First Listen: Arturo O'Farrill & Chucho Valdés, 'Familia: Tribute To Bebo & Chico'
The progeny of Bébo Valdes and Chico O'Farrill pay tribute on this family affair.
Music Reviews
First Listen: Julie & The Wrong Guys, 'Julie & The Wrong Guys'
After a prolific solo career, Julie Doiron heads up a new band, whose sound blends summery sweetness with grit and gristle.
First Listen: Alvvays, 'Antisocialites'
The Toronto indie-rock band's sophomore album builds on the promise of its celebrated debut.
First Listen: Neil Young, 'Hitchhiker'
Neil Young's storied acoustic recordings from 1976 finally see release as an official album. Stream early versions of "Pocahontas," "Powderfinger," "Ride My Llama," and much more.
First Listen: Kip Moore, 'Slowheart'
The Nashville singer and songwriter filters elements of heartland rock, heroic rebellion and heart-on-sleeve emo through a soulful, solitary misfit persona.
First Listen: Gregg Allman, 'Southern Blood'
A rock 'n' roll lifer says goodbye on his own terms.
U2 Performs New Song 'The Blackout' From Its Upcoming Album 'Songs Of Experience'
U2 unveils the latest from Songs of Experience -- a characteristically buoyant, but worryingly saccharine, cut of shivering guitar, bass punch and end-times reckoning.
Forebears: The Teenage Wisdom Of 'Lesley Gore Sings Of Mixed-Up Hearts'
Gore's impenetrable confidence singing emotionally complex songs humanized the image of the teen girl, adding an authoritative female teenage perspective to the Top 40.
Godspeed You! Black Emperor's 'Undoing A Luciferian Towers' Brings A Reckoning
Godspeed You! Black Emperor makes wordless music that nevertheless shouts like a street-corner prophet. The band's new album, Luciferian Towers, comes out Sept. 22.
Songs We Love: Bicep, 'Aura'
The Belfast-born, London-based production duo previews its upcoming self-titled album with a video for the standout track "Aura," directed by filmmaker Matilda Finn.