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Detroit’s most amiable punks explores their sound and considerably extend its boundaries.

From a quiet, smooth opening, Kamasi Washington’s new EP grows to enormous heights.

Frost’s music can be grating, obstructive, evil, sinister, and ugly. Yet there’s something both charming and beautiful in how he embraces these characteristics.

Maker and Campos find a way to bring their collaborators toward their sound, not the other way around, and the results are outstanding.

Most of all, Bronson simply seems fully in control of the world he’s created on “Blue Chips 7000.”

On their first record in five years, the venerable group starts small.

This is how most of “Popular Manipulations” works: starts modest, grows bolder, ends up on a mountaintop.

It took eleven years, but the Japanese songwriter has returned.

Tyler’s always been an immensely talented producer and rapper, but he’s never put together an album as cohesively as he does here.

We speak with the Seattle legend to figure out how, exactly, he always stays one step ahead of the game.

A death-defying trip to Glacier National Park inspired the Austin band’s new record.

Ernest Greene is a new musician on “Mister Mellow,” and the results are often outstanding.

The well-traveled musician seeks a quiet place to reflect on his old life as a city dweller.

The British producer and sound collagist talks about opening himself to collaboration and simplifying his sound on his latest—and best—album, “Compassion.”

Ascending to heaven comes with a steep caveat.