On their third album, Tim Perry's exuberant 11-piece spins bright harmonies while tackling the fallout of corporatization and gentrification.
A brush with mortality hasn't dimmed the Virginia native's spirit on his big-hearted, finely crafted sophomore LP.
A surprisingly diverse yet hardly aimless album from the Georgia native, made with early collaborator Eddie Stokes.
On their second LP, the New Englanders vanquish all trendiness in favor of free-flowing, yet widely accessible exploration.
Enlisting Trio Medieval and her Starflowers quintet, the Finnskogen musicologist, composer, and singer delivers songs about the mythological "world tree."
Australian synth-punk revivalists sound tight, wild, and powerful on their outstanding fourth album.
Stellar debut from the Interpol frontman and Wu-Tang leader that meshes so well it sounds like they were meant to be together all along.
The sixth and final volume in Barry Douglas' series of the complete solo piano works of Brahms offers several rarities.
The British trio move away from the tropical jams of their debut and deliver a sophisticated, hypnotically jazzy sophomore album.
Elegant arrangements and songcraft mark the folk-pop stylists' third LP, written in a period of personal loss for leadman Israel Nebeker.
The international quartet's second studio offering adds psychedelic soul, R&B, and gospel to its hard-rocking attack and delivers a winner.
On his eighth LP, the refreshingly renegade songwriter takes on life's messiness and timely sociopolitical topics with a smooth '70s veneer.
For this 2016 Azica release, the Chiara String Quartet plays the six string quartets of Béla Bartók from memory.
California retro-rockers combine '60s sounds and 21st century energy on their excellent third album.
Dan Laurin and Paradiso Musicale perform seven of the flute sonatas of Swedish Baroque composer Johan Helmich Roman.
Infectious, lightly fuzzed pop, brimming with personality, hooks, and some extremely solid studio craft.
Mariss Jansons and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra perform rhapsodies by Chabrier, Gershwin, Enescu, Ravel, and Liszt for this live album.
Stravinsky's 1911 ballet Pétrouchka is played in its original orchestral version with the transcription for piano for four hands.
The second volume of Couperin's Concerts Royaux and Les Nations continues the harpsichord interpretations by Jochewed Schwarz and Emer Buckley.
Debut album of bewitching neo-psych-pop with vintage electronic underpinnings from former Brown Recluse leader.
These remixed 1994 demo sessions offer powerful and convincing evidence of this power trio's creative potential.
Sticking with the more robust, indie rock sound of 2014's Last War, the songwriter's world-weary sixth LP delivers more well-crafted, catchy gems.
Uniquely powerful sacred music that combines the gravity of a somewhat antique style with a personal response to the texts.
A brief, highly potent entry point into the vast, often brilliant discography of experimental Chicago house producer Jamal Moss.
Jenks Miller's longstanding experimental project is a moody, sprawling, haunted, post-psych gem.
A joyfully ambitious cross-pollination of global collaboration under the umbrella of two prominent Mexican DJs and producers.
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Long-awaited official reissue of this psych-folk masterpiece from the cult-heroine vocalist and her producer/arranger husband.
A beguiling collection of aqueous and often elegiac indie folk ballads that seep syrup-slow into your bones.
Outstanding fourth album from the singer/songwriter adds a dash of pop gloss, but still feels as powerful and honest as ever.
The Oakland-based multi-instrumentalist effortlessly combines meditative electronic and acoustic textures on her best work to date.
Mario Venzago leads five different orchestras in his period performances of Bruckner's symphonies in this CPO box set.
On his ECM leader debut, the Norwegian bassist surrounds himself with friends to deliver a set of intimate, smart, expansive compositions.
Pollini's lithe elegance stands in sharp contrast to the big-boned dramatics of Thielemann, and many passages sound totally novel.
The iconic guitarist and a 22-piece chamber orchestra deliver a startling, innovative jazz concept record on love and romance.
Mark O'Connor debuts his family band with a satisfying and beautifully performed set of contemporary bluegrass.
Richard Tognetti leads the Australian Chamber Orchestra in exciting period performances of Mozart's last three symphonies.
The Chicago-based heavy instrumental rock trio go with their instincts on their impressive-as-ever sixth full-length.
The Brooklyn outfit's first album since the departure of singer Deirdre Muro is an uplifting set of heartachingly romantic '80s-style pop and dance music.
Nearly complete career retrospective of one of the best, most exciting bands of the '80s, full of guitar noise, howling vocals, and rock & roll fire.
Grazyna Bacewicz's seven string quartets receive transparent performances from the Silesian Quartet on this 2016 Chandos release.
Collection of non-LP material by a short-lived Baltimore-based post-rock group that included Temporary Residence founder Jeremy DeVine.
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Martin Newell of Cleaners from Venus made this super poppy neo-psych gem with bassist Nelson in 1989. The reissue adds their 1988 cassette.
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Great collection of the Flying Nun stalwarts' early singles and EPs, now with bonus tracks.
Double album of lengthy improvisations from the 30-years-running New Zealand noise-rock legends.
Ramshackle and often mesmerizing, the first collection of new music to be released under the Moles moniker in over 20 years doesn't disappoint.
Another raging album, their 16th, laced as usual with lacerating solos, but now with two drummers and a spot of Krautrock jamming.
The comedian's first HBO standup special offers her unique take -- and pace -- on health ordeals, life on the road, and strange encounters.
Berlioz's ambitious symphony Roméo et Juliette is presented in rich multichannel sound by Valery Gergiev and the London Symphony Orchestra.
Polished production and exciting new directions mark the California indie rock band's third effort as their most exciting and fun album to date.