Ryuichi Sakamoto

“He truly was with music until the very end,“ Ryuichi Sakamoto‘s management wrote.

Sakamoto had been battling stage 4 cancer.

Here are 100 albums we can't wait to hear in 2023, including Paramore, Lana Del Rey, Caroline Polachek, M83, Ride, Slowdive, ANOHNI, Wednesday, Youth Lagoon, blink-182, awakebutstillinbed, Danny Brown, Death Grips, and more...

Sakamoto‘s first album since 2017 was recorded over the last two-and-a-half years while battling cancer, with the tracks serving as a “sound diary“ to the time.

Devonté Hynes (Blood Orange), Cornelius, Fennesz, David Sylvian, Hildur Guðnadóttir, and more are also on the LP...

”Since I have made it this far in life, I hope to be able to make music until my last moment, like Bach and Debussy whom I adore,” he said in a statement.

Listen to new songs by Cave In, Sampa The Great/Denzel Curry, Quelle Chris, GWAR, Kelly Lee Owens, Weird Nightmare/Bully, Shearwater, Mogwai, Faye Webster, Anika, Desire, Hether Fortune, and more...

We talked with Sondre Lerche about the musical, literary and cinematic inspirations behind his sprawling, brilliant new double album.

This week's Notable Releases include four (!) Arca albums, Screaming Females singer Marissa Paternoster's solo debut, Failure's best reunion album yet, and more...

Bryce's list includes Ryuichi Sakamoto, This Mortal Coil, Meredith Monk, Jonny Greenwood, and more...