The Promise collects 21 unreleased tunes recorded between Born to Run and Darkness on the Edge of Town.
Another set of shimmering, smoky tracks from one of the most interesting and creative jazz-pop singers on the contemporary jazz scene.
The Lady Killer features Green's biggest solo hit amidst a focused batch of hefty soul productions embellished with strings and horns.
Chrisette Michele goes back to writing most of her songs on her mostly upbeat third album, produced entirely by Chuck Harmony.
El DeBarge's first album in 16 years features collaborations with Ron Fair, Mike City, Jam & Lewis, and the Avila Brothers.
Full of killer tunes, Costello doesn't miss a beat on his second studio album for Concord/Hear Music.
Eux Autres' fourth disc, Broken Bow, surpasses the shoegaze of their previous offerings with the addition of more prominent guitars and production, as well as the influences of VU and the Boss on a couple of its songs.
Light of a Vaster Dark is an ambitious, beguiling song cycle about weather and the seasons of life.
Hellogoodbye's second full-length finds the group moving away from novelty-based emo-pop in the direction of classic indie/chamber pop with strings.
Released around the same time as Jay-Z's memoir, Decoded, this disc features most of the MC's biggest hits, along with some deeper cuts.
The sequel to the powerhouse singer/songwriter's Grammy-nominated debut sprawls and stuns in equal measure.
A blissed-out, mostly instrumental album which sounds like a combination of My Bloody Valentine at its most serenely exultant and Loveliescrushing's sonic violence.
Zorn's focused, successful, and inventive tribute to William S. Burrough's and Brion Gysin's influences and contributions to art.
Kanye West's fifth album is an extravagant, complex culmination of his first four, featuring a countless assortment of guest appearances.
Urban's sixth American release is a lean collection of country-rockers and bedroom ballads.
The sequel to the alt-rapper’s debut album explores his dealings with fame and drug addiction.
The L.A. duo's debut album blends disco grooves with an indie pop lyrical perspective to great effect.
Instead of sounding like Stereolab devotees, le Futur Pompiste sound more like their contemporaries on their 2010 sophomore outing; rich and warm, the disc feels familiar and fresh-sounding at the same time.
Eno may be trading on his earlier developments in ambience, but this is a good and proper balance of curiosity and expression.
Swapping gothic pomp for metallic power pop, My Chemical Romance streamline their excesses on Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys, the sequel to their 2006 magnum opus The Black Parade.
Libra Scale is an elaborately conceptual set that can also be heard simply as Ne-Yo's fourth album.
Dirty debutante Nicki Minaj takes the gutsy style of Lil' Kim to another level while still playing to a general audience with pop samples and guest appearances from Kanye and Eminem.
This career-spanning box set gathers up all the influential Scottish pop band's recorded output.
In his return to music after over 20 years of exile, the former June Bride turns in a well-crafted set of spunky, tuneful indie pop for grown-ups.
Port Entropy's creative melodies and playful, sophisticated instrumentation capture the giddiness of being a child during the springtime.
The Best of Suede comprises Bret Anderson's handpicked favorites, most of them from the band's first three albums and their accompanying singles.
The debut EP from U.K. duo Summer Camp shows them to be budding masters of lo-fi electronic pop.
The Good Ones, a trio from Rwanda, are among the country's first artists to have their gently stunning music released outside of Africa.
Reduced to a trio, the Greenhornes tone down their garage rock side but retain their enthusiasm for British R&B in the manner of the Stones, the Pretties, and the Who.
If you think the idea of Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin backed by the Velvet Underground and produced by Liam Watson is a good one, you’re going to love this band and this record.
The Reigning Sound's Greg Cartwright and the Ettes' Coco Hames rock, croon, cajole, and swagger their way through 15 songs that will thrill fans of both artists and fans of garage rock everywhere.
After the Sights' breakup, Eddie Baranek returns with a new lineup to give rock & roll another shot, resulting in some of the strongest and most heartfelt music he's recorded to date
Trembling Blue Stars' seventh album of melancholic autumnal indie pop with electronics is also the band's last.
Twin Shadow's debut puts a dark, and ultimately more promising, spin on chillwave's nostalgic pop.
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Cult favorite sophomore set from the indie rock stalwarts that became an influential emo standard.