Girls - Father Son Holy GhostThe long awaited second full length from San Francisco band Girls is spontaneous and stripped down in a gorgeous, largely minor key record. Father, Son, Holy Ghost is enlivened by flashes of innocent pop and given depth by its wealth of influences and will to face sadness. Peaking at Billboard #37 after its release in 2011 and claiming #82 on Pitchforks 200 Best Albums of the 2010s, Father, Son, Holy Ghost both comes alive and cements its legacy with

A leap of faith reaps extraordinary rewards on ‘Black Bay’

There are a lot of young bands claiming to be creating "soul" music and "testifying" (we won't name names) but this here is the authentic item - accept no substitutes

Badu delivered a highly intimate and personal album that reached Platinum two months after its release

the team conjured a kaleidoscope of delights that include resonances of Jonzun Crew

the all-female environment allowed Cleveland to feel safe tapping into difficult places and expressing hard emotions women are socialized to suppress

Fine Art was always intended to be about the band themselves

These new sounds emerged at a time when the Congolese record industry – previously dominated by European major labels – was experiencing a period of decline due to rising production costs and needed a radical change

It was released in 1985 on Homestead Records

while recording their debut album world renown harpist Mary Lattimore was in NY

McAlmont & Butler were over by autumn 1995

it's cinematic and captivating throughout

by night she looked to a second-hand Meers — the first piano she had ever owned — for company