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Foxes in Fiction

Trillium Killer

Pop/Rock

Lush electro-acoustic production and complex songwriting make the third album from this dream pop project a genre standout.

- Fred Thomas
Vagabon

Vagabon

Pop/Rock

Gentle, textured atmospheres and themes of self-reliance characterize the calm, confident follow-up to the volatile Infinite Worlds.

- Marcy Donelson
Homeboy Sandman

Dusty

Rap

The Queens native reunites with producer Mono en Stereo (formerly RTNC) for a set of pointed observations set to ambling jazz and funk grooves.

- Paul Simpson

Jacques Greene

Dawn Chorus

Electronic

The Canadian producer's second album is a set of wistful post-rave reflections.

- Paul Simpson
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There Existed an Addiction to Blood

Rap, Avant-Garde

The experimental rap trio's third Sub Pop full-length is their interpretation of the horrorcore subgenre.

- Paul Simpson
Dead Soft

Big Blue

Pop/Rock

A smartly written, tightly focused, and appealingly heavy sophomore LP from this Vancouver fuzz-pop trio.

- Timothy Monger

Patrick Cowley

Mechanical Fantasy Box

Electronic

Dark Entries unearths more previously unheard experimental recordings from the pioneering disco producer.

- Paul Simpson
Jan Garbarek / The Hilliard Ensemble

Remember Me, My Dear

Classical

The swan song for the durable and still original collaboration between saxophonist Jan Garbarek and the Hilliard Ensemble.

- James Manheim
Garcia Peoples

One Step Behind

Pop/Rock

The third album from the Jersey indie jam band in less than two years is centered around one epic 31-minute exploration.

- Fred Thomas

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Sabina

Toujours

February 18, 2014

Alternative/Indie Rock

Brimming with independent spirit and worldly charm, the former Brazilian Girls frontwoman delivered a wonderful mish-mash of '60s French pop, Latin traditions, and adventurous indie pop on her 2014 debut.

- Timothy Monger

Donald Byrd

Ethiopian Knights

1972

Fusion

Right from the stop-start bass groove that opens "The Emperor," it's immediately clear that Ethiopian Knights is more indebted to funk -- not just funky jazz, but the straight-up James Brown/Sly Stone variety -- than any previous Donald Byrd project. And, like a true funk band, Byrd and his group work the same driving, polyrhythmic grooves over and over, making rhythm the focal point of the music.

- Steve Huey

Kristin Chenoweth and Her Powerhouse Friends Celebrate Women on ‘For the Girls’

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