Like the Cure’s Disintegration or Depeche Mode’s Violator, the Pet Shop Boys’ fourth album transitioned their creators into the ’90s by both refining and breaking from the past.
The latest from Melodies International, the reissues label by Floating Points’ Sam Shepherd, is the 1976 LP from Chicago soul-disco band Tomorrow’s People—featuring an audacious 20-minute title track.
On his latest, guitarist Delicate Steve seems interested in animating rock’n’roll’s most outrageous qualities, using his studio savvy to make it do all the things it can’t in real life.
California producer Jansport J makes instrumental hip-hop that summons J Dilla’s Donuts without falling in its shadow. p h a r a o h is his eighth and best album.
The young Icelandic post-punk band Fufanu traffic in icy disaffection and glacier-cool synths, but their latest album hints at hearts beating beneath the veneer.
Following a breakup, a guy goes west, sifting through life for his art.
Caught in a web of gentrification, police crackdowns, and dangerous drugs, the UK capital’s once-thriving nightlife scene is in serious jeopardy.
On this brief EP, the duo of Ariel Pink and Weyes Blood’s Natalie Mering collaborate on strange folk-synth hybrids, evoking the ’80s Paisley Underground and X.
Following 2016’s breakout debut Cardinal, the New Jersey band Pinegrove have collected some of their best songs on a lovable new live album, with proceeds going to the Southern Poverty Law Center.
Minneapolis rapper P.O.S is still all about his consciousness, and usefully motivated by anger. But on Chill, dummy, he embraces a freed-up feel, with some grooves you might hear in a club.
The D.C. rapper Shy Glizzy—here rebranded as Jefe—offers another tough-minded collection of street rap anthems, addressed to people struggling through poverty and the criminal-justice system.