Category: ESSENTIAL NEW MUSIC

A new Randy Newman album is an event, something that only comes around once a decade. His latest begins accordingly,

Arcade Fire’s tightest and tersest album since 2004’s Funeral is by far its least ambitious, and the band is cool

Matt Pond and his ever-rotating gang of collaborators return with their 12th album, a melancholy song cycle that drifts down

Doldrums, the brainchild of Montreal denizen Airick Asher Woodhead, exists in the odd confluence of rhythmic EDM, soulful indie pop,

Shabazz Palaces' third album, Quazarz: Born On A Gangster Star, is out July 14. Just as he did back in

Warren Haynes has offered thinly veiled political statements within his catalog to this point, but it’s difficult to disguise them

As far as exercises in futility are concerned, encapsulating a five-disc, 80-plus-song boxed set in 150 words ranks alongside trying

“I don’t speak their lan-guage/I don’t even try,” Ryan McPhun sings on “Pram Gangs.” He’s reacting to fatherhood and feeling

Sweet Apple has always done what side projects are designed to do: provide a busman’s holiday for its members (Dinosaur

Musician, composer, improviser, bandleader, mystic and raconteur William Parker has got so much going on that a mere double CD

The ardent energy that marks Willie Nile’s best work is in full effect on this tribute to the greatest songwriter

Manchester Orchestra has been one of rock's most consistent rock bands since it burst onto the scene with 2006’s I’m