Every several decades or so the music gods swoop down through the stratosphere and deliver something lithe, hungry, and anguished, for us to treasure. Whether we are alert to its arrival is another matter. In 1994, Richard Buckner delivered a master stroke of a debut, seemingly out of nowhere,

The Fleetwood Mac 1982 live experience presented here is a terrific document of a band that sounds intent on proving its best days were in fact not behind it.

Cascade, the fifth studio album by Floating Points (aka Sam Shepherd) is billed as his wholehearted return to the club.

Reissued by Elemental Music in 140 gram mono version, Meet The Temptations revisits the group’s earliest recordings and its official 1964 Motown debut.

Foxing have long been a band that skirts the edges between beloved cult act and wider appeal. They often feel like perpetual up-and-comers, even as they have built a catalog full of acclaimed records over the past 13 years.

It’s easy to make cookie cutter heavy metal. It’s much harder to distinguish oneself. For the last 10 years, Crobot has walked that line masterfully.

More soulful and gritty in both sound and lyric, Love Child is something of a turning point for The Supremes.

Hate is the air that breathes through Bright Eyes’ Five Dice, All Threes.

Parallel to Low’s evolving, often inspired musical career, frontman Alan Sparhawk invested in musical ventures as diverse as a funk quartet and a New Wave synth band.