Recent Sparkling Releases

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  Little Mix
  LM5
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  The foursome delivers a sophisticated fifth album of edgy R&B with a strong feminist message.

  - Matt Collar
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  Generationals
  State Dogs: Singles 2017-2018
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  The New Orleans indie pop duo bring together all of the songs they released as standalone tracks from 2017-2018.

  - Matt Collar
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  CUTS
  A Gradual Decline
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  Stunning, inventively designed work from filmmaker and musician Anthony Tombling, Jr. which addresses environmental and political decay.

  - Paul Simpson
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  Alice Merton
  Mint
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  Sleek and sassy full-length debut that includes the breakout hit "No Roots."

  - Marcy Donelson
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  Earl Sweatshirt
  Some Rap Songs
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  The third album from this innovational rapper finds him taking risks with warped lo-fi beats and jagged, dreamlike production.

  - Fred Thomas
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  Pavo Pavo
  Mystery Hour
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  The Brooklyn band deliver a second album of kaleidoscopic art rock with sonic and emotional heft.

  - Marcy Donelson
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  Porter Ray
  Eye of the Beholder
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  Seattle rapper follows up his dreamy 2017 debut with an EP of similarly atmospheric hip-hop.

  - Fred Thomas
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  I Am Robot and Proud
  Lucky Static
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  Ninth album of unflappably pleasant and chipper indie electronic tunes from composer and video game designer Shaw-Han Liem.

  - Paul Simpson
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  Beast
  Ens
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  Joyous, heartfelt solo effort from Koen Holtkamp (Mountains), recorded as he was anticipating the birth of his first child.

  - Paul Simpson
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  Vladimir Ashkenazy
  Debussy: Préludes
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  Vladimir Ashkenazy plays Book I of Debussy's Préludes in a 2017 studio recording, and Book II in a live recital recording from 1971.

  - Blair Sanderson