On his third album, the UK’s own heartland rocker casts an empathetic eye on modern British life. Even as he shouts at max volume, he sometimes gets lost in the wall of sound.

The singer, songwriter, and onetime frontman of the Impressions went on to serve as a commissioner in Cook County, Illinois ...

Alphonse Pierre’s Off the Dome column covers songs, mixtapes, albums, scenes, snippets, movies, Meek Mill tweets, fashion trends—and anything else that catches his attention. This week, he spends time ...