Music

Langhorne Slim’s Be Set Free is raw, genuine, and speckled with kick-up-yer-boots, honky-tonk flair.

When you make an electronic album as critically acclaimed as James Murphy's LCD Soundsystem did in 2007 with Sound of Silver, it's hard not to expect a letdown.

Black Mountain vets show their emotional side in Lightning Dust’s considerate and stirring release Infinite Light.

Bounce along with the glittery, vintage sound of Lights' groovy album, Rites.

On her latest, Magic Neighbor, Lisa Germano evokes her early-’90s recordings On the Way Down from the Moon Palace and Happiness.

Take a breather from holiday commercialism with Why You Runnin’, the new, wrenchingly sincere EP from Illinois singer/songwriter Lissie.

Sassy dance queen Little Boots mixes powerhouse musicality with polished production her snappy new EP, Illuminations.

A boy/girl garage-rock duo from the U.K., Little Fish somehow found themselves recording their debut in Los Angeles with Linda Perry, who made her fortune writing songs for the likes of Pink, Christina Aguilera, and Gwen Stefani.

The Barcelona-based group's debut is full of feel-good choruses with vocals that sometimes teeter on being too precious.

The "Him" of She & Him returns to his solo roots with a stunning album.