First Listen: Colin Stetson, 'All This I Do For Glory'
Stetson's ability on the saxophone borders on the supernatural. Hear his forthcoming album before its release on April 28.
Music Reviews
First Listen: Willie Nelson, 'God's Problem Child'
At 84 years young, the Red Headed Stranger still has it. Stream God's Problem Child in its entirety before its release on April 28.
Buildings, Noise-Rock Professionals, Offer A 'Mouth Gift'
Buildings' noise-rock is like a burrito supreme sprayed across the windshield: gross, hilarious and awesome.
First Listen: Close Talker, 'Lens'
The Saskatoon trio's songs purr seductively, with warmly shimmering guitars and an overarching subtlety that's inviting, never distant.
Taiwan Housing Project's 'Ideal Body Alignment' Will Re-Align Your Brains
Featuring members of noise-rock bands Harry Pussy and Little Claw, Taiwan Housing Project makes garage-rock scuzz scraped out of a demented sock-hop.
Sarah Jaffe Announces 'Bad Baby,' Her New Album And Video
The album's title song chugs and pulsates to maximally infectious effect, enhanced by a swirl of synths and smooth guitar lines. Bad Baby comes out July 9.
Kendrick Lamar's 'DAMN.' Is Introspective And Unforgiving
If To Pimp a Butterfly, Lamar's ornate jazz-funk experiment, played like billiard balls scattering after the break, then DAMN. wraps its focus inward: tight and layered, like a bundle of rubber bands.
First Listen: Groundhog Day The Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
Stream the original cast recording to the new Broadway musical before its release.
The Menzingers Face Down The Aging Process In 'After The Party'
The Philadelphia-based quartet idealizes youth and innocence on its new album. Critic Ken Tucker says the nostalgia on After The Party is "mostly free of excess sentimentality."
Hear An Unreleased Bert Jansch And Johnny Marr Song, 'It Don't Bother Me'
The Scottish guitarist met The Smiths guitarist in the late '90s, resulting in the album Crimson Moon. Here the duo revisits a Bert Jansch tune from 1965.