After 14 years, the supergroup returns with an intense, politically charged set of atmospheric progressive-alternative.
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Among the best albums of the '60s--a haunting masterpiece of latin-tinged, orchestral psych by L.A. bad seeds.
The chamber music of Miezcyslaw Weinberg is a rare find, but what a find his Piano Quintet, Sonatine, and Cello Sonata are.
Brothers Osborne get funky and funny on this assured sophomore set.
This album in Naxos' American Classics series presents a wide sampling of Hovhaness' music, with a close focus on his works for winds.
Midwest power pop heroes broaden their emotional palette with a set that contemplates the peaks and valleys of love.
Electronic musician Jeremy Malvin surpasses the promise of his earlier EPs with his bright, expressive debut full-length.
The Colin Currie Group's recording of Steve Reich's Drumming has several features that were sometimes imperfectly developed on earlier versions.
Irrepressibly fun debut from the Australian party-starting quartet that takes cues from Scissor Sisters and LCD Soundsystem.
The long-awaited follow-up to techno producer Daniel Avery's acclaimed debut is more hazy and abstract, but just as fascinating.
The Doric String Quartet's playing is precise yet deeply expressive in this traversal of Haydn's Six String Quartets, Op. 64.
The free-wheeling Philadelphians turn in a vital and surprisingly focused effort on their Thirty Tigers debut.
The drone rock innovator returns with a superb solo effort that evokes the barren landscapes of a scorched earth.
On her first solo outing, the Albanian-Swiss singer/songwriter delivers 12 songs in nine languages about love, leaving, and loss.
On their rock-solid Sub Pop debut, the five-piece carve their own sound from '90s lo-fi and emo influences.
The Freiburger Barockorchester presents a worthwhile and enjoyable recording of some neglected concertos by Handel.
In his music for viol consort, John Jenkins had a style of his own, and Fretwork catches it in this beautiful recording.
Seventh album from Keith Kenniff's neo-classical solo project Goldmund, blending fragile piano melodies with subtle textural experimentation.
The project's 11th album uses artful minimalism to capture fleeting moments that touch on the eternal.
The Austrian band's arty and kinetic sophomore album mixes electronics, synths, and horns to atmospheric effect.
The Spanish quartet's second album is a tightly focused, stripped-down garage rock album with shiny hooks and a surplus of cheerful attitude.
The Philadelphia quartet's follow-up to 2015's Painted Shut feels a little broader and brighter, without smoothing out their off-kilter sound.
Artful resistance and pop music aren't mutually exclusive on the multihyphenate's first album in five years.
On their first collaborative full-length, newly engaged couple Jean Grae and Quelle Chris reflect on staying normal and sane in today's society.
On his third album in seven months, the Celtic soul man teams with Joey DeFrancesco for a set of jazz standards and redone catalog jams.
The veteran songsmith takes a cunning detour into synth-based sophisti-pop on his 12th record.
On his solo debut, American tenor Karim Sulayman is backed by members of the Cleveland-based historical-performance group Apollo's Fire.
The singer's consistently winning third album hits the sweet spot between imagination and accessibility.
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.
A raging, politically conscious third album from guitarist Marc Ribot's punk and experimental rock trio.
Marin Alsop's recording of Prokofiev's complete Romeo and Juliet is reminiscent of classic recordings by Previn and Ozawa.
Masaaki Suzuki and the Bach Collegium Japan deliver a revelatory performance of Beethoven's late masterpiece, the Missa Solemnis, Op. 123.
Composed as a multimedia performance piece, Mind Over Mirrors' second album as a full band is another stunning suite of cosmic Americana.
State-of-the-art countertenor and soprano Handel performances testify to the new strength of Poland's Baroque scene.
Nikolai Lugansky plays Rachmaninov's 24 Preludes with great flexibility and a feeling for each prelude's distinctive character.
Thirteen elegant, classy ballads compiled from two '90s albums and arranged for jazz quartet/quintet with strings.
Absolutely vital collection of seminal early-'80s post-punk recordings from a band led by future New Zealand indie stalwarts Peter and Graeme Jefferies.
Working with producer Dave Cobb, Old Crow Medicine Show expand their sonic horizons and sharpen their focus.
One can easily imagine these short fan fares being used in composition classes, but they're viscerally fun as well.
The Chicago indie rockers prove their classic rock chops and songwriting mettle on their self-produced debut LP.
Rachel Podger and Brecon Baroque play Vivaldi's Four Seasons with a richness of tone that is surprising for the small size of the ensemble.
The combined brass ensembles of the Royal Academy of Music and the Juilliard School present Gabrieli's antiphonal music with lustrous sound.
A relatively more hopeful, less personal, and just as elegant companion album to 2017's Lemon Cotton Candy Sunset.
Robin Ricciati and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra turn in transparent readings of Brahms' symphonies, with a strong emphasis on historical practices.
The Signum Quartett presents arrangements of Schubert's Lieder and two string quartets side by side, in the manner of the Schubertiade.
Deluxe double-LP reissue collects the scrappy indie rock trio's excellent albums Starduster (1994) and Communist Love Songs (1995).
The second Slug album features Ian Black doing everything himself and crafting another heady set of arty, poppy prog rock.
The band fuses the political and personal on its angriest, and catchiest, album yet.
The trumpeter leads his fusion group the E-Collective in a series of impactful live shows in cities that have suffered tragic deaths from gun violence.
The elegant psych-rockers' fifth LP continues a trajectory toward more lavish arrangements that stay afloat without losing sight of the ocean floor.
Austere and deeply elegant electronic pop with a vintage new wave bent from this Montreal duo.
The Gesualdo Six present a program of English motets from the 16th and 17th centuries, with works by Tallis, Byrd, Gibbons, and others.
The long-running indie pop group shows no signs of slowing here as the band adds synth pop to its already impressive skill set.
Nielson's consistently shifting tone finds creative strength where others might stretch themselves too thin.
Willie Nelson faces mortality and decides the time is ripe to have a good time.
Wrekmeister Harmonies' core duo of J.R. Robinson and Esther Shaw cope with personal tragedies on this haunting, powerful release.
The indie duo's excellent fifth outing is their most vibrant and and aurally dazzling to date.
Excellent collection of rare and unreleased tracks produced by Mike Paradinas during the late '90s.