New Reviews for July 26, 2024

Ask That GodEditor's choice
Capitol
This welcome return to form blends the Australian duo's quirky surrealism with irresistible beat-driven production.
- Neil Z. Yeung
Rite Here Rite Now [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]Editor's choice
Loma Vista
Ghost's first concert album is an unholy horn of plenty that delivers on both performance and spectacle.
- James Christopher Monger
To the Ghosts
Universal
The duo's fifth album gives equal time to their timeless melodies and songwriting and their sonic experimentation.
- Heather Phares
Resuscitate!
Drag City
The singer/songwriter's first live album in 14 years is an exultant celebration of how music grows richer with time and in front of an audience.
- Heather Phares
Synchronicity [Super Deluxe Edition]
A&M / Polydor / UMR
A multi-disc super deluxe edition containing previously unreleased tracks and new liner notes.
Red Mile
Jagjaguwar
Canadian art rock collective applies cinematic instrumentation and exacting production to messy, street-level punk rock anthems.
- Fred Thomas
VertigoEditor's choice
Drag City
The always-evolving psychedelic group turns in a quietly adventurous set of deep space grooves, tense string arrangements, and subtly expanding songs.
- Fred Thomas
Made by These Moments
RCA
The Alabama country-rockers make a leap to the major leagues with the assistance of producer Dave Cobb.
- Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Feel Your Groove
AllMusic Staff Pick - July 27, 2024
1971
Sidran's debut solo album was the beginning of a long, quirky, varied, and sometimes puzzling series of albums. The music ranges from dirty rock and R&B numbers like "Poor Girl," with Sidran playing both the B-3 and electric piano, to "Alexander's Rag Time Band," which brings '60s Blue Note soul-jazz to '70s Prestige and Mainstream funk. Sidran uses his voice so musically, with enough reserve, restraint, and savvy in his phrasing, that it's a delight to listen to. This offers proof that Sidran was already in full possession of his gifts as a writer, producer and arranger.
- Thom Jurek