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Germany’s beloved experimentalists get to the heart of their art with a series of never-before-released live albums kicking off this Friday.

Faithfull finds sympathetic, poetic tones and empathetic lilting melodies in the guise of producer/violinist Ellis.

The retrospective on the artist, whose work you may know from Pavement and Silver Jews album covers, has nearly reached its Kickstarter goal.

The mega-box set gives rabid fans something to hold onto, stuffing the band’s innovative discography into an immense treasure chest.

The British comedian isn’t laughing anymore (well, not while making his seriously soulful psychedelic music).

We talked to curator Lee Foster about the new site he’s running with the Johnston family to share the late songwriter’s visual art.

This posthumous LP is less a grand finale summing up a career than it is another piece of a greater puzzle.

This remastering of the ex-Beatle’s solo debut sees wealths of emotion poured out in ways previously unimaginable.

On the future-looking new releases from Dr. Lonnie Smith and Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio.

Overstuffed and unified, this deluxe reissue has all the freneticism of its initial ideal whole.

The EP feels more like a party with friends discussing the nation’s state of shock than it does a staid studio session.

Re-released on red vinyl by Nonesuch Records, this major-label debut is still a delectably odd beauty.

Producer Andrew Loog Oldham and documentarian Mary Wharton contextualize The Poet and The Poet II on the event of the albums’ reissue.

The keeper of the castle that is Jamaican music, Patricia Chin tells the story of her life’s work with “Miss Pat: My Reggae Music Journey.”

Early synth designer-producer Margouleff talks about the late great producer, the 50th anniversary of Tonto’s Expanding Head Band, and helping Stevie Wonder innovate.

Pharoah Sanders and Floating Points have created a vintage vibe noir masterpiece for the 21st century.

“L.W.” is the fussier second half to the brutal “K.G.,” a glistening yin to its toughened yang.

On his first solo record in 30 years, Leary reconvenes Butthole Surfers–style caustic silliness.

This mini-box features fluidly funky outtakes from often-neglected album sessions, together with a mystery recording with George Harrison.

The Anglo-Franco icon discusses the ghosts that fill her recent album “Oh ! Pardon tu dormais…”