Producing one of the most bizarre and intriguing records of the year, Elizabeth Bernholz aka Gazelle Twin, discusses the ethos of her work and sheds light on the essence of her new record Pastoral.
Voivod may be veterans at this point, but with The Wake, they're still providing one-of-a-kind genre-shifting vivaciousness.
It may not be the queer masterpiece that some were expecting, but in this day and age, Troye Sivan's Bloom proves that gay people need not rely on metaphors or "hints" to get their stories across and be accepted by the masses.
Shinichi Atobe, that elusive producer of nautical dub techno, emerges from the depths on his sunniest, most club-friendly release yet, Heat.
The beauty of Mountain Man's three voices singing together will seduce many listeners on Magic Ship. Unaccompanied human expressions have a powerful impact when artfully combined.
Last month, Margo Price played Lincoln Center's AmericanaFest with Lukas Nelson. While Americanafest was underway in Nashville, she released a new song on Amazon.
The urban sounds of garage rock meet up with some country picking on Handsome Jack's meditation on the differences between the middle of town and the middle of nowhere.
Post-rock band Foxhole releases their first album in 12 years on 28 September, and they are sharing "Count Basie and His Daughter's Shoes" by way of preview.
Scotland's Fatherson blend their characteristic anthemic poignancy with unpredictable, dynamic experimentation on "The Landscape".
In their new music video "Half a Mind", Freddy & Francine face their ghosts in more ways than one.
Talk Talk's Spirit of Eden is still as stunning and sublime in 2018 as it was in 1988.
Noname's Room 25 is vintage neo-soul and future rap hand in hand; a soulful sanctuary for those turned off by the austerity of mainstream mumble rap.
Covering one of Ray Charles' most beloved albums track by track, the Band of Heathens' A Message From the People Revisited honors the humanity and soul of Charles with an Americana flair.
With Pastoral, Gazelle Twin's Elizabeth Bernholz steps away from the urban influences of Unflesh and re-interprets electronic music through an early music/folk lens with Pastoral.
Dur-Dur Band continues to be one of the most transfixing East African pop groups of the 1980s, and this release is a stellar collection of even more gems.
The program recorded here across two sets at the legendary New York club is immaculate in sound and conception—as good a summary of the core idea of Steve Coleman's music as we will ever have.
First Aid Kit released a new EP on September 14th as they continue to tour the US through early October.
Lindsay Clark's Crystalline is a rare exhibition of the weight that minimalism can bear in contemporary, reflective folk music.
Cheers to the piano-playing alternative artist Bishop Briggs with a booming voice who struck gold with her breakout single, found love in La La Land, and always knew she had more in common with the queen of Lilith Fair than just musical talent.
Fire-Toolz's debut album is one of 2018's most ambitious and self-sabotaging albums: a compelling, confounding listen that mixes vaporwave beats with death metal wails and somehow it all works. Mastermind Angel Marcloid's Fave Five pick? Her five favorite New Age jazz records.
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