Music Reviews

The electronic band wrote the lush and romantic "Heathen" about love, but also about believing in each other, even when it feels like we've lost ourselves.

Though Camae Ayewa shrouds her words in shards of sonic confrontation, her message is as blunt and compressed as her music: She's hungry, under attack, fists up, forever in peril.

In two deceptively simple minutes, Irish singer Naomi Hamilton constructs an intimate space that's instantly, indelibly compelling.

Last fall, Oberst released a raw solo album called Ruminations. Now, its songs are more fleshed out, completed with a full band and released as a new work, complete with seven new tracks.

The New Orleans-based guitarist and songwriter returns with a personal, political gospel track, lent moral urgency by Mavis Staples. Hear the song and read Booker's accompanying essay.

The electronic composer presents a boundless book of forgotten remnants, daring listeners to construct the stories behind them.

On his debut album Only Human, the young pop artist channels the energy of legends like Michael Jackson in more ways than one.

Spurred on by Slowdive's reunion, its guitarist Christian Savill has expanded the lineup of his dream-pop band.

Comets On Fire frontman Ethan Miller channels the ungovernable and wild psych-rock of MC5 and High Rise in his Bay Area power trio.