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December 2, 2014Even if there's less Raekwon and Ghostface than usual, the collective sound just fine on their sixth studio effort.
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December 2, 2014The queen of hip-hop soul and Rodney Jerkins work with emerging U.K. talent for a mix of aching ballads and substantive dance tracks.
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December 2, 2014Excellent, economical no-frills rock & roll record from the unbreakable AC/DC.
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December 2, 2014With bonus features ranging from Peel Sessions to demos, the classic album's 25th anniversary edition is a trove for Pixies geeks.
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December 2, 2014Yo La Tengo celebrates the 20th anniversary of Painful with the release of Extra Painful, which includes a bonus disc of demos, live recordings, & session outtakes.
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December 2, 2014The composers' third collaboration with David Fincher explores more emotional territory than their previous work, with haunting results.
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December 2, 2014The Texas country icon and his longtime piano player (and sister) offer a look into the songs they play for their own enjoyment.
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December 1, 20142013 performance recorded in Ireland finds that the venerable singer/songwriter has become a superb stage performer.
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December 2, 2014Indie pop band's first record in over 20 years sounds as fresh and fun as anything from their original run.
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December 2, 2014After almost 30 years, the rhythm section reunites with dub master Paul "Groucho" Smykle on this excellent LP.
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December 2, 2014Exhaustive and inspiring collection of the fiery left-wing indie poppers' complete works, including all their BBC sessions.
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December 1, 2014Scottish indie pop darlings' final album is a solid sendoff for a band many argue broke up prematurely.
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December 1, 2014The band's second album stretches their punky pop formula in interesting ways, and now comes with a bonus disc.
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December 2, 2014A rhythmically savvy prophetic compilation of previously unreleased recordings from the pioneering French experimental composer.
AllMusic Staff Picks
July 22, 2014
The South African drummer and composer's deep spiritual jazz suite is performed by his sextet and a quartet of opera singers. Inspired by John Coltrane's A Love Supreme, the freer music of his countrymen The Blue Notes and drummer Brian Blade's gospelized postbop, this set is strikingly modern in conception and execution. The arrangements for ensemble play and soloing are soulful, sophisticated and absent of artifice.
February, 2014
At once hazy and direct, Luke Wyatt's first full-length as Torn Hawk falls somewhere between chillwave's nostalgia and the surreal fragments of pre-R Plus Seven Oneohtrix Point Never. Wyatt combines his looping, elastic guitar work with finely chopped samples that evoke and often date back to the '80s in witty, yet surprisingly emotional ways.Though there are plenty of artists tapping into the seemingly boundless appetite for revisiting that decade's sounds, few do it as skillfully and playfully as Wyatt does here.