Music Reviews

The latest album from the dystopian cartoon band — whose lone consistent musical member is the British musician Damon Albarn — emphasizes real suffering and salvation in a contemporary setting.

The trumpeter stretches into trap and electronics on Diaspora. Flutist Elena Pinderhughes guests on the soothing and locomotive first single.

Stream a compilation of cosmically scaled, rarely heard sounds from a largely unheralded master.

On her fourth solo album, the Kentucky singer-songwriter's music once again functions as a headache remedy, nerve tonic and comfort food rolled into one.

The Detroit techno colossus reimagines his greatest tracks with a concert pianist and a symphony orchestra.

Will Oldham and his band pay tribute to Merle Haggard by reaching across the country legend's discography to paint a vivid, chronology-busting, album-length portrait.

Adele, Pearl Jam, The Avett Brothers, Dolly Parton and 10 more beloved musicians cover songs from Carlile's revered album, The Story.

On the Argentine singer's new album, she's reached a zen place where the very texture of a tone becomes its own language.

The Nashville duo offers a raw and switchback-crazy seven minutes of chaotic math-rock.

The debut single from the Seattle grunge-pop band doesn't ignore the gracelessness of youth. It embraces it.