Featured New Releases for
May 3, 2024
Atlantic
The tenth studio set from the Aussie pop wiz matches the power and intensity of her mid-2010s mainstream peak.
Young
Using the idea of dance as a creative and physical engine, the saxophonist's star-studded cast travel across jazz, funk, fusion, R&B, and more.
Warp
Gathering demos for what would have been the pioneering electronic pop duo's fifth album, this collection abounds with raw brilliance.
Merge
Beautifully sad, warmly played and sung album about death and healing made with subtle country rock and electronic accents.
Merge
With Ross Orton producing, mixing, and programming for the first time, the band comes off as a driving, futurist funk machine.
Captured Tracks
The '70s-inspired power pop band mixes up their subjects of obsession, re-creating styles of the Beach Boys, '70s power pop, soft rock, and the Beatles.
Four Quarters Entertainment
Producer Butch Walker helps move the acclaimed Americana singer/songwriter into the country mainstream.
Matador
A sonically thrilling and rallying dispatch from the Niger-based guitar hero.
Ghostly International
The L.A. indie wunderkind enters her twenties with a heavy heart on an often infectious second album produced with Day Wave's Jackson Phillips.
Strut / Universal
The fourth long-player by this English nonet features the debut of powerful new frontwoman Aziza Jaye.
Gondwana / Universal
English saxophonist's second outing employs the same band and an even more remarkable set of original compositions.
Mexican Summer
Pet Sounds-informed production, mercurial bossa nova breezes, and expanded instrumentation broaden the insular sound world of this already captivating singer/songwriter.
Sacred Bones
Trio centered around pioneering horror movie director explores emotions beyond fear and dread on this collection of tense, moody, cinematic instrumentals.
Wejazz
The Finnish pianist updates the sound of his '70s fusion ensemble with his post-bop quintet.
Wejazz
On the quartet's third long-player, they enlist cello and violin to expand their harmonic reach, also adding drama and dynamic and compelling textures.
Upset the Rhythm
The experimental collective's first album since the 1980s is a collage-like work heavy on atmospheric drones and poetic reflections.
Cellar Live Records
Archival releases includes two discs and three shows from the first Monterey Jazz Fest and Seattle's Penthouse club in stellar sound.
Signum Classics
This composer's characteristic mix of classical and electronic elements is deployed in the service of environmentalist ideas.
Orfeo
Sparsely played concertos by the young Britten that add Viennese influences to an English base.
Alpha
A closely argued program traces two motifs as they wend their way through the Baroque era.
BIS
Fluent performances of Sibelius standards and not-so-standards from a conductor and orchestra in top form.
Naxos
Fine Ukrainian discoveries, including an acid work in the Shostakovich vein from 1991.
Chandos
Fresh Romantic violin performances featuring Busoni's not terribly common violin concerto.