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November 18, 2016A double album that consciously evokes Metallica's '80s without ever seeming desperate.
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November 18, 2016An all-out R&B; affair with references that span the '80s and scrape the '90s, from post-disco boogie to new jack swing.
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November 18, 2016A moody, muddy, and audacious double album from Miranda Lambert.
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November 18, 2016The expectation-defying singer, songwriter, and producer's first release in four years is calmly cathartic, tender, and potent.
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November 18, 2016The landmark third album that finds Amos diving headlong into pain and catharsis on a challenging but ultimately rewarding opus.
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November 18, 2016R.E.M. got lush and pastoral on this 1991 blockbuster featuring "Losing My Religion."
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November 18, 2016Soundgarden got bigger, bolder, and meaner on this 1991 breakthrough.
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December 9, 2016The proudly defiant conclusion to the expectation-defying singer and songwriter's "heart trilogy."
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November 18, 2016The master drummer and bandleader formally weds Renaissance liturgical music, improvisation, and heavy metal to devastating effect.
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November 18, 2016Deep overview that covers the group's entire existence, from late-'70s post-punk to early-2010s contemporary synth-pop.
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November 18, 2016A companion to their A Weird Exits album from earlier in the year, it's a more experimental take on their blown-out and adventurous psych sound.
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November 18, 2016The West Coast beatmaker's excellent first LP for Leaving Records is full of sunny, laid-back but not sluggish synth-funk.
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November 18, 2016On his first widely distributed album in 20 years, the legendary guitarist and a young band from Chicago deliver a stone killer.
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November 18, 2016Four amazing self-recorded solo improv concerts captured in Italy in 1996 -- the last before he was sidelined for two years by illness.
January 10, 1962
McCoy Tyner and his trio (bassist Art Davis and drummer Elvin Jones) lay out a tight 32 minutes of smokey cafe jazz, featuring mostly original compositions. Never stodgy or dull, the tracks are melodic and elegant, highlighting Tyner's terrific sense of bop timing and groove. Alongside his brilliant work as part of Coltrane's classic quartet, Inception shows a master at the peak of his craft.
January 22, 2002
While California's Middle Class are often cited as the first real-deal hardcore band, Arizona exiles the Consumers at least deserve an honorable mention. Recorded in a single evening in 1978 shortly before leaving Phoenix for L.A., All My Friends Are Dead is a blistering 19-minute assault of teenage rage, played with speed, intensity, and precision that's still impressive thirty-eight years later. All My Friends Are Dead sat unreleased until 1995, and heard today, it makes the Consumers sound like the great punk band that got away.
