First Listen: Gaby Moreno, 'Ilusión'
The boundary-smashing singer returns with a "Spanglish folk-soul" album about love, violence against women, and the immigrant experience.
Music Reviews
First Listen: Okkervil River, 'Away'
Away is a rebuilding-yourself-from-the-ground-up kind of record, and singer-songwriter Will Sheff uses the occasion to take his time and let his songs breathe.
Hip-Hop Meets Disco On The Electrifying Soundtrack To 'The Get Down'
A new drama series on Netflix chronicles the rise of early hip-hop music in the late '70s. Rock critic Ken Tucker says the show's soundtrack is dense, complex and delightful.
Britney's Back: Spears Returns With Ninth Studio Album, 'Glory'
Tom Moon reviews the new album from Britney Spears, Glory. This is Spears' ninth studio album.
'Mia Madre' Weaves Memory, Fantasy And Film Into A Poignant Rumination On Loss
Italian filmmaker Nanni Moretti's latest is a charming, heartfelt and slyly satirical meditation on cinema — which exists at the crossroads of fantasy and reality — and the loss of a parent.
New Releases Capture 'Inimitable' Tenor Saxophonist In His Neglected '70s Prime
As one of the very first bebop tenor saxophonists, Teddy Edwards mixed awesome technique with irresistibly slinky phrases. Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead reviews two reissues, Inimitable and Feelin's.
First Listen: James Vincent McMorrow, 'We Move'
A dewy Irishman with a falsetto-flecked voice, McMorrow gives himself an impressive makeover on a stylistically adventurous new album.
First Listen: Y La Bamba, 'Ojos Del Sol'
On the band's new album, Luz Elena Mendoza's voice is fully enmeshed in the arrangements, which gives her bicultural storytelling an almost otherworldly feel.
First Listen: Eluvium, 'False Readings On'
On its new album, Matthew Cooper's ambient-music project suggests that noise and beauty are interdependent, making room for celestial voices and jet-engine roars alike.
First Listen: The Frightnrs, 'Nothing More To Say'
Singer Dan Klein died of ALS earlier this summer, but at least his rocksteady band was able to see its collective vision through on this one sublime album.