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A Perfect Circle

Eat the Elephant

Pop/Rock

After 14 years, the supergroup returns with an intense, politically charged set of atmospheric progressive-alternative.

- Neil Z. Yeung
Black Stone Cherry

Family Tree

Pop/Rock

The band's sixth long-player delivers a loose but punchy set of crispy Deep South confections that radiate both swagger and soul.

- James Christopher Monger
Ras G / Ras G & the Afrikan Space Program

Stargate Music

Rap, Electronic

Futuristic yet organic experimental hip-hop from Los Angeles beat scene mainstay Ras G.

- Paul Simpson

Shuggie Otis

Inter-Fusion

Pop/Rock, Blues

Forty-four years after his last studio offering, the intrepid guitarist returns with a mostly instrumental set drenched in funk, rock, and blues.

- Thom Jurek
Tess Roby

Beacon

Pop/Rock

Delicately textured arrangements and drifting structures mark a haunting debut on loss and remembrance.

- Marcy Donelson
The National Jazz Trio of Scotland

Standards, Vol. IV

Pop/Rock

Deceptively sparse pop from Bill Wells' misleadingly named project, spotlighting the emotionally direct vocals of Kate Sugden.

- Paul Simpson

Lars Vogt

Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 4

Classical

In the final volume of Lars Vogt's Beethoven concerto cycle, he plays and conducts the Royal Northern Sinfonia in the Second and Fourth Concertos.

- James Manheim
Onyx Brass / John Wilson

Fanfares

Classical

One can easily imagine these short fan fares being used in composition classes, but they're viscerally fun as well.

- James Manheim
Orion Weiss

Presentiment

Classical

Orion Weiss presents piano works written in the 1910s that embody musical systems flying apart while avoiding atonality.

- James Manheim

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The Velvet Underground

The Complete Matrix Tapes

October 30, 2015

Alternative/Indie Rock

Two nights and four sets in the career of one of America's most important rock bands, The Complete Matrix Tapes is an essential document for anyone interested in the Velvet Underground. Remixed and remastered from original tapes of a two-night San Francisco stand in 1969, this captures the band firing on all cylinders and in strong fidelity; it's easily the finest document of how this great band sounded on stage.

- Mark Deming

Disappears

Era

August 27, 2013

Alternative/Indie Rock

The band's first album with drummer Noah Leger, Era ushers in the striking minimalism that defined Disappears' later work, as well as the members' next project, Facs.

- Heather Phares

Josh Rouse On His Slick New Record: “What Do I Have to Lose, Really?”

Wreckless Eric Explores the Cruelty of Time With a Sonic “Panic Attack”

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Song Premiere: Matt Costa, “Time Tricks”

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Song Premiere: Kendra Morris, ‘Virgin” (Featuring DâM FunK)

Wreckless Eric Explores the Cruelty of Time With a Sonic “Panic Attack”

New Classical Reviews

Frankie Cosmos Mastermind Greta Kline Discusses Going Pro With ‘Vessel’

Editors Frontman Tom Smith Discusses Pushing the Band’s Limits With the Dramatic ‘Violence’

Song Premiere and Q&A: Paul Thorn, “What Should I Do”

Song Premiere: Kendra Morris, ‘Virgin” (Featuring DâM FunK)

Wreckless Eric Explores the Cruelty of Time With a Sonic “Panic Attack”

New Classical Reviews

Frankie Cosmos Mastermind Greta Kline Discusses Going Pro With ‘Vessel’

Editors Frontman Tom Smith Discusses Pushing the Band’s Limits With the Dramatic ‘Violence’

Song Premiere and Q&A: Paul Thorn, “What Should I Do”