Tied + Tickled Trio's expansive cast collaborates with jazz drumming legend Billy Hart on a provocative, entrancing set.
On this conceptual album, the P-Funk veteran gives a funky history lesson with guest stars ranging from Ice Cube to Cornel West.
Cold Cave's second record is bigger, sleeker, and more assured-sounding than their excellent debut, but has the same memorable songs and dramatic performances.
Nobody does reverb-drenched neo-psych better than Crystal Stilts in 2011, and their second album is proof of that.
On Cannibal Courtship Dengue Fever erase the line between indie rock and their adopted blend of Cambodian rock, surf, and pop.
Detroit guitarist and funk brother Dennis Coffey's self-titled album is heavy on psychedelic funk and soul played by a stellar cast.
The rapper and producer remains vital on this exciting collection of vicious rhymes and G-funk beats.
Strut issues a definitive compilation of Ghanian bandleader, composer, and hitmaker Ebo Taylor's 1970s and '80s recordings.
Two discs of a lively and energetic Ella, finally released nearly 50 years after a trip to Japan for a series of concerts.
Texas post-rockers Explosions in the Sky get contemplative on their sixth studio album.
Reuniting with Nevermind producer Butch Vig, Dave Grohl leads his Foo Fighters through the blistering Wasting Light, one of the band's best albums.
With Salon des Amateurs, Hauschka's Volker Bertelmann merges post-classical delicacy with the relentless rhythms of house and techno.
Strong debut album that mixes intimate indie-folk ballads with cinematic chamber pop songs.
The band's seventh album is one of its strongest to date, featuring a collaboration with Kelly Price on "Not My Daddy."
On Tomboy, Panda Bear cuts back on the samples, but his music sounds as hypnotic and transporting as ever.
Paul Simon returns to his core songwriting strengths on the wonderfully rich So Beautiful or So What.
Orbison's peak is chronicled on this two-CD/DVD set featuring some of rock & roll's finest singles and a 1965 Dutch TV concert performance.
Sonny and the Sunsets' excellent second album is a good-time romp made up of tracks that sound cribbed from a Wolfman Jack aircheck.
I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive is Steve Earle's first album of all new material in four years, and it's a winner.
The Golden Dogs make a strong comeback from a transitional period with a striking and thoroughly enjoyable album.
Blood Pressures reveals the Kills have more confidence, and more vulnerability, since singer Alison Mosshart's stint with the Dead Weather.
The Raveonettes' fifth album trades guitars for synths and is the duo's darkest, most emotional work to date.
The band's first set of new and original material since 1999, produced by Don Dixon, recalls their glory days of dramatic guitar-powered pop.
Drawing inspiration from séances, witchcraft, murder ballads, and horror movies, Timber Timbre's fourth album captures how scary it can be to fall in -- or out -- of love.
After hitting a real studio for the first time, the band has cleaned up its sound some, letting the excellent songs and melodies take center stage.
Shedding the lo-fi veneer of her debut, tUnE-yArDs' Merrill Garbus comes into her own on this dense, challenging, fascinating set of songs.
With a new drummer, better production, and better, more varied songs, Vivian Girls' third album is their best to date.
