The pop and the powerful mix well on the rapper's '60s-flavored effort which features a guest appearance from Cee Lo Green.
Their first album in nearly six years, The Way Things Fall is some of Adult.'s most accessible, and satisfying, music.
The second album of collaborations between AM & Shawn Lee finds the duo delving into an ‘80s analog synth and electronic music sounds.
The group's second album is an ultra-catchy chiptune classic built on the manic collision of hacked game consoles and live instruments.
The sophomore album from Scotland's Attic Lights features an infectious mix of melodic '70s-influenced pop.
Bibio's sixth album revisits the pastoral sounds of his pre-Ambivalence Avenue work, delivering some of his loveliest and most organic-sounding music.
These are the Baroque stars of tomorrow here, and everything about this album represents British Baroque performance at its best.
The L.A. electro-pop duo's debut album features many guest vocalists and a melodic neo-disco sound.
The venerable Swedish indie pop duo keep cranking out excellent albums; this is their most musically varied and well produced to date.
Working with producer Valgeir Sigurðsson, CocoRosie deliver some of the duo's most polished and accomplished songs.
The bewitching U.S. debut album from the winner of the 2010 Thelonious Monk jazz vocal competition.
By tapping into the wonder and excitement of the music of the '70s and '80s, the duo deliver one of the finest electronic albums of the 2010s.
The band may have rounded off some of its sharper edges, but it certainly hasn't lost its ability to tear a hole in the sky.
Jenn Wasner (Wye Oak) and Jon Ehrens (Art Department) do modern R&B with love and respect, plus great songs and powerhouse vocals.
New Moodio is the band-financed 1991 version of El Moodio which went unreleased until 2013.
The neo-soul outfit worked with Beck/M83-producer Tony Hoffer to update its vintage R&B aesthetic with a more contemporary sound.
François-Xavier Roth starts his series of Strauss tone poems with two perennial favorites, Ein Heldenleben and Tod und Verklärung.
The husband-wife duo offer a wealth of positive vibes, intricate lyrics, and funky beats on this welcoming effort.
Strange and sumptuous, London's Ghostpoet remains the most aptly named rapper in the game on this excellent sophomore effort.
Packed with raw energy and intensly hooky songs, the Toronto quartet's second album is a stunner.
Saxophonist Josh Redman's first orchestral jazz album is a lush, sophisticated affair that lives up to the best of the genre.
This program is more than the sum of its parts and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra matches Bryan step for step.
Kylesa hit their psychedelic peak on their expansive and melodic sixth album.
After a messy and sometimes overwhelming debut, this second album from Montreal producer Devon Welsh is weightless and minimal.
Continuing his series of Bruckner's symphonies, Marek Janowski presents the Second Symphony in William Carragan's edition of the 1877 version.
Adele's favorite violinist/vocalist makes his creative and accessible full-length debut for Bella Union.
With Kai Campos and rapper King Krule on the mike, Kimbie's excellent sophomore effort has more vocals and more traditional songs.
Following two EPs and work with L.A. Vampires, Maya Bouldry-Morrison's first album is 100% Silk's most emotive and direct house release.
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With Jay-Z, Lana Del Rey, the xx, and others, the Jazz Age meets the iPod Age on Luhrmann's excellent soundtrack.
The best-selling guitarist collaborates with the prolific, free-thinking composer to a stellar -- and yes, accessible -- result.
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With help from Cody and Luther Dickinson and Robert Plant, the artist delivers a poignant collection of songs about life, love, and mortality.
Three classics associated with the Ballets Russes are presented by Philippe Jordan and the Orchestre de L'Opéra National de Paris.
Pistol Annies make a great leap forward on their bruised, beautiful second album Annie Up,
The ninth album by this veteran Georgia songwriter is his most sonically ambitious and among his finest musically and lyrically.
After a six-year gap, this is a memorable and inventive collection of summery pop from the Michigan indie stalwarts.
The London-based, all-female outfit delivers a searing debut album that borrows from and refreshes post-punk in equal measures.
A relaxed and emotive set of mostly instrumental productions from Terrel Wallace, whose hometown of Detroit plays a major role.
This wildly imaginative and muscular set marks the trumpeter's triumphant return to Blue Note.
Titled after "a great Sheffield word" for trinkets, Downie and the Dusts' sixth album together is another hour of bracing techno.
Far from being a slightly updated version of Rachmaninov's sacred music, it's more like a George Crumb interpretation of Russian choral music.
Unhurried, beautifully arranged, and heartbreakingly sincere, the group's fifth album may be its best to date.
The band get introspective on their third album, contemplating maturity and mortality with a light, confident touch.
Just over two dozen highlights from the mighty Cologne label's vast catalog of all-purpose house and techno.
Sony celebrates of the centennial of Le Sacre du printemps by reissuing ten historic recordings from RCA and Columbia.
Shostakovich's Seventh is often interpreted as a heroic symphony, but Petrenko finds layers of more personal expression in the music.
