The veteran Southern California sludge rockers' seventh studio outing is a viscera-stained, eight-track calling card with incredibly sharp edges.
A set of stimulating originals, all co-written by the New Orleans legend, produced by retro-R&B specialist Eric Krasno.
Balsom deepens her art with a coherent program even as she plays music that could be characterized as light.
The effect here is different from albums devoted to Handel's soprano and countertenor repertoire; a fresh, careful performance.
On his second solo date, the poet and his ensemble use the spectrum of Caribbean rhythm and bridge it to jazz-funk, Afro-beat, and soul.
On its fourth album, the Canadian jazz group greatly expands its sound with new influences and several guest artists.
Suspenseful, soundtrack-like music that seamlessly integrates electronic with unconventional acoustic instruments.
The Seattle-based duo may be broadcasting from metal's outer limits, but these post-rock anthems dressed up in stoner metal might are engaging and sonically demanding.
Thirteen years after their breakthrough debut, Billy Talent are hungrier than ever on their fifth album, Afraid of Heights.
A powerful live document from one of the Icelandic singer/songwriter's most uncompromising, emotional eras.
Both a return to form and an enjoyable maturation, the pop-punk godfathers return with a new guitarist on their best effort in 15 years.
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This tenth anniversary edition a second disc called Forbidden Songs that adds nine unreleased tracks from the original sessions.
The former Fat Eyes member and producer makes an exciting solo debut with Sizzla, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Beres Hammond, and many others.
The guitarist and his quartet extrapolate on the blues and vintage R&B on this set cut live in the studio.
Christoph von Dohnányi and the Philharmonia present an uptempo performance of Schubert's Symphony No. 9, "The Great."
The mysterious and groundbreaking producer offers a stunning official debut with help from A$AP Rocky, Lil B, and Samuel T. Herring.
The 2015 revision of Stravinsky's Le Sacre du printemps receives its premiere recording from David Bernard and the Park Avenue Chamber Orchestra.
The English video game/speed/neo-classical power metal enthusiasts' first ever "best of" is pure might and magic.
Chamber works by the French Baroque composer Jean-Féry Rebel are performed in period style by Eco dell'Anima.
Love is the theme of Ensemble Meridiana's album of works by Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, Jean-Fery Rebel, and Michel Corrette.
On their first outing in five years, the family duo offer their most musically expansive, exotic, and accessible set to date.
The Canadian electro-acoustic composer/vocalist expands his already distinctive, powerful sound on his FatCat Records debut.
The Virginia quintet delivers a 71-minute behemoth of intense, devastating heavy music as darkly beautiful as it is ambitious.
Matt Haimovitz's Schubert program combines the Arpeggione Sonata with the String Quintet, two important works for cellists.
The manchild dance-pop specialist's biggest singles, 2009-2015, conveniently gathered.
The music of Per Nørgård is perhaps best experienced through his symphonies; this release is especially recommended.
Joshua Weilerstein's debut recording for MDG Gold is an extraordinary presentation of three neoclassical works by Igor Stravinsky.
The former Young People singer's solo debut is a stunning blend of old and new, and sophistication and emotion.
The saxophonist heads his ensemble on songs that combine aggressive post-bop improvisation and subtly infectious dance rhythms.
The Glasgow-born graphic designer's second album for Planet Mu is a bright, cheerful haze of ethereal rave nostalgia.
Fourth, and best, album of sweet-and-smart classic songcraft from the Nilsson-loving New Zealander.
Collection of raw, blues-centric rock from this band's first decade, with Brenn Beck on drums. Includes six unreleased tracks.
Stravinsky's Petrushka and Debussy's La boite à joujoux are compared in this 2016 album by Ludovic Morlot and the Seattle Symphony.
Mariss Jansons and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra deliver a fairly cosmopolitan reading of Rachmaninov's Symphony No. 2.
These 1960 radio broadcasts give abundant evidence of why those in the know spotted the young Argerich.
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Lush, spacious score to a 1968 French silent film, composed by two longtime fixtures of the Philadelphia music scene.
Seven years after the preceding release -- 20 years after the debut -- the Grammy winner delivers relatively raw yet sculpted modern soul.
The London native's sophomore LP is a dark and graceful expansion outward from his retro-soul roots.
The founding Weather Report bassist and his sextet offer a bracing homage with variations of tunes recorded during and after his tenure with the group.
This has the look of a career-making recording from Benedetti, putting her up against difficult repertory.
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Award-winning soundtrack to a documentary about a nuclear power plant, composed by influential Finnish electronic duo Pan Sonic.
Easygoing set of deep R&B from the occasional studio collaborators.
The pride of Athens, Georgia on-stage in 1983; despite flawed audio, a powerful and joyous performance.
Quatuor Diotima presents the complete works for string quartet of Arnold Schoenberg, Alban Berg, and Anton Webern.
William Lawes' complete pieces for solo lyra viol are performed with drama and expressivity by Richard Boothby.
The Royal Scottish National Orchestra celebrates 125 years of music-making with this double CD from Chandos.
Slinky accordion and jazz-like percussion in a project that's fun and sexy, sure, but also bracing and novel.
The reggae singer, songwriter, and producer is joined by Rick Ross, Waka Flocka, Wyclef, Rakim, and many others on this stunning LP.
The Ottawa garage punks' fifth album is their first recorded in Montreal; it's also their most diverse and impressive to date.
The California outfit successfully balances urgent dance-rock, spiritual balladry, and hip-hop-influenced grooves on their tenth album.
The Swedish indie rockers' fourth LP was recorded live in a one-room studio with little rehearsing, and hits like a long-forgotten memory.
All of the Philly soul group's major work for Philly Groove and Bell, 1968-1972, compiled in a sharply packaged two-disc set.
This live set captures the gloriously scuzzy garage-psych band in full, wildly energetic flight as they run through a set of 2010s-released songs.
Thomas Dausgaard and the Seattle Symphony present Mahler's Tenth in the published completion by musicologist Deryck Cooke.
Bummed-out teens with guitars share their angst on this fine collection of '60s garage rock rarities.
A companion piece to the band's power pop masterpiece Teenage Symphonies to God, featuring demos and live tracks.
A wonderful tribute from one great artist to another who inspired him, beautifully recorded.
The sophomore full-length by this Swedish duo is more balanced and diverse than its predecessor, and pays homage to (nearly) the entire history of metal.