The Seattle quintet return after a decade away with a sparkling, urgent sophomore set that incorporates arena pop/rock into their original emo sound.
An album of fascinating music and of interest far beyond the circle of Latin American classical music fans.
A vocal showcase for the great bluegrass fiddler, in which she sings polished but satisfying versions of countrypolitan classics.
A gleaming, electro-inflected modern pop production that nevertheless stays true to McMahon's signatures.
Flutist Barbara Kortmann's debut recording on Genuin presents delightful works by Vivaldi, Marais, Handel, J.S. Bach, and C.P.E. Bach.
Fabio Luisi leads the Philharmonia Zürich in an evocative performance of Rimsky-Korsakov's symphonic suite, Scheherazade.
Bernard Haitink conducts the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in his third recording of Mahler's Third Symphony.
David Moore's post-minimalist ensemble, now down to five members, move to 4AD for their excellent third full-length.
The post-Thin Lizzy unit's third studio outing invokes the heyday of late-'70s/early-'80s classic rock without falling victim to nostalgia.
An elegant, deeply felt solo piano album featuring some of Dominguez's most beloved American and Latin American standards.
An engaging, experimental quartet date from the pianist with Chris Speed, Chris Lightcap, and the Bad Plus' Dave King.
The debut album from the alt-sludge supergroup featuring members of the Melvins, At the Drive-In, and Le Butcherettes will eat your face off.
David Longstreth crafts a breakup album all his own, diving deep into electronics as he bares his broken heart to the world.
After a decade away, Guy Blakeslee returns to his solo moniker with expressive, more expansive indie folk-pop and a focus on songcraft.
François-Xavier Roth and the SWR Sinfonieorchester present two contrasting tone poems of Richard Strauss, Symphonia domestica, and Metamorphosen.
The Michigan-based band's fifth album adds a bit more indie pop to their literate and heartfelt folk-rock formula.
The quartet's dreamy shoegaze sound comes together in constantly surprising, always thrilling fashion on their third album.
Isabelle Faust joins the period ensemble Il Giardino Armonico in this historically informed set of Mozart's five violin concertos.
Incorporating new influences and more grandiose arrangements, Grails create some of their most cinematic work yet on their first album since 2011.
The blues-punk eccentric goes bananas on this sprawling LP culled from a series of 2016 EPs.
Ivor Bolton and the Mozarteumorchester Salzburg perform Bruckner's Symphony No. 2 in the original 1872 version.
Featuring production by Blake Mills, the songwriter's solo debut for Sub Pop is a sparse and captivating expression of empowerment.
Bach's works for lute receive vibrant performances by guitarist Johannes Monno, who has wanted to record them since childhood.
U.K. eccentric Julian Cope reclaims his whimsy and melodicism on this pleasing set of drinking songs.
Second delightfully distorted batch of crate-digging finds from the accomplished drummer and producer.
Using microtuned instruments and Turkish horns, the psychedelic explorers stake out new territory in an exciting, inspiring fashion.
Originally released in 1978, the debut album from Laraaji (Edward Larry Gordon) is just as powerful and fascinating as any of his subsequent works.
Leonard Slatkin continues his series of the orchestral music of Maurice Ravel with Daphnis et Chloé and Une barque sur l'océan.
Little Big Town doubles down on Southern Californian soft rock on The Breaker.
The producer's debut album transforms suburban boredom into freewheeling, heartfelt songs that blur the boundaries between R&B, chillwave, and rap.
Mariss Jansons presents two of Richard Strauss' most compelling tone poems, An Alpine Symphony and Death and Transfiguration.
The intense Chicago post-punks' Steve Albini-produced third outing is desperate and cathartic.
A grungy, powerful, and hooky thrill ride of an album anchored by proto-metal guitars and a pounding rhythm section.
This collection of late medieval music of the Ars Nova is performed by Michele Pasotti and La Fonte Musica.
A sophisticated, kinetic, and deeply poetic quartet session from the acclaimed Puerto Rican saxophonist.
Jaime Fennelly's cosmic synth-drone project makes an unexpected but fitting move to Americana label Paradise of Bachelors.
The psych-pop band's second album was recorded on an old eight-track machine, making for a compact but no less impressive sound.
Sarah Lipstate continues to push her otherworldly guitar drone sound in new directions with her eighth solo album as Noveller.
The Texas alt-country veterans sound a bit darker and more contemplative on their 11th studio album, but as engaged as ever.
The New Jersey thrash legends' 18th full-length outing snaps necks with impunity, but it does so with structural inventiveness.
Italian-born bedroom pop auteur Mauro Remiddi's third outing splits the difference between heady chillwave and Scandinavian pop grandeur.
Jumpy and exciting retro '80s synth rock, delivered with newfound power and lots of hooks.
A warmly delivered set of solo jazz and classical guitar from the virtuoso performer.
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Fifth studio album from the fiery pedal steel player is another potent exercise in soul, funk, and gospel that raises the roof.
Former Toy Soldiers frontman reinvents himself as a scrappy, literate garage-punk troubadour with this album.
Two pioneers of U.K. bass music culture team up for their second full-length, a truly remarkable album of tense, heavy, futuristic dub.
Ben Chasny returns to more traditional song structures on this pastoral folk-based LP.
Myer rightly makes these into concert works, not showboat nostalgia; this is an essential item for ragtime collections.
The ageless New Zealanders sound as good and jangly as ever, even after being in a band together since 1982.
The fuzzed-out Vancouver trio delivers a melodic win on its Flying Nun debut.
Rip-roaring collection of punk nuggets and power pop gems from this forgotten late-'70s Australian band.
The Pennsylvanian punks deepen their self-ruminations on their big-hearted fifth LP.
The Nashville trio's third album is a crazy quilt of sounds and styles all filtered through their psychedelic pop sensibilities.
The tenth album from celebrated Canadian indie roots rockers is full of mystery, drama, and great guitar work.
Exiled from their Saharan home, the Tuareg guitar seekers deliver an album full of tension and beauty.
Tobias Feldmann's Polychrome explores the palette of sonorities and techniques in three contrasting violin sonatas by Ravel, Prokofiev, and Strauss.
This is a very fine Glass recording, beautifully engineered.
Yuri Serov leads the St. Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra in orchestral and vocal works by Shostakovich protege Boris Tishchenko.
Adam Fischer launches a Mahler cycle with the Düsseldorf Symphony, delivering a compelling performance of the Symphony No. 7.