Sprouting from the fertile Finnish psychedelic underground, Jan Anderzén's music has always been sui generis, transcending the "forest folk...

Herman Poole Blount. As if that name was insufficiently unique, the Alabama-born pianist and bandleader rebranded himself Sun Ra and set fir...

It's almost satirical that Sworn In's third album is titled All Smiles, a common phrase used by those with no problems on their plate; on th...

Every few years, Jeff Tweedy sets off on a solo acoustic tour to strip down some cuts from his work in Wilco, Uncle Tupelo, Golden Smog and ...

Syracuse, NY's Dialysis offer up their debut LP, titled Pretty Men, which features 20 tracks encompassing the band's eccentric, punk- and ha...

Maryland death metal trio Dying Fetus are the latest old school veterans to offer up a new release this year, with Wrong One to Fuck With. T...

For a band that tours and records as relentlessly as they do, it's astounding that Goatwhore are still able to create new music that surpass...

Although it's been five years since party thrashers Municipal Waste released a new album, they've returned with rejuvenated energy and a ful...

Algiers' latest album was formulated while the band was in diaspora, spread out between London, New York and Atlanta and experiencing the wo...

Masterminds of jangly power pop anthems and dynamic, energetic live shows — both of which are heavily inspired by their party-centric ways...

Eliot Lipp has carved a distinct path for himself over the years, staying true to his personal style of hip-hop-inflected dance-pop over the...

Rozwell Kid's comparisons to Weezer have been endless. They have also been fully justified: Founder Jordan Hudkins channels a young Rivers C...

Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah is aiming high this year. New Orleans' best young trumpeter has three albums planned to commemorate the 100th ...

There's a lack of dynamism in the songwriting on No Future, the latest release from Wisconsin band Conveyer.   The ironically titled "Dus...

It was already basically a truism at this point to say that Young Thug is one of the most versatile artists in hip-hop. But with the release...

At 39 years old, 2 Chainz is no spring chicken in hip-hop, but by no means is he over the hill. If anything, his past few releases have only...

Two pairs of '80s pop titans from the annals of the FM dial — blue-eyed soul songwriters Daryl Hall and John Oates (pictured above), along...

Taking notes from terrific reissue labels like Numero Group and Soul Jazz, Analog Africa has focused exclusively on releases from the musica...

Powerflo — the love child of Billy Grazidei (Biohazard), Christian Wolbers (ex-Fear Factory), Regelio Lozano (Downset) and Sen Dog (Cypres...

Those unfamiliar with her work might assume, listening to her new album Stranger, that Joanne Pollock is a folk singer that is just now expl...