The group's fourth full-length album is its most dancefloor-friendly to date, though it also works as a headphone listening experience due to the shifting dynamics.
If nostalgia is just pain recalled, repaired, and resold, The Suburbs is its sales manual.
A Storm, A Tree, My Mother's Head feels weightier and more personal than most of Bare's previous work, but that's not to say that he's left his mystic hillbilly wit on the sidelines for these sessions
Dr. John's Night Tripper persona returns to educate, spookinate, and funkinate on Tribal.
Reed has fully absorbed the tight turns of Stax, so much so that Come and Get It! feels a bit like an unearthed relic.
Esperanza Spalding ups her own ante with a diverse, musically sophisticated program on Chamber Music Society.
George Duke's Déjà Vu revisits '70s electric jazz complete with vintage production and instruments.
The songs on Past Time would sound good as the sun is going down over the beach and campfires are being lit.
Justin K. Broadrick comes up with yet another alias, this time for the sake of remixing each track from Jesu's Pale Sketches.
Georgia Warhorse is another soulful, funky, giant step forward for JJ Grey & Mofro.
Kenny Werner's No Beginning No End was born in grief, but reflects only beauty in a marriage of classical music and jazz.
John Mellencamp records live in the studio in mono, and comes up with a winner.
These Memphis natives draw from classic pop of the '60s (Beach Boys, Jan & Dean, Phil Spector) and '90s (Apples in Stereo) to create a magically sweet and tuneful debut.
Combining Wildbirds & Peacedrums' two limited-edition 2010 EPs, Rivers approaches the avant-garde and the sacred.
Marty Stuart's Ghost Train is a wild ride through country music's historic past.
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The alluring Black City is even more out there than Dear's previous avant pop releases, all knotty rhythms with irregular gaits.
This CD/DVD set is the complete Mogwai concert experience, capturing the band's power and delicacy.
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The soundtrack will please die-hard fans of the comic as well as those meeting Scott, Ramona, and Sex Bob-Omb for the first time.
The first solo album from Radiohead's drummer is largely acoustic, designed for a quiet, introspective evening alone.
The sophomore set that introduced the stoner rock crew to a wider audience with some of their earliest hits.
As challenging as it is accessible, Time Incredible lives up to its name.
Dream Attic documents a 13-song set of new material recorded during Thompson's 2010 tour.
Ryan Bingham looks expertly at the personal and collective darkness of the era on Junky Star.
The Chicago quartet's debut album is a noisy but tuneful mash-up of T. Rex, garage rock, and classic punk sounds.
The third chapter in the Budos Band's legacy is easily their most ambitious, but keeps the funk intact.
The Morning Dew transformed themselves into Topeka's answer to the Strawberry Alarm Clock.
Bear Family's 13-disc compilation captures the many divisive facets of the Vietnam War in a way no book, documentary, or movie ever has.
Making over his lo-fi in a high-end studio, Nathan Williams creates a delightful pastiche of skatepunk and psychedelia.