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So Long Little Miss Sunshine
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 an semi-acoustic pop winner.
- Mark Deming
Flux
Alison Goldfrapp
Flux
A.G. Stage Ltd.
Electronic
The veteran electro-pop artist's second solo album delivers hooky songs with her usual effortless elegance.
- Heather Phares
Wishbone
Conan Gray
Wishbone
Republic
Pop/Rock
True love and heartbreak are forever intertwined on the singer's deeply affecting fourth album.
- Matt Collar
Interior Live Oak
Cass McCombs
Interior Live Oak
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
Music for Writers
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, this duo and engineer Dave Vettraino use the recording studio as an instrument and a labratory.
- 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.
El Viejo Caminante
Dino Saluzzi / José Maria Saluzzi / Jacob Young
El Viejo Caminante
ECM
Latin, Jazz, Classical
The 90-year-old bandoneon maestro teams up with his guitarist son Jose and Norwegian guitarist Jacob Young to turn in a sophisticated reverie.
- Thom Jurek

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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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Honey
AllMusic Staff Pick – August 16, 2025
Ohio Players
Honey
August 16, 1975
Funk
Released 50 years ago today, Honey kept the band's commercial momentum going thanks to such hard-driving funk as "Love Rollercoaster" (a song that was sampled to death by rappers in the '80s and '90s and covered by the Red Hot Chili Peppers in 1996), "Fopp," and the playfully jazz-influenced hit "Sweet Sticky Thing."
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