New Reviews 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.
In Memoriam
Classical
In Memoriam
Editors' Choice for April, 2024
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AllMusic Staff Pick
- May 7, 2024
August 27, 1996
Cleveland, OH's music scene of the 1970s is often lauded as the breeding ground for proto-punk, but rather than trying to rev up rock & roll gone stale, Pere Ubu were self-sufficient outliers, making sounds that were new and novel but existed in a world of their own. This box set collects Pere Ubu's recordings from the formative period of 1975 to 1982, along with a disc of material by friends and fellow travelers, and it still sounds bold and ahead of its time in 2024.
