The Canadian roots veteran's solo debut is a remarkable meditation on past traumas that feels more defiant than devastating.
Cleaned-up audio of a fully improvised 1975 concert finds these Krautrock legends restlessly exploring and operating as a singular organism.
Dramatic life changes shaped the journey of growth and acceptance on the producer/multi-instrumentalist's starlit, quietly stunning seventh album.
Another haunting set of poignant character sketches from a songwriter who proves himself among the elite at doing more with less.
A spacy, boundary-pushing third album from the Wayne Shorter-inspired quintet.
A striking balance of vulnerability and creative might from this Toronto-based singer/songwriter.
The final Black Jazz album from Doug and Jean Carn expands the meld of spiritual jazz and soul of their earlier outings.
The tenor and his all-star quintet deliver an exploratory musical tribute to the life, vision, and work of George Washington Carver.
An earthbound celebration of history, nature, and humanity from two writers in their prime.
Wonderfully lush and jangly retro-psych-pop that juxtaposes lush melodies with lyrics that revolve around the horrors of the Vietnam War.
A bewitching mix of soft Latin pop ballads, singer/songwriter tenderness, and sonic adventurism played and sung with understated beauty.
Written while in isolation in Joshua Tree, Kearney's sixth album is rife with a poignant warmth.
The musical polymath adds another style to his growing list of conquests; this time it's proggy psychedelia circa 1969.
The electronic pioneer reflects on three decades with a gorgeous orchestral reimagining of hits and deep cuts.
Namir Blade's urgent, bluntly honest narratives mesh with L'Orange's intoxicating psychedelic blues tracks on this successful collaboration.
Toronto's Madeline Link and band deliver a set of moody, sludgy, under-three-minute earworms for a compelling full-length debut.
The third album from this inventive and angular guitar-pop band reconfigures the influence of flagship indie bands in unexpected ways.
Attractive CD/download-only anthology of the hybridists' novel and expansive recordings for Warp and Rephlex.
On this almost uncategorizable musical milestone, the band and guests move across Black history and create an already present future.
The U.K. band's invigorating debut is an energetic shouting match of new wave, Krautrock, and post-punk.
A rousing, socially conscious 11th album from the Boston ska-punk institution, anchored by the epic, eight-minute all-star anthem "The Final Parade."
The Arizona-based group's cinematic fourth album packs a wealth of ideas into 18 tracks without losing their focus.
A lean, effervescent dose of measured optimism from the Ohio-bred, genre-blurring duo.
The Grapefruit label argues that the '70s began in 1972 on this excellent year-specific anthology of British pop and rock.
Extraordinary Beethoven violin sonatas, animated not only by deep, pandemic-era reflections but by a new edition of the music.
A typically pensive, exquisite seventh album from the composer/fingerstyle guitarist, who atypically turns his gaze outward.