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Editors' Choice
PentaTone Classics
There are plenty of recordings of these Mahler song cycles, but Coote stands out from the crowd.
Aeolus Music
Reijnold Popma van Oevering may be obscure today, but his six keyboard suites likely influenced J.S. Bach's English Suites.
Atlantic
On his third album, Brett Eldredge concentrates on his softer side.
BIS
Using historical bows and gut strings, the Chiaroscuro Quartet emphasizes the experimental quality of this music with edgy performances.
No Quarter
The intrepid guitarist and his road band deliver four songs over 35 minutes that collectively communicate rock expressionism's dynamic interior.
Relapse Records
The Midwest trio delivers a windswept blast of sludge metal and shoegaze-addled post-rock that blurs the line between seismic and serene.
Tough Love
The U.K. band's first album as a duo is a deeply emotive, finely articulated production, borne out of period of turmoil.
Carpark Records
Based in California, the singer/songwriter's fourth album is sunny, emotionally rich, and packed with memorable tunes.
Sub Pop
Striking and powerful third album from these leftist punks raises the stakes and provides rallying cries for troubled times.
Megaforce / MRI / MRI Associated Labels
The debut solo outing from Indigo Girls' Emily Saliers, Murmuration Nation is a bold, versatile, and often beautiful collection of globally inspired pop songs.
Delphian
Bednall's music has aspects in common with the 1930s English "Romantic Moderns," yet might be better called Romantic Eclectic.
Big Picnic Records
The art-rockers' Zeitgeist-inspired fourth LP captures escalating instability in high-contrast dance-rock.
Slumberland
After some time away from music, Rose returns with an epic, '80s-inspired record made with help from producer Jorge Elbrecht.
Cooking Vinyl
Recorded on three continents, this raucous gypsy punk outfit extend their trademark sound to embrace Tex-Mex, outlaw country, and borderland rock.
Guided by Voices
The second album in four months from Robert Pollard and Co. is a strong, smart set of muscular rock & roll.
Harmonia Mundi
The Heath Quartet plays the six string quartets of Béla Bartók with virtuosity and energy, though with a nervous edge in exposed passages.
Sub Pop
Absent some of the gloss from previous albums, the band's sixth album is relatively stripped down and reliably autumnal.
Harmonia Mundi
The combination of Faust's gut-strung 1710 Stradivarius and Melnikov's 1885 Erard yields impressive transparency. French chamber music at its best.
Trouble in Mind
Intimate, nostalgic solo debut of quiet guitar pop from the founding member of Mazes and half of Ultimate Painting.
Thrill Jockey
Mouse on Mars' Jan St. Werner delivers an exercise in sheer force with this bludgeoning album of pounding jackhammer rhythms.
Rounder
The prolific Dobro maestro and his septet revisit the past and carve out new ground as bluegrass, jazz, country-rock, and blues collide.
Acid Jazz / PIAS
A balmy set of lush, electronic dream pop with flourishes of pastoral English folk and Swinging London-era psych-pop.
Castle Face
The pop craftsman takes some left turns into synth pop and disco on this well-crafted, pleasingly weird album, his ninth.
Champs Hill Records
The Skampa Quartet has an uncanny way of showing Dvorák as a Czech fascinated by what he heard in America.
New West
Singer/songwriter opens up about her troubles with liquor and love on her impressive third album.
Crystal Paris Records
The group's third album came after a long break and saw them shifting gears into disco-pop and world affairs.
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Fantasy
A funky, elegant, and soulful record that showcases the full potential of Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real.
Audite
Coppey offers a full-blooded, passionate reading that may put the listener in mind of classic Czech performances.
Hyperion
Both sumptuous and informative, this is a superior Sheppard recording.
131 Productions
Autumn feels just around the corner on the long-tenured chamber pop ensemble's 12th outing.
Gladsome Hawk
Welcome return from the former Haircut One Hundred singer and solo artist that touches on many aspects of his long career.
RCA
An excellent soft rock set from the contemporary country-pop collective.
Hyperion
The fourth volume in the Orlando Consort's series of Machaut's vocal music presents love songs on the subject of idealized beauty.
BMG / Rise Records
On their streamlined sophomore set, the alt-rock trio from Lowell, Massachusetts grow from hardcore kids to melodic powerhouses.
Matador
A masterly menacing, darkly joyful neo-glam record.
Polyvinyl
A confident and musically robust comeback gem from the New York-via-Madison indie rock trio.
Nonesuch
The master singer and songwriter creates a rich, ambitious collection of stories that rest comfortably with his best work.
Parlophone
Debut album from England's Jordan Cardy mixes punk attitude, hip-hop beats, and indie rock energy for a satisfyingly cheeky pleasure.
Anti-
The Sacramento-area artist's ambitiously layered mix of soulful, indie-electro R&B; and absorbing synth-pop.
Caroline
The restless, intrepid, and prolific singer/songwriter tips his hat to the progressive pop records of his youth on this panoramic collection.
Bella Union
This inward-looking sixth LP from the Norwegian singer/songwriter is rooted in empathy; even at its most cynical, the warmth of its core radiates outward.
Sargent House
Combining the pop/punk acumen of the Futureheads, the nerdy logistics of Rush, and the fevered attack of Sonic Youth yields a seriously satisfying confection.
Atlantic
An uncompromising major-label debut that reconstitutes the '70s rock touchstones and meticulous soundscaping of 2014's Lost in the Dream.
Castle Face
Even though they seemingly release an album every month, they never sound anything less than inspired, insane, and bursting with manic energy.
Decca
In this reading by Barenboim, the work emerges as positively operatic, with impressive results.
Nettwerk
Songwriting gets an upgrade on the garage punks' hooky, bratty, fourth LP, which draws on early British Invasion.
ECM
The pianist draws upon late-'60s Miles Davis and Mwandishi-era Herbie Hancock for this daring, exploratory sextet date.
Captured Tracks
Joined by its touring rhythm section, the group deliver some of its heaviest -- and most contemplative -- music yet.