Gibbons' third solo album finds him drawing upon his time-tested strengths while adding elements of dusty desert splendor.
We All Break became an octet for its second outing, going ever deeper into its kaleidoscopic exploration of jazz and Haitian music.
The mandolin master's first true solo album combines original songs and covers tied together by a multifaceted look at spirituality.
Shimmering neo-disco jams and laid-back soft rock ballads coalesce into something meaningful and magical in Matthew Urango's hands.
A lovingly crafted blend of low-key, singer-songwriter power pop that falls somewhere between Emitt Rhodes and Elliott Smith.
Defiant and fed up, the genre-blurring alt-rock mainstays deliver their most overtly political statement to date.
Greenslade gets the box treatment from Esoteric/Cherry Red. All four '70s studio outings have been painstakingly remastered from analog sources.
Six years after earning their second Grammy nomination, the Australian avant-soul band delivers a taut and stirring third album.
Superb ensemble work from Faust and Melnikov in this historical-instrument reading of Mozart's mature violin sonatas.
A superb traversal of the technically brutal Ysaÿe sonatas for solo violin, recorded in Ehnes' home.
A bold, compelling release by a young harpsichordist that focuses on two Renaissance conceptions of melancholy.
Subtly dazzling jazz date from the Stones Throw keyboardist/composer following his mostly solitary 2020 solo recordings.
The great Brazilian pianist and composer joins the JID curators in a bright, flowing fusion of jazz-funk, samba, bossa, and Bahian soul.
The Gizz add synth loops and breezy warmth to their tool kit; the result is hooky choruses, helium-light vocals, and songs perfect for a summer afternoon.
A lovely, perfectly balanced performance of these quintets on historical-style instruments.
The formerly shoegaze-leaning quintet dial back their smear of reverb and distortion for a far gentler but equally otherworldly sound.
The producer and singer/songwriter's riveting third album adds bustling textures and plenty of hooks to her taut blend of post-punk and dance.
The indie songwriter's poignant, sometimes-riveting third album looks back on formative events from her teens.
A glorious, burnished example of the mature Goerne voice: a lieder album to treasure.
The Danish pianist pairs his trio with a string quartet on this innovative, beautifully realized amalgam of classical and jazz.
The singer/songwriter and producer navigates a world in flux with brilliantly evocative and frequently moving songs.
Profound and casually approachable, Andrew Choi's fourth album is a joyous explosion of spiritually questioning indie pop.
Definitive overview of an underappreciated U.K. pop group of the 1960s whose fans include David Bowie and Elvis Costello.
The eighth album from this New Haven experimental rock ensemble ornaments rural psychedelia with a rainbow of abrasive guitar tones.
Stunning collection of gently experimental and happily twee chamber pop recorded over a 20-year span by the undersung Japanese collective.