuous January days, and one that will continue to burn brightly long after the embers of 2014 have burnt...

**Stephen Malkmus** comes out a more wholesome songwriter.

What constitutes feeling their way back for the **Pixies** would be mightily impressive for a lesser band.