
On their first EP of new material in six years, Wolf Parade aren't asserting themselves to the world so much as reintroducing themselves to each other.

On their two new albums, Islands explore two sides of their personality: the largely electronic Taste is bitter and sharp-witted, while Should I Remain Here at Sea? is more freewheeling.

Wake Up You! specifically covers the short-lived but influential period of Nigerian rock in the country’s post-Civil War era (after 1970).

The British experimental rock group Adult Jazz tackle themes of gender and the body's changing place in society on their sophomore outing.






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Downtown NYC Legend Mikel Rouse Reemerges With “Habibi Lossless”
Real Life Rock Top 10: Greil Marcus on rummaging through Prince’s vaults in the aftermath of his death, the scathing hardcore of North Carolina’s Blackball, the rebirth of “Twin Peaks,” and more.

Shedding light on the elusive studio practice that’s all but necessary to make music sound great.


Ariana Grande’s third album finds the 22-year-old pop star embracing a Sasha Fierce-like alter ego, with the help of Future, Nicki Minaj, Lil Wayne, Macy Gray, and others.

Gold Panda's warm and exuberant new album sounds quite unlike any of the electronic music being made in 2016, and is refreshingly unfashionable in that way.

Four Organs and Phase Patterns come from a time when minimalist composer Steve Reich was in an obsessively scientific mode. They establish a new language, while arguing for their very right to exist.

Cult favorites Mock Orange return with an eighth album that reconciles their later alt-country leanings with their Midwestern emo roots.