Progressive electronic artist Oneohtrix Point Never (Daniel Lopatin) has always seemed destined to score a film of pulsating ultraviolence. Lopatin’s preeminent ability to weave together vivid soundscapes has made visualizing perfectly choreographed action scenes or adrenaline-pumping car chases possible. Good Time OST Oneohtrix Point Never Aug. 11 Nevertheless, Lopatin,…

It’s hard to believe, but somewhere, there is a huge vault of music that we don’t know about. In this vault are the good, the bad and the forgotten songs of the world’s greatest musicians. Every so often, one of those musicians digs deep into that vault and brings…

America is a funny place. It seems like everyone has a strong opinion on its unique culture, its values and, of course, its art. Even though she was born and raised in Australia, Juanita Stein is heavily influenced by American film and music from being constantly exposed as a young child…

Annie Hart’s solo debut, Impossible Accomplice, is a subtle stroke of ethereal genius. Fresh off appearing twice on David Lynch’s Twin Peaks reboot with her New York dream-pop band Au Revoir Simone, Hart solidifies herself as a singular talent with her first solo album. Impossible Accomplice Annie Hart July…

The guys behind Joywave appear to be content with the content of Content, their sophomore album. A little confusing to be sure, but those disparities—between definition and context—fill the follow-up to 2015’s How Do You Feel Now? Content Joywave July 31 After the viral success of songs such as…

Change is part of childhood, and that’s just what the British psychedelic band Childhood has done on its new album, Universal High. Universal High Childhood July 21 The quintet, lead by Ben Romans-Hopcraft, had gained an underground following after touring the U.K. in 2011. A couple of psych-pop singles in the following…

Twelve years following the release of Johnny Cash biopic Walk the Line, starring Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon, Craft Recordings is re-releasing the film’s Grammy Award-winning soundtrack on vinyl. Walk the Line re-release Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon, others July 21 The soundtrack, which features the film’s actors recording and…

With recent attempts to needlessly alter an image that has already been cemented as wholly unique, neo-psychedelic rockers Animal Collective found themselves in a slight downward spiral with 2015’s clumsy Painting With and two subpar EPs. Eucalyptus Avey Tare July 21 Leave it to Animal Collective key cog Avey…

Foster The People, “Sacred Hearts Club.” Indie darlings Foster the People are back and hoping to shake off the sophomore slump with their third studio album, Sacred Hearts Club. Sacred Hearts Club Foster the People July 21 Led by self-released single “Pumped Up Kicks,” Foster the People stormed into the indie scene back…

Brief, sugared and lustrous, yet heartrendingly mournful, Michelle Zauner’s Psychopomp — a tribute to her late mother, was a surprisingly sublime debut. Under the moniker Japanese Breakfast, Zauner follows up her 2016 sleeper success with a more experimental project, Soft Sounds From Another Planet. Soft Sounds From Another Planet Japanese Breakfast…