Coming back after a five-year hiatus, the abstract rapper offers his most rewarding effort to date with Skelethon.
Afro Latin Vintage Orchestra's Last Odyssey weds Afro-beat, jazz, funk, descarga, and more into a virtuosic tapestry of deep grooves.
Bernard Haitink and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra present a reserved but moving account of Mahler's Ninth Symphony.
Blur 21 contains expanded two-CD versions of each of their seven albums plus four discs of unreleased rarities and three live DVDs.
A gift for the dub fan, this set features tracks originally recorded between 1978 and 1986, all getting a 2012 remix from Bovell.
These boisterous readings from Rabelais, with music from his time, is so infectious that it should appeal even to listeners who don't speak French.
Eternal Summers' second album is a filled-out, polished-up (but not slick) update of their catchy, hook-filled indie pop.
Major finds the newly shrunken trio merrily avoiding minor keys amidst a maelstrom of metal-infused, full-hearted millennial power pop.
The Odd Future affiliate's descriptive and subtle storytelling hits its highest level on a full-length worthy of complete immersion.
More streamlined and electronic than previous albums, Jared's Lot still captures the sci-fi fever-dream intensity of Gary War's music.
Portland duo creates captivating yet mercurial drone sounds with the uncommon instrumentation of modular synth and bass clarinet.
Balances the cool, Krautrock sheen of Kraftwerk, the glitchy hum of the Books, and the melodious pop stylings of OMD.
This album of folksong from Catalan, Sephardic, Norwegian, and Scottish traditions features sensitive, evocative arrangements and performances by singer and harpist Arianna Savall and colleagues.
JEFF the Brotherhood make the jump to a major label with their super summer album, Hypnotic Nights.
This three-CD set rounds up the four live LPs Jerry Lee recorded for Smash/Mercury in the '60s, including the transcendent Live at the Star Club.
The reggae veteran partners with Rancid frontman Tim Armstrong on this vital return to form.
The former Stereolab frontwoman's second solo album is as passionate and political as it is musically subtle and graceful.
Pianist Lisa Moore delivers persuasive, poetic readings of Dennehy's appealing pieces, one engagingly energetic and one quietly evocative.
Emphasizing their musical interplay rather than individual songs, Unsound is one of the most exciting, eye-opening albums in the Mission of Burma discography.
Fetch evokes early-'70s Herbie Hancock as filtered through Moritz von Oswald Trio's minimal yet open dub-techno base.
Old Crow Medicine Show's fourth studio album, the Ted Hutt-produced Carry Me Back, crackles with more energy than a thrash band on Red Bull.
Working with Satellite producer Howard Benson, P.O.D. deliver a back-to-basics rap, punk rock, and reggae-influenced album.
A triumph of youthful, bipolar tenacity that filters its manic energy through a cosmopolitan prism of pop avenues.
Purity Ring's debut album is full of synth pop that manages to be dark, sparkling, innocent, and knowing at the same time.
Influenced by the films of Scorsese and Tarantino, the Miami rapper triumphs on this lavish, rich, and cinematic effort.
While this is an album of tough and unapologetic rock & roll, it also sounds more mature than River City Tanlines' previous efforts.
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Collecting songs from Rodriguez's two albums plus some rarities, the Searching for Sugar Man soundtrack is a thoughtfully curated celebration of a highly underrated artist.
The former Yura Yura Teikoku frontman pulls off a '70s pop fantasia on his solo debut.
Sofrito: International Soundclash is a collection of vointage and modern dancefloor burners from Trinidad, Colombia, Dominica, Congo, and Cameroon.
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Merge's 2012 reissue of Copper Blue is greatly expanded to a triple-disc set containing the Beaster EP, a live concert, and B-sides.
Everything the great ska revivalists the English Beat recorded -- including Peel Sessions and B-sides -- is boxed up on the five-disc The Complete Beat.
Earnest and heartfelt, Handwritten finds the Gaslight Anthem returning with a sound that finds the perfect blend of grit and grace.
Of Babalon by the Howling Wind is a brilliantly executed black metal concept record based on Aleister Crowley's Thelema System teachings.
Like an actual confession, Twin Shadow's second album is equally bold and vulnerable, mining the romance and drama of '80s pop, rock, and R&B.
Presented by two admirable and authentic U.K. hepcats, this set of retro-rockabilly and lost surf is serious fun.
Country Funk: 1969-1975 focuses on a period where two genres melded with rock and soul and American pop music benefitted.
Numero Group takes a loving look at the Land of Lincoln's power pop history beyond Cheap Trick with this comprehensive collection.
These exquisite, vibrant performances of Medieval chant by the Estonian ensemble Vox Clamantis are sometimes idiosyncratic, but always haunting and fully persuasive.