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New Reviews for August 1, 2025

The Future Is Here and Everything Needs to Be Destroyed
The Armed
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Sargent House
Pop/Rock, Electronic
After a few albums of iconoclastic pop experimentation, this Detroit art-punk collective returns to the chaos of their hardcore roots.
- Fred Thomas
Sunset BoulevardEditor's choice
Elvis Presley
Sunset Boulevard
RCA / Sony Music
Pop/Rock, Country
Newly remixed studio masters and outtakes from Presley's 1970s Los Angeles sessions for the greatest breakup album that never was.
- Mark Deming
Ain't Done With the BluesEditor's choice
Buddy Guy
Ain't Done With the Blues
RCA
Blues
At 89, the Chicago-by-way-of-Lousiana singer/guitarist remains a potent blues force.
- Matt Collar
The Starrr of the Queen of Life
Debby Friday
The Starrr of the Queen of Life
Sub Pop
Electronic, Pop/Rock, Rap
The Polaris Prize winner's celestially inspired second album is both more introspective and hedonistic than her debut.
- Paul Simpson
If Not WinterEditor's choice
Wisp
If Not Winter
Interscope / Music Soup
Pop/Rock
Ranging from crushing riffs to ambient collages, Natalie Lu's debut album secures her place as one of the definitive shoegaze artists of the 2020s.
- Heather Phares
West of BroadwayEditor's choice
Rachael & Vilray
West of Broadway
Concord Jazz
Jazz, Vocal
On their Concord debut, the East Coast vocal duo offer a fresh take on melding traditional pop, musicals, and West Coast jazz.
- Thom Jurek
Maybe I'm DreamingEditor's choice
Various Artists
Maybe I'm Dreaming
Anthology Recordings
Pop/Rock, Folk
The fourth volume in this compilation series of unknown soft rock artists from the '70s and '80s focuses on even deeper obscurities from private press recordings.
- Fred Thomas
Haunted Dancehall
The Sabres of Paradise
Haunted Dancehall
Warp
Electronic
Brilliant slice of classic electronica that slashes across genres -- dub, funk, trip-hop, film music -- like a pirate with a noir techno style.
- Tim Sendra

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Although he's known foremost for his animated rhymes, Ric Wilson could just as easily be classified as a left-field R&B or subversive pop artist. Firmly grounded in reality and resolutely upbeat, the South Side Chicago native hit his stride with the funk/house/bachata/rock hybrid "Soul Bounce" (2016) and has continued with unpredictable flair through a steady flow of singles and EPs. Since further establishing himself in the late 2010s with EPs such as…  Read More about Ric Wilson

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Timewind
AllMusic Staff Pick – August 4, 2025
Klaus Schulze
Timewind
1975
Experimental Electronic
This album, released 50 years ago this month, will sketch a barren wasteland in the mind through the wispiness of the wind-like effects. Timewind serves as splendid mood music, and the ears are forever kept busy following Schulze's electronic wandering.
- Mike DeGagne
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