The Brooklyn-based singer/songwriter delivers an intimate, poignant second album, written during a respite from the road.
The third full-length album of '90s-inspired grunge and melodic noise-rock from the British outfit.
Rana delivers an extremely exciting debut and fine versions of these two standards by any measure.
Exciting, inventive album of complex rhythms and vocal samples from the Baltimore electronic musician previously known as Adventure.
The Irish guitarist and his Cosmos deliver his first vocal album, revisiting a wealth of rock & roll influences along the way.
The Hammond B-3 icon makes his Blue Note return with this dynamic soul-jazz showcase.
Even in a catalog noted for its concept albums and sprawling ambition, this two-plus-hour rock opera pushes the band's envelope.
Ekaterina Litvintseva performs Chopin's piano concertos in a live concert with Heribert Beissel and the Klassische Philharmonie Bonn.
Elegant, occasionally eerie, collection of austere art-pop poems.
Grieg Trio makes a case for these works, nicely filling a hole in many Haydn collections.
Expanded reissue of the songwriter's first solo album is a touchstone of countrified soft rock, rivaling his work with the Eagles.
Massive 11-disc collection spanning Episodes I through VI, collecting all the iconic themes and beloved compositions from John Williams' work on the Star Wars series.
Jordi Savall and his Le Concert des Nations touch on some lesser-known Baroque items on the theme of storms.
Deeper and richer second Ghostly International album from crafty synthesist Chester Raj Anand.
Ludovic Morlot and the Seattle Symphony present four of Charles Ives' most significant works on this 2015 release.
This live recording from the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra under Mariss Jansons captures the full weight of this powerful work.
The drummer's debut as a leader for ECM is an exercise in explorative lyricism and improvisational intuition for trio.
Guitarist Miloš Karadaglić's collection of Beatles' songs is strongest when he plays solo or accompanied by just a double bass.
The enigmatic Manchester band returns with an expanded palette for an intense but tuneful sophomore LP produced by Charlie Andrew (Alt-J).
A sumptuous distillation of the myriad styles that the London psych-rockers have been weaving in and out of over the years.
Sarah Lipstate's 2011 full-length was a refinement of her atmospheric guitar-based sound, containing her most melodic material to date.
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The Genesis drummer's first solo effort is a classic divorce album, filled with soft rock delights and bitter anthems.
Produced by Of Montreal's Kevin Barnes, an invigorated rhythm section makes for a sophomore release that feels like a big premiere.
The Randy Rogers Band return to an indie label and deliver their best record in years.
The Glaswegian composer, singer, and songwriter confronts the folk tradition with sparse, fragmented, beguiling, and accessible tunes.
Justin Warfield joins the poet, rapper, and artist on a challenging and compelling concept album.
The band's politically charged, '80s-inspired ninth studio album invokes names like Tears for Fears, Talk Talk, and Peter Gabriel.
In her first record in five years, the mandolin virtuoso reinvents herself as a singer/songwriter with chops intact.
Like 1996's Nearly God, this loose and alluring effort falls somewhere between a proper album and a collaborative side project.
On its first self-recorded album, this 12-piece behemoth has never sounded more relaxed, free, or on fire.
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The Clarinotts play entertaining arrangements of clarinet classics on this debut album from Mercury Classics and DG.
Peerless original singles and rare solo sides from the vocal group that merged studio pop with California hippie culture.
Studio tracks, demos, and live material from a New York band of the '70s who fell into the gap between punk and pop.
Exhaustive trawl through the short history of shoegaze's glory years of 1988 to 1995, with loads of great guitar pop along the way.
Another dose of engrossing cinematic soul from Adrian Younge and his collaborators, including Bilal, Stereolab's Laetitia Sadier, and Raphael Saadiq.
The former Walkmen member delivers a warm, witty second album that is equal parts memoir and meditations on art and mortality.