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Domino
Outstanding fourth album from these Detroit indie rockers is smart, introspective, and fiercely aggressive all at once.
Parlophone / Rhino
A handsome, alluring, and exceptional-sounding box containing all of Bowie's LPs from 1977-1982.
ATO
With production by John Agnello, JLM's fourth solo LP balances atmosphere and grit, and heartache and empowerment.
Mercury / Mercury Nashville
Shania Twain splits the difference between '90s retro and modern country on her comeback.
Mack Avenue
An emotionally layered set of live and studio recordings featuring the singer and her trio, as well as the classical string ensemble the Catalyst Quartet.
Lester Records
An austere and sweet collection of songs recorded live in the studio.
XL
The sophomore full-length by the French/Cuban siblings looks hard at injustice and reflects struggle in beautifully written, passionately articulated songs.
Mute
Recorded by Steve Albini and featuring an impressive cast of contributors, Ben Frost's second studio album for Mute is a forceful, commanding work.
Brownswood
The jazz vocalist futher explores her Afro-Caribbean roots on her third album for Gilles Peterson's Brownswood label.
Young Turks
This six-track EP focuses on the saxophonist/composer/arranger's provocative and inclusive ideas about counterpoint as a cornerstone of harmony -- literally and metaphorically.
Cherry Red
Double-disc collection of songs, both released and unreleased, from the long and brilliant career of the Scottish indie pop band.
Brainfeeder
An extremely giddy, hyperkinetic rush of complex beats and sugary melodies from Irish producer Iglooghost, courtesy of Brainfeeder.
BMG / BMG
The folk-rock icon continues his late-career renaissance on this jazzy follow-up to 2016's Lighthouse.
Blue Note
A highly engaging, forward-looking jazz supergroup celebrates Blue Note's 75th Anniversary.
Fantasy / Universal
Before Creedence Clearwater Revival, John Fogerty and crew were a tough and tunfeul garage rock band that is well worth discovering.
Republic / Virgin EMI
Highlights from a two-night residency at Wrigley Field, home of Eddie Vedder's beloved Chicago Cubs.
ATO
Quirky, exploratory prog-funk concept album based on an Italian children's book about color-eating goblins.
Rhino
The band celebrates its debut with a reissue featuring demos, live performances, and an excellent Unplugged session.
RCA
The band explores the wider -- and sometimes wilder -- possibilities of their music following their Grammy-nominated debut.
ATO
The Virginia quartet play to the back of the room on their rousing, melodic fourth effort.
Highway 20 Records / Thirty Tigers
The singer and songwriter revisits the songs from her 1992 album Sweet Old World with mixed results.
Cherry Red
An exhaustive dissection of the ex-Auteurs, Black Box Recorder, and Baader Meinhof mastermind's prolific solo career.
Elefant
Sophisticated and a bit silly Italian combo goes full disco -- successfully -- on its third album.
Mascot
Kentucky's favorite hard-rocking sons pay tribute to the original electric blues masters and the '70s rock bands they're inspired by.
Real World Records
A more spatial electronic-oriented production approach marks the Swede's sixth effort.
Columbia / David Gilmour / Sony Music
The soundtrack to the guitarist's film of the same name boasts a bountiful, energetic performance of classic and contemporary material with few missteps.
Spirit Voyage Music
After a ten-year gap, the Go-Go's frontwoman returns with an acoustic pop adaptation of Buddhist chants and mantras.
Warner Bros.
Seven-song EP that provides a stepping stone from the band's early guitar-based sound to its synth pop phase.
Wharf Cat Records
The band's second album delivers another combustive mix of garage, punk, stoner rock, and psych-rock.
Elektra
The English singer/songwriter's sophomore major-label effort is balanced, vibrant, and ultimately more satisfying than its predecessor.
PIAS / Sunday Best
The trio's fourth album is self-produced and rootsier than ever.
Epic / Legacy / Sony Music
A trivializing seasonal compilation featuring the likes of "Thriller," "Torture," "Blood on the Dance Floor," and a new mash-up.
Omnivore
The fifth volume in this stellar reissue series pairs the great saxophonist with longtime collaborator and friend trumpeter Jack Sheldon.
Omnivore
The West Coast jazz icon pairs with fellow California legend drummer Shelly Manne and others on this swinging Atlas reissue.
Dischord Records / Radical Elite
A larger than usual edition of Ian Svenonius' band delivers a good groove and prompts the frontman to bring the fire.
Southern Lord Records
Influential noise rock trio is still documenting everything that is foul and cacophonous in humanity. That's a compliment.
Different Recordings
All but abandoning guitars, British group Vessels explore surging, euphoric electronic dance music on their fourth proper album.
Soundset
Kayleen Sánchez and Johnandrew Slominski give a historically informed performance of Schubert's posthumous song cycle, Schwanengesang.
Reference Recordings
Manfred Honeck leads the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony and Barber's Adagio for strings.
Harmonia Mundi
Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in E minor receives a provocative treatment in this 2017 Harmonia Mundi release by Isabelle Faust.
Deutsche Grammophon
Evgeny Kissin delivers live performances of Beethoven piano sonatas and variations with rare insights and technical brilliance.
Deutsche Grammophon
Using a custom keyboard, Krystian Zimerman gives Schubert's last two piano sonatas unique and innovative interpretations.
Naxos
Boris Giltburg joins Carlo Miguel Prieto and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra in popular works by Sergey Rachmaninov.
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