Best Coast's Jon Brion-produced second album finds the band leaning toward alt country and working in a more stripped-down mode, with Bethany Cosentino's voice front-and-center.
The Los Angeles noise-pop band's early-1990s catalog gets an extensive work-through courtesy of Captured Tracks.
Jorge Elbrecht moved his shape-shifting post-Lansing-Dreiden pop band to Slumberland for their sophomore LP, a collection that incorporates the roar of first-wave shoegazers into the mix.
The London-via-Chicago psych-folk songwriter's sophomore LP, produced by Four Tet's Kieran Hebden and released on his label, features guest spots from Radiohead's Colin Greenwood.
The Carl Craig-nodding German techno duo's first full-length since their 2004 eponymous debut is an 80-minute DJ set that presents a potted history of the group's last eight years.
Jason Pierce looks back on the melodious voices that have stuck in his brain over the years, including stories about seeing Iggy Pop for the first time in a drug store, and his complicated relationship with religious music and imagery.
For more than a decade, Michigan's Wolf Eyes have been at the forefront of American noise rock. In this edition of The Out Door, Grayson Currin and Marc Masters map out the present and future of the band by talking with each of its members.
Dave Portner (Avey Tare) chats with Larry Fitzmaurice about what we can expect from Animal Collective's forthcoming LP, Centipede Hz, how it compares to Merriweather Post Pavilion, and the band's future touring plans.
After her death from cancer at age 63, Piotr Orlov looks back on the life of the disco great, whose music cultivated a future made of elastic rhythm as well as a new social reality that reflected the struggles and triumphs of the gay-rights movement.
Phil Elverum talks to Brandon Stosuy about the two albums he's releasing as Mount Eerie this year, Clear Moon and Ocean Roar, both of which continue to explore the singer-songwriter's relationship to his hometown, Anacortes, Wash.
Eric Harvey offers an in-depth history and defense of the effortlessly smooth, radio-bred R&B style known as Quiet Storm, typified by artists including Smokey Robinson, Luther Vandross, Anita Baker, James Ingram, Jill Scott, and Sade.
The award-winning stand-up comedian talks to Ryan Dombal about strange fan tweets, shitty birthdays, his "Full House" crush, Jay-Z, peeing himself, Carlton from "The Fresh Prince", and why going to record stores can be very dangerous.
The socially-charged Atlanta MC talks to Ian Cohen about the evolution of hip-hop's relationship with politics, going to five-dollar strip clubs with his wife, his love of Ice Cube and Public Enemy, and his new El-P-produced album, R.A.P. Music.
The dream-pop duo talk to Jenn Pelly about maintaining integrity in a musical landscape seemingly hell-bent on squashing it, why they've never considered drastically changing their sound, and their dramatic new album, Bloom.