Mac Miller - Swimming

Mea culpa.

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Return of the Dream Canteen

The most fun Peps album in a long, long time.

The most embarrassing rock album in recent memory.

A bit of a slog.

Dijon's debut is a bit on the scant side, but still packs a lot of great ideas and performances.

You have to trudge through a lot of middling pop rap to reach USEE4YOURSELF's pockets of emotional potency.

Gorillaz compiles a bunch of damn good singles to make a damn good album.

The Flaming Lips bounce back from a hit-and-miss decade with a lush and ironically sobering concept album.