With 'Beast Epic,' an organic and earthy folk album, Sam Beam aka Iron & Wine appears to be back to what he is best at.

The ninth studio album from Foo Fighters, 'Concrete and Gold,' is mostly more of the kind of catchy riffage we've come to expect from the Foo Fighters for more than 20 years now. And it works.

Grizzly Bear return with their fifth studio album 'Painted Ruins' out on RCA Records.

The National return with their seventh studio album 'Sleep Well Beast' out on 4AD.

Following their 2011 disbanding and subsequent 2015 reunion, LCD Soundsystem's highly anticipated 'American Dream' is darker than their previous work, but stays true to the foundations of the band.

For the first new Queens of the Stone Age album in four years, frontman Josh Homme once again reminds fans that he is someone who refuses to make the same album twice.

Rock and roll has been around for 60 some years, and the War on Drugs still manage to sound fresh. As we click into autumn mode soon, this might be the album to put on and get lost in its epic beauty.

Back with his second solo record, Dan Auerbach enlisted an illustrious crew of Nashville musicians. The result is a shimmery, head-boppin' album.

For any music fan it's exciting to see how the sausage gets made, and Dan Wilson has been making some of the most powerful and successful sausage for musicians across genres for the past 15 years.

Sylvan Esso's second album is a brisk 36 minutes of music that gradually ramps up to reveal itself, providing great fun along the way.