Katie Presley

For the songwriter's sixth album, she leans into a retro country sound for a big-hearted set of songs about grief and burgeoning love.

A discussion of two of the most powerful women to shape cultural conversations in recent years, Beyoncé and Solange.

The San Francisco band's garage-pop progressively unravels as a beautiful duo frolics on the beach.

Liza Anne cracks open the cage of anxiety she says she's lived in for most of her life with a seething, slow burn of a track.

From a musician at home in revolution, here is an album about the quiet insurgence of maturity.

Tagaq, an Inuk throat singer, marries modern pop with deeply-vested tradition to gobsmacking effect. The songs on her new album, Retribution, encompass terror, rage, ecstasy and bone-leeching sadness.

On her sixth album, the Norwegian singer Jenny Hval aims for impact, surrounding her vulnerable voice with spiky, disarming instrumentation that bolsters the intensity and intimacy of her songs.

Bat For Lashes' new concept album, The Bride, plays with the same traditions and symbols that make weddings romantic, to dark and devastating effect.

The folk and bluegrass artist takes a big, bold step, writing darker, more mature material. With stylized images of her bare skin, the video reads like an exploration beyond previous comfort zones.

The L.A. trio's second album is a stalwartly positive collection of punky garage-pop songs, born of dire circumstances.