New Reviews for January 17, 2025
Fat Possum Records
On their seventh album, Tamara Lindeman and company document the messiness of human nature with eloquence, compassion, and thrilling physicality.
4AD
This remastered, limited-edition vinyl release celebrates the 30th anniversary of the Pixies frontman's grandly idiosyncratic second solo album.
Saddest Factory
The debut album from this Boygenius-produced U.K. artist splits the difference between indie folk and high-tension rock songs.
Heavenly Recordings
The second album by the Australian group is gloriously hard rocking and guitar forward while also showing off a more subtle, poppy side.
Transgressive
The Malian desert blues group explores its roots, primarily performing with traditional acoustic instruments.
Bella Union
The U.K. singer/songwriter examines love and all its wounds and angles on a more expansive sophomore LP that's still devastatingly raw.
Skep Wax Records
Timeless -- but not ageless -- indie pop from wiser, regret-stained perspectives marks the debut of a trio led by the Field Mice's Michael Hiscock.
In Memoriam
Editors' Choice for December, 2024
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AllMusic Staff Pick
- January 17, 2025
1995
Saxophonist Dale Fielder lost his house in the Eaton Canyon fire that ravaged Los Angeles in 2025. A Pittsburgh-native, Fielder moved to L.A. in the '90s, diligently establishing himself as a gifted musical journeyman who often works just out of sight of wider public view. His 1995 tribute to Wayne Shorter underscores his influences, while illuminating his own soulful, hard swinging post-bop. Listening to his sun-soaked "Afternoon in L.A." is both a bittersweet snapshot of happier times and a reminder of how a culture of a city is defined by the creative, hardworking people who call it home.
Classical
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