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Week of Nov 11, 2014
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Rhino
Largely instrumental, unexpectedly moving farewell from David Gilmour and Nick Mason.
Easy Sound
On her fifth 21st century album the singer co-writes with a contemporary cast to build a bridge between her musical past and present.
Def Jam
The rapper grows and stuns on his most eclectic and satisfying effort to date.
Arts & Crafts
The Norwegian electro-pop wizards say goodbye to the album format with a star-studded, vocal-heavy finale.
Universal
The Dominican legend delivers a stellar collection of bachatas, merengues, sons, and salsas, all done with a sense of musical adventure.
Atlantic
The singer/songwriter's long-in-the-works third album consists of eight exquisitely sculpted songs.
Dine Alone Records
The venerable band's ninth album opts for a more personal, subdued approach even as it incorporates orchestral arrangements and literary allusions.
Numero Group
Complete studio recordings made during the lifespan of this beautiful and restrained Dallas slowcore quintet.
Atlantic
The British singer/songwriter's third album of introspective, '60s and '70s-influenced soft pop.
Sacred Bones
Expanded into a concrete lineup, this long running goth-folk project has never sounded more exacting or driven.
Island
Despite its stylish flair, this solo album from the former Jonas Brother is at its best when it relies on the classics.
Kobalt / Tusk or Tooth
The creative Danish indie pop expat delivers another idiosyncratic set full of strong hooks and some darker tones.
What's Your Rupture?
Quickly realized grab bag of erratic punk and other odds and ends of cerebral rock and unexpected weirdness.
Nuclear Blast
After three years and personnel changes, these Bay Area metallers deliver a provocative, musically and sonically ambitious set.
Sacred Bones
Shape-shifting, darkwave and Krautrock-inspired debut from members of Brooklyn-based punk/bar band the Men.
Secretly Canadian
Soundtrack to a documentary about the group's unusual 2006 tour loses the subtext, but the performances are truly brilliant.
To Whom It May Concern
Jonna Lee and Claes Björklund's third collaboration trades spooky trip-hop for songs that evoke a cloudless day at the beach.
Legacy
Tracing all the way back to her 1983 appearance on The Merv Griffin Show, this compiles an assortment of televised performances.
Atlantic
Excellent compilation of the ZBB's 14 charting hits from 2008-2013.
Weird World
The group's impressive second album has all the noise and fury of its first, but is also more focused and song-oriented.
Deep Oceans
Lengthy five-song EP exploring '80s soundtrack-styled instrumentals, ambient drones, and pastoral compositions.
Heavenly
Erol Alkan and Richard Norris do all sorts of dreamily psychedelic reanimation to Temples' already near-perfect album.
Wagram
The Finnish/French duo transforms itself into a sharp-edged electropop outfit with striking and often affecting results.
Hollywood
Odd compilation of album tracks highlighted by three reworked old songs, including one Freddie Mercury duet with Michael Jackson.
Secretly Canadian
Jason Molina's sixth album as Songs: Ohia, recorded with Jim and Jennie of the Pinetops.
Trouble in Mind
The Nashville time trippers' third album adds some new sounds to their psych pop revivalism: a little country, bossa nova, and German prog, to be exact.
Mexican Summer
The experimental guitarist/composer's commentary on nostalgia is more seamless and engaging than ever on his second full-length.
Heavenly
On their second album, the Television-obsessed band shorten their name and manage to lose their spark, too.
Do Yourself In
Massive compilation spanning this Scottish electro-punk trio's winding oeuvre, including unreleased demos and new songs.
Bureau B
Curated by Lloyd Cole, this compilation focuses on the minimal celestial synth beauty of the Krautrock pioneer.
Radian Releases
The experimental Viennese rock trio take on the Tucson space cowboy in a mysterious, murky, engaging collaboration.
Weird World
Second album from the U.K. indie folk eccentric is focused on a pair of long compositions full of noisy, expressive guitar.
Bella Union
The noirish, London-based sister band tramps further into the woods on their dreamy yet threatening sophomore set.
Quite Scientific
Michigan alt-country act delivers a poppier sound on their fourth album, but their atmospheric music is still literate and strong.
Rhymesayers Entertainment
Aesop Rock and Rob Sonic return to their supergroup and offer an album on a Run the Jewels level.
Castle Face
Live documentation of one of the first shows back for this reunited Bay Area gutter rock trio.
Castle Face / Heavenly
Fractured, lo-fi, and occasionally pop-tastic psych rock from this Aussie collective.
Ex-Cult / Goner Records
Old-school punk and bursts of out-there noise raucously coexist on this powerful debut from the Memphis garage punk quartet.
Various Artists
K Records / K Recs
Pacific Northwest hop-hop collective Thee Xntrx put a fresh spin on lo-fi rock nuggets from the K Records catalog.
Various Artists
Cutters Records
Continuous mix of banging dancefloor action from Melbourne, Australia-based artists, lovingly put together by hometown heroes Cut Copy.
Hometapes
The Brooklyn trio tones down the music theory and delivers a more accessible pop-oriented release with tinges of both the Zombies and Pixies.
Empty Cellar
The Bay Area rockers deliver a classy and spirited '60s-inspired set that could be a lost Dukes of Stratosphear album.
Spinefarm Records
A smoke-filled stadium blend of "Magic Man"-era Heart and classic New Wave of British Heavy Metal.
Mint Records
The Vancouver synth poppers strike just the right balance between catchy and mischievous on their freewheeling debut EP.
Light in the Attic Records
Debut album from the veteran music writer is a deceptively simple effort filled with charm, wisdom, and fine songs.
Innervisions
Not as intense as its cover indicates, Lorenz Brunner's third album offers more of the producer's downcast, melodic techno for dreamers.
Bureau B
Almost 20 years into their craft, the German duo return with another collection of dense electronic pop deconstruction.
Ubiquity Recordings
Debut album from this British retro-soul combo led by guitarist Nick Radford and vocalist Angeline Morrison.
Hyperion
This fine Debussy recital, with nary a conventionally virtuosic work in sight is a recording that everyone ought to hear.
Decca
This is a worthy, slightly unorthodox pair of performances from an underappreciated veteran of the piano.
Ondine
Hannu Lintu leads the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra in a powerful rendition of Luciano Berio's avant-garde masterpiece, Sinfonia.
Sony Classical / Sony Music
This album is attractive: not only does the voice retain a characteristic clarity, but Domingo executes the project with the class expected of him.
Onyx Classics
Kozhukhin's is both brilliant and daring, with the Piano Sonata in B minor, Hob. 16/32, scaled back, but still holding together convincingly.
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