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Soccer Mommy

Sometimes, Forever

Pop/Rock

Soccer Mommy expands her palette with forceful, colorful washes of instruments that sometimes recall shoegaze.

- Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Coheed and Cambria

Vaxis II: A Window of the Waking Mind

Pop/Rock

The second chapter in this arc in the Amory Wars narrative offers a wealth of creative musical directions in 13 tight, wonderfully executed songs.

- Thom Jurek

Zola Jesus

Arkhon

Pop/Rock

The singer/songwriter's seventh album rewrites her rulebook with songs that heighten the spectacle -- and liberation -- of her music.

- Heather Phares

Gaby Moreno

Alegoria

Pop/Rock, Country, Latin, R&B

The L.A.-based singer/songwriter teams up with her favorite guitarists and others on this evocative, dramatic 11-song set.

- Thom Jurek

Katie Alice Greer

Barbarism

Pop/Rock, Electronic

The solo debut from the former Priests lead vocalist is a confounding rush of noisy experimentalism and futurized pop.

- Fred Thomas

Art d'Ecco

After the Headrush

Pop/Rock

Inspired by his return to Vancouver, d'Ecco juxtaposes past and present and highs and lows on songs that sound like alternate dimension hits.

- Heather Phares

Theo Croker

Love Quantum

Jazz, R&B, Rap

The trumpeter continues to embrace a funky, spiritually minded blend of Afrofuturist jazz and hip-hop on his seventh album.

- Matt Collar

Jean-Benoît Dunckel

Carbon

Pop/Rock, Electronic

The composer and multi-instrumentalist's contemplative fourth solo album is a reminder of how beautiful technology and progress can be.

- Heather Phares

Redd Kross

Neurotica

Pop/Rock

This 35th anniversary reissue contains unreleased demos from the band's second album.

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John McNeil / John McNeil Quintet

Things We Did Last Summer

August, 1983

Post-Bop

In the summer of 1983, trumpeter John NcNeil toured Europe as an instructor for the Jamey Aebersold jazz camp. Here, he closes out the tour with a live Copenhagen concert also featuring saxophonist David Liebman. This is fiery post-bop jazz punctuated by moments of dusky, noirish balladry.

- Matt Collar

Arcade Fire

Reflektor

October 28, 2013

Alternative/Indie Rock

With the benefit of hindsight, this already-excellent album might catch a well-deserved break, considering the divisive catalog low point that came next. And while their latest WE is a decent return-to-form, it doesn't hit as hard as the band's fourth LP, which finds them experimenting with island percussion and dance rhythms. They even got Bowie on the title track.

- Neil Z. Yeung