Long unavailable except as streams on their Bandcamp page, the Washington D.C. band Priests has fulfilled the demand for the re-release of some of their earliest material by reissuing both of their early cassette releases on a single LP for Record Store Day.

When Fleet Foxes first appeared on the music scene, it was like they’d walked out of their own time and space and arrived in 2008 fully formed.

On his fourth album, City Music, Kevin Morby continues to pencil in the definition of his artistic persona. The Kansas City transplant already offered his musical homage to New York City with 2013’s Harlem River.

With his latest project, Moby continues to brush aside his techno pop tendencies and embrace his punk and alt rock aspirations.

Perhaps the husband and wife duo that is Peaking Lights would like you to think of each of their records as a state of consciousness, hence the title of their fifth LP. The title also hints at the dub-inspired, electronic pop that permeates throughout the 12 tracks.

For nearly a decade, Los Angeles based Ramona Gonzalez (aka Nite Jewel) has slowly but steadily been perfecting her distinctive brand of homespun, lo-fi, bedroom R&B.

The stars ultimately aligned in the assembly of contemporary classical music composer Nico Muhly with friends Sufjan Stevens, Bryce Dessner, and the multidimensional James McAlister for their collaborative project with a far reaching theme.

London Grammar gained prominence in 2013 with a memorable appearance on Disclosure’s debut album Settle, followed by their debut album If You Wait.

It’s natural to be seduced by contemporary apparatus of sound sculpting that intensifies the listening experience. Then you hear a band like Big Thief and recognize the potential power in balanced unison of guitar, drum and voice and that these essential means of expression are the most direct conductors of the passions of musical souls.