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So Long Little Miss SunshineEditor's choice
Molly Tuttle
So Long Little Miss Sunshine
Nonesuch
Folk, Pop/Rock, Country
The bluegrass phenom adds pop polish and savvy songwriting to her mix, delivering a semi-acoustic pop winner.
- Mark Deming
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Alison Goldfrapp
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A.G. Stage Ltd.
Electronic
The veteran electro-pop artist's second solo album delivers hooky songs with her usual effortless elegance.
- Heather Phares
Love Is Like
Maroon 5
Love Is Like
222 Records / Interscope
Pop/Rock
Maroon 5 deliver a smartly pared-down eighth album that nicely evokes the clubby soul-pop of their early work.
- Matt Collar
WishboneEditor's choice
Conan Gray
Wishbone
Republic
Pop/Rock
True love and heartbreak are forever intertwined on the singer's deeply affecting fourth album.
- Matt Collar
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Cass McCombs
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Domino
Pop/Rock
A bit more moving and personal than the wry songwriter's typical output, his 11th solo album makes up for a four-year gap with 16 songs.
- Marcy Donelson
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Steve Gunn
Music for Writers
Three Lobed
Folk, Avant-Garde
After establishing himself as a singer/songwriter, Gunn returns to his instrumental roots on this textured ambient set.
- Timothy Monger
Hyperglyph
Chicago Underground Duo
Hyperglyph
International Anthem
Jazz
Delivering their first album in 11 years, the duo and engineer Dave Vettraino use the recording studio as an instrument and a laboratory.
- Thom Jurek
No Need To Argue [30th Anniversary Edition] [Deluxe 2 CD]
The Cranberries
No Need To Argue [30th Anniversary Edition] [Deluxe 2 CD]
Island
Pop/Rock
A 30th anniversary release featuring newly remastered audio of the standard album and a handful of new bonuses, remixes and live tracks.

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A veteran of the L.A. psychedelic scene, Michael Collins turns the trippiness down to a slow boil for his Drugdealer project. Built around his smooth keyboard playing and plangent soft rock melodies, the band re-creates the laid-back sound and vibe of Laurel Canyon of the '70s, while also sounding as technically pure as a studio full of session players. Two albums recorded in the late 2010s (The End…  Read More about Drugdealer

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July 17, 2001
Pop
In his 2000 debut album, released 25 years ago today, Craig David merges smooth-soul crooning with a cascade of glistening keyboards, circling guitars, and sophisticated rhythms. Displaying a healthy marriage of current R&B vocal stylings and U.K. club/dance fused beats, David's music skillfully evades feeling robotic and cold, while still sounding pristine and immaculate.
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