Music Reviews

"Laughter came out of this awkward place of losing myself." After her last album, Jesy Fortino went back to school to become a civil engineer. Her new album sounds like nothing she's done before.

The band's 2015 album, which won a Norwegian Grammy, will now be available stateside. Here's a great track from Sun Stare Sound for those that missed it.

The gothy teens of Gothenburg, Sweden's Agent Blå mix indie-pop and post-punk to make what they call "death pop." The first single from the band's debut album is sinister and sweet.

A round of reissues for Mary Timony's old band Helium comes with a cleaned-up version of the "XXX" video, proving that the art of the moody, attitude-filled music video peaked in the 1990s.

The pianist creates a singular electronic language rooted in the past but reaching to the future.

One of the finest, most ravishing, cello concertos so far this century, written for and performed by Yo-Yo Ma, finally receives its debut recording.

For her ninth solo album, Mann says she set out to write the saddest, slowest record she could. But Mental Illness still sparkles in buoyantly catchy ways.

Streaming the upcoming album by one of Americana's most revered songwriters in its entirety.

The Nobel Award winner digs into the Great American Songbook for a third time. Stream a selection of songs from the three-disc set.

The Puerto Rican band injects Yoruban devotional songs with electronic production to form one of the more exciting releases of 2017.