Fifteen years into his career, Future reckons with the blurry line between truth and persona and loses touch with the vulnerability that made his best work so enduring.

Working with producer Kenneth Blume, the New York punk band attempts a spirited reinvention on its sleek, streamlined new album.

On an album influenced by Chicago post-rock and squirrelly prog, the Woodstock modular synthesist invites some top-notch shredders—Greg Fox, Ben Chasny, Meg Duffy—to help him make sparks fly.

On a three-song EP rooted in the throes of grief, the Boston hardcore group pays tribute to loved ones lost and reaffirms its bandmates’ mutual bonds.