Starflyer 59 revisits Gold, its shoegaze masterpiece, for the first time in 29 years with Lust for Gold. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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"Make It Me" sounds like Mickey Guyton's roséwave playlist come to life Joseph Lanes/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
What Luiza Brina's music communicates is beyond words: spiritual transcendence. Daniela Paoliello/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Artists like Superchunk, Neurosis, Pixies, Low, Mogwai and Joanna Newsom came to recording engineer Steve Albini when they had something righteous or defiant to proclaim. Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty hide caption
Black Thought and Your Old Droog feature on Madlib's new track, "REEKYOD." Mathieu Bitton/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Songwriter, out June 28, features early '90s demos by Johnny Cash with new backing tracks. Alan Messer hide caption
Thursday's first song in 13 years, "Application for Release From the Dream," is a soaring, searing return. Stephen J. Cohen/Getty Images hide caption
There's a trio of fantastic records featuring drummer Jim White all out in the first half of 2024. Anna White/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Sonhos Tomam Conta roughly translates as "dreams take over," which is a perfect way to think of this samba-infused shoegaze project from São Paulo. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
New Jazz Underground pushes at the corners of hard bop and hip-hop. PETER LueDERS/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
In a music scene policed by politics and faith, there was none more real than Michael Knott. Kate Gutwein Smith/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Kamasi Washington's "Prologue" will give you chills of the body and thrills of the mind. B+/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Pianist and composer Kelly Moran translates her love of figure skating into the luxuriant "Butterfly Phase." YouTube hide caption
The Bat for Lashes beacon has been lit; it's shaped like a bat, of course, but somehow features an intricately woven lace pattern. Michal Pudelka/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Maggie Rogers' new song, "Don't Forget Me," is a folksy, yet fierce singalong. Erika Goldring/FilmMagic via Getty Images hide caption
Over 90 minutes, the অন্য (ONNO) compilation surveys India's experiment music scene: pulsing noise, avant-pop, freak folk, astral synths and surging industrial. Courtesy of Onno Collective hide caption
Beth Gibbons' first solo album, Lives Outgrown, is out May 17. Netti Habel/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Hurray for the Riff Raff's Alynda Segarra captures a complicated reality on their new song, "Colossus of Roads." Tommy Kha/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
In her 2015 memoir, Girl in a Band, Kim Gordon credits The Shangri-Las' speak-sing style as an influence on her own. The '60s girl-group's lead singer, Mary Weiss, died last week. Danielle Neu/Courtesy of the artist hide caption