Recent Rousing Releases

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  Chvrches
  Screen Violence
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  The trio’s fourth album taps into everything that makes them so special among the legions of bands reinventing synth pop in the 2020s.

  - Heather Phares
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  Iron Maiden
  Senjutsu
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  An epic late-career triumph, albeit one that requires multiple spins to set up camp in your Homeric metal-craving cranium.

  - James Christopher Monger
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  Halsey
  If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power
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  Triumphant artistic showcase that pairs the pop star with producers Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross.

  - Neil Z. Yeung
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  Elvis Costello / Elvis Costello & …
  Spanish Model
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  A surprisingly effective and entertaining reworking of This Year's Model containing new Spanish-language vocals from contemporary Latin artists.

  - Stephen Thomas Erlewine
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  Pat Metheny
  Side-Eye NYC (V1.IV)
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  This live trio outing with Marcus Gilmore and James Francies offers older material and new work played with elasticity, adventure, and warmth.

  - Thom Jurek
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  The Beach Boys
  Feel Flows: The Sunflower & Surf …
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  Dozens of previously unreleased tracks join remasters of two original albums from a curious and creatively rich phase of one of rock's most important legacies.

  - Fred Thomas
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  OneRepublic
  Human
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  The American band's fifth set of uplifting anthems continues their streak of emotive, contemporary pop optimism.

  - Neil Z. Yeung
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  Bob Marley / Bob Marley & the Wa …
  The Capitol Session '73
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  Previously unreleased live-in-the-studio set that documents the Wailers as a group and not just Bob Marley's backing band.

  - Mark Deming
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  Lee Morgan
  The Complete Live at the Lighthouse
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  The legendary hard bop trumpeter's final dynamic live 1970 concert album is presented in full.

  - Matt Collar
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  The Vaccines
  Back in Love City
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  The English indie rockers' fifth long-player sees the band looking for connections in an emotionally disconnected world.

  - James Christopher Monger