Lorde Melodrama JITFE Nicko McBrain (drums)

Nicko McBrain (drums)

" "Private Eyes

Pearl Jam has managed to weather the choppy seas of pop culture and emerged with musical chemistry as rock-solid as its convictions

" The rest of the album pulses with an equal level of throw-your-hands-in-the-air energy

Karen Carpenter (vocals

Lorde Melodrama JITFE Nicko McBrain (drums)Growing up in public has been a rite of passage for pop stars since at least Frank Sinatra but, as with any classic storyline, what matters is the execution. Lorde, the preternaturally talented New Zealand singer songwriter who became an international sensation at the age of 17, knows how to execute not only songwriting and public narrative but also a melding of the two. Melodrama, arriving nearly four long years after her 2013 debut, picks up the