Caetano Veloso

Caetano Veloso has spent the past two decades releasing creative, sumptuously "beyond genre" music, much of it richly orchestrated. Here, the musical giant cuts into some surprisingly vital floor stompers, using a small rock band on graceful, off-kilter ballads and spiky post-modern cuts. While this recalls Caetano Veloso's early Tropicalia work, it also sounds like a more thoughtful, yet no less visceral, version of 1970s New York art punk.