Inspired by the turmoil of the world in the 2010s, the band sounds more impassioned than ever on Lost Songs.
The prolific New Pornographer's third solo outing is as accessible as it is rewarding, and as refreshingly idiosyncratic as it is revealing.
An overdue compilation of 1986-1994 material, including a pair of brilliant non-album singles, from the U.K. duo who developed and perfected dream pop.
Cello virtuoso Alisa Weilerstein and Daniel Barenboim present major works for cello and orchestra by Elgar, Carter, and Bruch.
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Featuring the first Portal game soundtrack and a mini comic, the deluxe edition of Portal 2's score caters to the game's hardcore fans.
A stunning collection of previously unreleased material, ranging from Tin Pan Alley standards to the Randy Newman/Jimmy Webb songbook.
Bat for Lashes' third album is more direct, but retains the air of mystique around Natasha Khan's ethereal music.
After a six year hiatus, Beth Orton returns with the mature, emotionally resonant and musically sophisticated, Sugaring Season.
With Cosmosophy, Blut Aus Nord bring their 777 trilogy to a startling, brilliant climax.
One of Brandy's best albums, Two Eleven is modern R&B through and through, filled with aching ballads and grown slow jams.
After five long years, Mexico's Cafe Tacuba return with El Objeto Antes Llamado Disco, their most ambitious and accessible record yet.
Spare, haunting, and gorgeous, these songs find Wolfe exploring the fragility and versatility of her voice instead of continuing with Apokalypsis' dark dirges.
Converge's eighth studio album further cements the group's reputation as Webster's definition of American hardcore.
Max Richter's recomposition of Vivaldi's Four Seasons is a fresh post-minimalist update on these extremely familiar concertos.
Diamond Rings' quirky synth pop sounds bigger and better than ever on Free Dimensional.
With Sunken Condos, Donald Fagen has released his liveliest -- and best -- record since his 1982 solo debut, The Nightfly.
Until the Quiet Comes, featuring Thundercat, Erykah Badu, and Thom Yorke, is Flying Lotus' most accessible and creative release yet.
Texas guitar whiz Gary Clark Jr. embraces both the past and future of the blues on Blak and Blu, his major-label debut.
This stark, precise set of songs proves that Gudrun Gut is capable of channeling many moods with skill and flair.
This set finds tenor saxophonist Houston Person grooving with Cedar Walton on piano, Ray Drummond on bass, and Lewis Nash on drums.
On this 2012 SACD from Challenge, Jaap van Zweden performs Anton Bruckner's Eighth Symphony in the widely recorded 1890 edition.
Living for a Song is Jamey Johnson's stellar, star-studded tribute to the legendary songwriter Hank Cochran.
Lytle's second solo album expands the musical scope of his first, but keeps things relatively simple and sneakily emotional throughout.
After two decades in the shadows, drummer/producer Karriem Riggins offers Alone Together, a remarkable achievement in magician-MPC interface.
The roots sophomore effort from the husband-and-wife duo features more of their intimate, traditionalist country.
The Compton rapper's much-anticipated official delivers and then some, offering an elevated style of gangster rap along with rock-solid beats.
As emotional as it is precise, Solar Maximum gives Majeure's electro-prog a wider palette of sounds and moods.
The emotionally powerful, darkly beautiful, and troubling yet genuine Don't Be a Stranger is easily Eitzel's strongest solo effort since 2001's The Invisible Man.
Matthew Halls and the Retrospect Ensemble deliver four of Bach's harpsichord concertos with excitement and polished period style.
San Pedro's greatest musical export since Minutemen offers a second album that's as pleasurable as modern pop-R&B gets.
This dreamy debut is a richly layered affair, somewhere between slick '70s radio pop and the twangy wildness of Beachwood Sparks.
On this 2012 release, Minneapolis' leading anarchist underground rapper offers an exciting blast of revolutionary rhymes and infectious beats.
Patricia Petibon brilliantly pulls off an insanely ambitious program of arias and songs, accompanied by La Cetra and conductor Andrea Marcon.
The Scottish indie punk trio's debut is filled with wonderful melodies and innocent fun.
Pierre-Laurent Aimard's 2012 release of Claude Debussy's complete Préludes is a masterpiece of atmospheres, colors, and expressions.
Information Retrieved finds indie duo Pinback easily finding their melodic ways after a five-year break.
Tafelmusik's performance of Handel's Messiah is one of the finest available, thanks to the exceptional rendering in authentic Baroque style.
Taken by Trees' second album is inspired by Hawaii and dub, fully capturing the relaxed and peaceful nature of both.
Talk Normal's second album is a slightly more immediate and much more assured version of their bracing experimental rock.
Tamaryn's second album keeps all the allure of their debut while adding more shape to their seductive dream pop.
Tame Impala return with a spacier, less guitar-heavy vibe on their second album.
Short of getting the box set Good Vibrations, this set presents more of the fascinating Beach Boys recording story than anything else out there.
Despite a shift to muscular new wave and a diversion into chamber agitprop, Sorry to Bother You contains some of the Coup's most focused output.
The finest one-disc Doors live recording available to date, with all of the intensity and mystery that defined this iconic psych blues quartet.
Dark literary lyrics and sophisticated horn arrangements result in some of the most compelling work of an already brilliant discography.
The Sword come back from outer space to take listeners on a metaphysical journey on their fourth album, Apocryphon.
Ten years in the making, Nobody Can Live Forever: The Existential Soul of Tim Maia, was well worth the wait.
Quatro: The Definitive Collection contains four classic chronologically recorded Tito Puente albums from 1955 to 1960 in a deluxe remastered package.
Local Business finds Titus Andronicus frontman Patrick Stickles looking inward on their third collection of highly personal heartland rock.
Toby Keith strips his music down to the basics on the satisfying Hope on the Rocks.
U.S. Girls touch on and best all previous work with this mixed bag of a record, flowing seamlessly from noisy pop to glam rock.
Valery Gergiev and the London Symphony Orchestra play Tchaikovsky's early symphonies with fire and energy on these fantastic-sounding SACDs.
On Born to Sing: No Plan B, an ambitious Van Morrison delivers an elegant, swinging meld of jazz, Celtic R&B, blues, and soul.
Returning to the bolder strokes of 2008's Alopecia, the fifth album from Yoni Wolf and company is their most assured work to date.
Following remixes for Skrillex and Lady Gaga and several singles, Zedd makes his well-crafted album debut with Clarity.