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No Rain, No Flowers
The Black Keys
No Rain, No Flowers
Warner Music
Pop/Rock
Quickly recovering after a tumultuous 2024, the Ohio duo deliver another reliable set of catchy blues-rock.
- Neil Z. Yeung
Anyway
Anamanaguchi
Anyway
Polyvinyl
Pop/Rock, Electronic
The chiptune heroes convened in the American Football house to write their most traditionally band-oriented album yet.
- Paul Simpson
Pressing OnwardEditor's choice
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Queen Diva Music
Religious, Pop/Rock
Surprisingly powerful pivot to gospel that infuses songs of hope and resilience with the energy of New Orleans bounce.
- Neil Z. Yeung
Surrender InsteadEditor's choice
Field Medic
Surrender Instead
Alternate Side Records / Many Hats
Pop/Rock
A decade into his craft, this multi-genre songwriter brings a newfound self-assuredness to some of his best written and most carefully arranged songs to date.
- Fred Thomas
BuglandEditor's choice
No Joy
Bugland
Sonic Cathedral
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The genre-defiant polymath collaborates with co-producer Fire-Toolz on an album of maximalist pop that never stops changing gears but somehow never overwhelms.
- Fred Thomas
when i paint my masterpiece
Ada Lea
when i paint my masterpiece
Saddle Creek Records
Pop/Rock
A mercurial 16-song set (whittled down from 200) tied together by live-in-studio sessions with her backing trio produced by Luke Temple.
- Marcy Donelson
Crucial Cuts From the Heart of the Ark (1973-1978)Editor's choice
Lee "Scratch" Perry
Crucial Cuts From the Heart of the Ark (1973-1978)
Shanachie
Reggae
A brief but powerful selection of standouts from the trailblazing producer's fabled Black Ark studio.
- Paul Simpson
Love Lives Forever (BBC Sessions 2003-2011)Editor's choice
Daniel Johnston
Love Lives Forever (BBC Sessions 2003-2011)
Pop/Rock
This live compilation collects tracks from five different BBC sessions, highlighting the constant qualities of this idiosyncratic songwriter's musical language.
- Fred Thomas

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AllMusic Staff Pick – August 8, 2025
Shellac
1000 Hurts
August 8, 2000
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Don't expect 1000 Hurts (released 25 years ago today) to open your ears to anything new. Shellac's sound hasn't developed much. Are they yanking chains by periodically releasing selections from one extremely fruitful session? Only the band and a few tape operators know. No other band sounds like them, which legitimizes this status quo.
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