In its instrumental simplicity, Land of the Sun is exceptionally vibrant, an album in which Red Spirit Singers remind us that tradition is not only alive but part of today.

Nate Amos' most heralded project, This Is Lorelei, swaps out electropop for bluegrass and folk with The Singer in My Band.

Ten years ago, Casey released Love Is Not Enough. It fused furious hardcore with atmospherics, dynamic structures and singing ...

A welcome departure for Ridley Scott, slow and contemplative, The Dog Stars is a nuanced work of social commentary disguised ...

The attention economy is built upon passivity. Yet the Sick Man of Europe's music is a pail of cold water to wake us up in the age of complicity.

Distance in Static is like a conversation between two halves of Bonobo's brain. It's a bold statement and shows him finding ...

An exhilarating Friday featuring Wet Leg, Sierra Ferrell, Geese, Turnstile and Charli XCX brings rock back to San Francisco's Outside Lands Festival in a big way.

A Place for Owls' new album demonstrates the fruitfulness of collaborating with others, whether that looks like leaning on them or borrowing from them.

Satyajit Ray's Days and Nights in the Forest deepens as you wander further into its bucolic details, where things aren't as serene and picturesque as they seem.

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Yes, Deadheads came for the music, but also for the possibility of a life outside the bounds of straight society; something vaguely criminal and very American noir.

Melanie Martinez's "THE VATICAN" sounds like a distinctly modern piece of religious provocation, but its central technique is ...