The AITC film and subsequent audio release is QOTSA distilled down to their most elemental form—Joshua Homme, Troy Van Leeuwen, Michael Shuman, Dean Fertita and Jon Theodore augmented by a three-piece string section, employing chains and chopsticks as makeshift percussion instruments. Entirely unfiltered, as every song was recorded live in a complete take with no overdubs or edits. The audio was recorded by Mark Rankin, François-Xavier Delaby, Henri d’Armancourt and Alban Lejeune, and was produced by Mark Rankin. Final mixes by Mark Rankin, Joshua Homme and Michael Shuman.

Paradise, the exceptional new recording by The Westerlies brass quartet, comes at a perfect time in history. The music — sublime, precise and deeply spiritual — serves as a balm for the soul during a worrisome era. While the headlines scream of the starving of Palestinians in Gaza, the killing of Jews in Washington, D.C., the upheaval of international trade wars and the persistent sowing of divisiveness, The Westerlies turn their mighty clarion sound to the Sacred Harp music of the American South dating back to the mid-1800s.

Having spent the last half decade building up a name as a jazz and soul singer of rare distinction, Ada Morghe now presents her fourth album, 'Pure Good Vibes', which features the British reggae icon Maxi Priest. A trip to Jamaica in January 2024 set 'Pure Good Vibes' in motion. Ada headed to the island after hearing that her bassist and producer Livingstone Brown, was flying there to work with Maxi Priest. It was an idea that was underlined by her desire to explore the music, culture and Jamaican heritage that had also shaped the lives of her other band members Luke Smith (keyboard) and Josh McNasty (drums).

Metallica is continuing to release remasters of their catalog, with the latest being the 5x-platinum Load, available everywhere on June 13th. Produced by Bob Rock, Load is the follow-up to Metallica, the best-selling album of the Soundscan era. Load contains fan favorites including “Until It Sleeps,” “Hero of the Day,” “King Nothing,” and, for the first time ever, the original extended version of “The Outlaw Torn,” which was originally edited due to manufacturing limits.

Phantom Island is the upcoming twenty-seventh studio album by Australian psychedelic rock band King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, set for release on 13 June 2025, through p(doom) Records. Recorded concurrently with their prior album, Flight b741 (2024), Phantom Island continues on the same themes, with a more orchestral sound.

The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in Palo Alto, California, in 1965. Known for their eclectic style that fused elements of rock, blues, jazz, folk, country, bluegrass, rock and roll, gospel, reggae, and world music with psychedelia, the band is famous for improvisation during their live performances, and for their devoted fan base, known as "Deadheads".

American blues guitarist Larry McCray, a singer/songwriter known for his powerful voice and soulful, rock-infused blues style, presents his latest studio album, Heartbreak City. Produced by two-time Grammy nominees, Joe Bonamassa and Josh Smith, all 10 tracks are originals written by Larry McCray himself. This album finds him performing some of the best music of his career, finally feeling comfortable in his own skin.

New York Times music reviewer Stephen Holden described Aimée as a blend of Michael Jackson and Sarah Vaughan and wrote that the "saucy, curly-haired jazz singer [stood] with one foot in tradition and the other in electronics," and that her voice had a "tart, girlish chirp" and that her Surreal Band fused traditional and futuristic electronics with textures mixing jazz and funk. New York Times reviewer Nate Chinen wrote that she had a "sweet, girlish voice that she controls with a sniper's precision"

All Asimov and No Fresh Air is the upcoming sixteenth album by Wirral-based rock band Half Man Half Biscuit, due for release on 13 June 2025 on the band's own R. M. Qualtrough label. The opening track, "Horror Clowns are Dickheads", was released as a single on 16 May 2025.

Two of the most highly respected figures in the world of jazz - vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater and pianist Bill Charlap - document their critically acclaimed, sold-out live concerts on their first collaborative album, 'Elemental'. Bridgewater and Charlap curate a repertoire that only they can present: exploring the deep understanding of jazz tradition alongside impeccable phrasing and a once-in-a-generation dynamic range, bringing a level of sophistication that is sure to be considered a masterpiece for generations to come.

Brittany was sitting there in the studio, and "I don't know, I just felt this charge. I had a 48-hour session-a burst of creativity and improvisation. It was intense, mystical, and magical. I was there, and it was amazing.

One of the foremost vocal chamber ensembles active today, New York Polyphony is renowned for its innovative programming ranging from Gregorian chant to contemporary commissions.

On his album "Händel - Mendelssohn", to be released in 2025, violinist Niklas Liepe combines Mendelssohn's famous violin concerto with fascinating, contemporary arrangements of popular works by George Frideric Handel. The new album "Händel - Mendelssohn" by violinist and OPUS Klassik winner Niklas Liepe will be released by Sony Classical on June 13.

Dorothee Oberlinger is one of the top recorder players in the contemporary European scene. She has a substantial catalog of recordings on Deutsche Harmonia Mundi and other major labels.

From the moving gentleness of a farewell to the world of childhood (Ma mère l’Oye) to the savage power of rituals from pre-Christian Russia (The Rite of Spring), Ravel and Stravinsky explore musical horizons of incredible modernity. The Kolesnikov-Tsoy duo offer a powerful yet poetic interpretation of these two masterpieces.