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Providing a welcome retreat from reality, Anthony Gonzalez’s ninth LP shines so bright it should come with a special pair of sunglasses.

On their fifth album, the New Zealand outfit take their once-exploratory sound one step further toward full-fledged AOR.

The first-ever vinyl release for this 2003 EP—featuring covers of Beck, Kylie Minogue, and Radiohead—isn’t only a look back at a pinnacle in the career of the Lips, but a testament to their immortality.

The 89-year-old country icon repurposes 10 compositions by Harlan Howard with a heaping tablespoon of authenticity courtesy of a heart once broken.

This fusion of grindcore and doom metal gives both bands the opportunity to explore the luminous ether produced by their combustive collaboration.

Jamie Stewart’s shapeshifting post-industrial outfit turns its eye toward dark ambient with this conceptual journey into the bowels of anarchic horror.

By thrusting vocalist/guitarist Robin Wattie into center stage more so than ever before, the Montreal post-metal trio doubles down—and wins.

Once a billboard graffiti artist, Buff Monster has gotten a little bit more entrepreneurial in his recent endeavors—and is the sweetest new addition to a New York City scene in need of some fresh color.

When Mogwai embrace their raucous side on their latest LP, they come across as more liberated than ever.

Not really. But the South Carolina comic does set his sights on our new reality in his new special, Rory Scovel Tries Stand-Up for the First Time.

“Ends With And” replenishes the coffers of completists whose cassette collections have crumbled and provides a wide-ranging primer for curious newcomers.

At its core, “To Syria, with Love” is not a celebration of a love that exists in the present but rather a painful longing for a love that he wants back.

The road goes on forever and the party never ends.

“August by Cake” is an album stuffed with songs that qualify as demos, half-baked ideas, and snippets, along with a handful of brilliant gems nestled in between.

When he’s not sharing stories about strangers, Marlon Rabenreither spills his guts about his own love affairs, breakups, and what it’s like to be all by his lonesome self.

The Colin Newman–led band is not the same as it used to be fifteen albums ago. And that’s exactly the point.

“The Dollop”’s Dave Anthony gives us the inside scoop for this year’s fest.

On their latest LP, the Cleveland band have realized—or stumbled upon—something lush and lovely.

Ty Segall’s second self-titled album serves as an excellent primer of his career to date—but then again he always is a trickster at heart.

Japanese artist Azuma Makoto turns deconstructed floristry into fine art.