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Belle and Sebastian

Late Developers

Pop/Rock

Arriving just months after the indie pop institution's 2022 effort, this album continues its stylistic dabbling and exploration of existence and aging.

- Fred Thomas

Margo Price

Strays

Country

An adventurous, masterful record that can't quite be called Americana.

- Stephen Thomas Erlewine

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The Great White Sea Eagle

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Lovely and moving harmony-heavy indie folk from a redoubtable team of musicians who play and sing with subtle grace.

- Tim Sendra

Bob's Burgers

Music from the Bob's Burgers Movie

Stage & Screen, Comedy/Spoken

The Belcher family hits the big screen, with three glorious production numbers and a well-crafted but ordinary musical score.

- Mark Deming

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Bulli

Pop/Rock, R&B

Jeremy Nutzman fuses R&B, rock, electronic, and rap with growing confidence on his fragmented but frequently dazzling second album.

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Billy Nomates

Cacti

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The singer/songwriter examines the politics of relationships with razor-sharp lyrics and a vivid mix of punk, synth pop, and folk.

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Never Going Under

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The emotionally cathartic and hooky fifth album from the Liverpool band.

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Ace [50th Anniversary Edition]

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Newly remastered 50th anniversary edition of the Grateful Dead member's 1972 solo debut contains bonus footage of a 2022 live rendition of the entire album.

- Fred Thomas

Rachael & Vilray

I Love a Love Song!

Vocal, Jazz

The duo's sophomore album of romantic 1940s- and '50s-inspired jazz and traditional pop.

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The Staves

Dead & Born & Grown

November 12, 2012

Alternative/Indie Rock

Released a decade ago and reissued in 2022, the debut album from The Staves showcases the harmonies of three sisters, layering voices over beds of indie-folk acoustic instrumentation and subtle compositions. Insisting but never urgent, the songs are truly lovely and the performances are breathtaking.

- Zac Johnson

Sonny Sharrock

Seize the Rainbow

May, 1987

Avant-Garde Jazz

The follow-up to Sonny Sharrock's entirely solo comeback album, Guitar, Seize the Rainbow puts the guitarist at the helm of a rock-styled power trio featuring bassist Melvin Gibbs and Abe Speller and Pheeroan akLaff on drums (producer Bill Laswell also plays bass on one cut). The overall sound of the album is surprisingly straightforward, heavy metal-tinged jazz-rock, though the caliber and taste of the musicians makes it something far more than what rock guitar virtuosos of the period were recording.

- Steve Huey