The indie crooner premieres synths and a five-piece backing band on parts of LP four, which follows the emotional stages of an ill-fated relationship.
Solid East-meets-Midwest hip-hop collaboration between Brooklyn MC Skyzoo and Detroit beatmaker Apollo Brown.
Gathering their first two albums plus singles and rarities, this collection makes fascinating connections between the band's past and present.
On his best-produced album in years, the 83-year-old blues, soul, and funk wildman cuts the mustard and then some.
The third Bon Iver album is a fractured, electronically altered future folk album that's beautiful and strange at once.
This satisfying release expands our understanding of a composer thought to be a lesser light of the Franco-Flemish style.
This digitally remastered two-fer from Hungaroton offers historic recordings Béla Bartók made between 1920 and 1945.
The exuberant variety of treatments perhaps reflects what audiences in Purcell's own time would have heard.
The Chiaroscuro Quartet pushes the music's sharp contrast forward in this recording; a trifle unorthodox, but done with great sensitivity.
Strong second album of scrappy, but still melodic, jangle pop from the Australian trio.
Tetzlaff and Vogt have outdone themselves with this carefully considered and highly original version of the Brahms sonatas.
The Los Angeles-based noise-rap trio's astonishing second album for Sub Pop is a dystopian science fiction opera.
Another solid addition to the Chicago native's deep discography of gospel-rooted soul, made with much of the crew that worked on Angie Stone's Dream.
A literate, lightly experimental fifth album from the Los Angeles outfit finds them pushing their rootsy rock in imaginative directions.
The singer/songwriter reels in previous tendencies to meander and offers his most consistent and satisfying set in over a decade.
The prolific Canadian musical polymath surrenders total control to collaboration on the brilliant follow-up to Sky Blue.
The Giles sisters fifth album is fun and tough punk pop that doesn't skimp on the hooks.
The thoughtful Southern rockers deliver an impassioned and troubled State of the Union message on their 11th studio album.
Adding a diverse array of world instruments to the already forward-thinking pop sound makes for the Swedish artist's most interesting record to date.
Eldar Nebolsin performs Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 2 in G major in the original version on this 2016 release from Naxos.
Matthew Cooper continues to blend classical and shoegaze elements on his seventh full-length under the name Eluvium.
An ultimately life-affirming collection that reflects the best of English music and music-making.
Two collaborative albums from three outstanding country-leaning vocalists are paired with a bonus disc of similarly fine outtakes.
Another album of brutally aggressive, sonically challenging modern punk from the Bay Area quartet.
Dreamy and intricate, Jenn Wasner delivers a warmly introspective and lovingly crafted debut.
Brooklyn synth trio Forma make their Kranky debut with their ambitious, thoroughly stunning third album.
On her finest recording to date, this set showcases the contemporary singer/songwriter's skills in commanding a dazzling array of styles.
Cellist/composer Alison Chesley's stunning fifth album (and first for Thrill Jockey) reflects on the death of both of her parents.
The Seattle-based trio delivers both might and magic via an 11-track blast of glacial post-rock/stoner metal grandeur.
A double-disc set of acoustic-anchored songs Jack White recorded with the White Stripes, the Raconteurs, and by himself.
The legendary bassist draws on jazz-funk, Afrobeat, and spiritual soul for this killer homage to the music that inspired him.
The blues punk's third solo outing is fiery, dynamic, and more varied than his earlier works.
Band of Gypsys' debut live performance, released in its entirety for the first time.
Kent Nagano leads the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra in an impressive, and impressive-sounding, performance of Richard Strauss' Eine Alpensinfonie.
K Ishibashi's third solo LP tweaks his sound toward the electronic and loads elaborate design into wistful dance grooves.
A bright, colorful celebration of life that functions as a counterpoint to the meditative Invisible Empire/Crescent Moon.
For the second volume of Aaron Copland's ballets, Leonard Slatkin and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra present Hear Ye! Hear Ye! and Appalachian Spring.
This is a great deal of fun and is really essential for those who love Jerome Kern.
A highly enjoyable release of music from the 20th century mainstream worthy of greater exposure.
The acclaimed vocalist delivers an intimate set of covers recorded with her trio at the Parish Church of Saint Mary the Virgin in England.
The Florida trio continue to evade easy description on their moody, nearly gothic fourth LP.
The former garage rockers ripen into a wonderfully hooky power pop outfit on their sophomore LP.
Natasha Paremski offers a stimulating and dazzling recital of works by Brahms, Kahane, Prokofiev, and Balakirev.
The choral works of Palestrina, Victoria, and Guerrero are given distinctive performances by New York Polyphony.
Guitarists Norbert Kraft and Jeffrey McFadden present Fernando Sor's 24 Progressive Lessons and 6 Little Pieces on this 2016 release.
Poetic wanderlust and lush orchestral production mark the nuanced eighth studio album from the U.K. folksinger.
With the help of a guest vocalist, patten's second album for Warp is more focused and immediate than past efforts.
Flutist Pauliina Fred and harpsichordist Aapo Häkkinen give sparkling performances of J.S. Bach's six flute sonatas.
A double-disc set that contains all of the Nashville icon's major hits between 1954 and 1974.
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The trailblazing debut from the original New York City punk band remains a delirious delight.
Wallfisch has the right big, melodic sound for this, a standout among other recordings of Clarke's music from the mid-2010s.
After two of its members scored the hit Netflix series Stranger Things, Austin synth wizards S U R V I V E deliver their first album for Relapse.
The Devon native turns in a pleasantly sparse, organic set on this collaboration with Americana trio Wildwood Kin.
The singer/songwriter/guitarist reconnected to early childhood inspiration including family for this spirited and eclectic outing.
Inspirations for the tight retro-soul octet shift from the fiery '60s ballads of their debut to the more socially conscious era that followed.
A major release remastering the original 1980s-era landmark of contemporary music.
This collaboration between two electronic music composers on Buchla synthesizers delivers one of the finest volumes in the Frkwys series.
The Scottish guitar pop outfit return with an album of warm, poetic beauty and folk-inflected lyricism.
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Great-sounding -- and exciting -- remaster of the only official live recordings of the Beatles in concert.
Witty, fun, and rollicking debut by a brainy pop band fronted by legendary producer Clive Langer.
Engaging single-disc anthology showcasing the Raleigh, North Carolina outfit's literate, hooky college rock.
America's leading Super Rock band still have all the smarts, energy, and swagger they need on their 40th Anniversary release.
Striking debut from Queens, New York band channeling vintage reggae and rocksteady; vocalist Dan Klein died three months before release.
Exceptional double-disc collection of the singles the seminal New Orleans band released between 1968 and 1977.
The sophisticated pop band's fourth album since their 2010 re-formation shows that they haven't lost a step and maybe even gained a couple.
This is a remarkable meeting of performer and venue, a rare pleasure that will lead listeners to rediscover familiar favorites.
The duo's third album in three years adds more keyboards and drums to the mix without losing any of their restrained autumnal brilliance.
Bruno Walter's early career as a composer is explored on this album of his Violin Sonata and his Piano Quintet.
The bittersweet final album from the Jacksonville band that devastates with emotion and nostalgia, both a gift and perfect farewell to fans.