New Reviews for November 1, 2024

Songs of a Lost WorldEditor's choice
Capitol / Polydor
On their first album in 16 years, these goth rock superpowers stir up echoes of the slow, sad beauty of their best-loved work.
- Fred Thomas
King of America & Other Realms [Super Deluxe Edition]Editor's choice
UMe
An epic-scale exploration of one of Costello's finest albums, and the creative doors it opened for him.
- Mark Deming
Last Leaf on the Tree
Sony Music
A poignant, masterfully delivered covers album from the country legend and his son.
- Matt Collar
CHROMAKOPIA
Columbia
Rap
Tyler's seventh LP proves candid and spontaneous as he reckons with age, sexuality, and fatherhood.
- David Crone
Weezer [Blue Album] [30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition]
Geffen / Polydor / UMC
This swag-filled reissue of the band's landmark debut album includes almost 40 previously unissued recordings.
- Tim Sendra
Night PalaceEditor's choice
Phil Elverum's sprawling, noisy document of the peace he found while reassembling his life offers a deeply rewarding listening experience.
- Heather Phares
The CleansingEditor's choice
Domino
Tales of a dangerous past and uplifting survival told in classic punk troubadour style by the former Only Ones' leader.
- Tim Sendra
4 Hits & a Miss: The Essential Richard Swift
Secretly Canadian
A 14-track collection, including one previously unreleased song, spanning the late indie maverick's 15-year solo catalog.
- Marcy Donelson
The Fugs Second Album
AllMusic Staff Pick - November 7, 2024
1966
Emerging at a time when the Beat movement had faded and the Hippie era had yet to dawn, the Fugs were a group of poets and semi-pro musicians who embraced rock & roll as a medium to celebrate art, enjoy life, and offend the people who deserved it. Their second album, released in 1966, is less technically slapdash than their debut, while retaining the grubby eloquence and purposeful smut that proclaimed their joy.
- Mark Deming