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March 25, 2014
Teeth Dreams
Razor & Tie / Washington Square
Former Lucero guitarist Steve Selvidge makes his album debut with the Hold Steady on the band's sixth album, Teeth Dreams.
Miles Davis at the Fillmore 1970: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 3
Columbia
This complete and superb document of the trumpeter's four-night Fillmore East stand includes 135 minutes of unreleased music.
Nathan East
Yamaha
On his first solo album, the veteran bassist is joined by Stevie Wonder, Michael McDonald, Eric Clapton, and many fellow unsung session musicians.
The Rite of Spring
Masterworks
This wildly inventive trio deliver a faithful, incendiary rendering of Igor Stravinsky's iconic orchestral work.
High Noon
Sony Music
The country singer retreats to familiar territory on his safe sequel to the wild Free the Music.
May Death Never Stop You
Reprise
The best of MCR supplemented by three demos plus the unreleased "Fake Your Death."
Singles
4AD
The group's fourth album finds them streamlining their synth pop-influenced sound into something danceable and emotionally cutting.
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Goodbye Yellow Brick Road [Deluxe Edition]
Mercury / Universal
Generally regarded as Elton John's masterpiece, this double-album (on one CD) includes several of his signature songs
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Out Among the Stars [Bonus Track]
Columbia / Legacy / Sony Legacy
Excavated early-'80s sessions recorded with producer Billy Sherrill add up to one of Cash's stronger '80s albums.
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Live at the Jazz Cafe, London [The Complete Show]
Virgin
A document of a September 1995 performance, originally abridged for a 1996 Japan-only EP, now expanded to include the whole satisfying set.
3rd
Yep Roc
Third inning from this baseball-obsessed indie supergroup, featuring tales of great players, box scores, and beanballs.
Abraçaço
Nonesuch
The great singer/songwriter completes his trilogy with players from Brazil's indie rock scene, by saving the best for last.
World of Joy
Rough Trade
Howler's second album delivers more personality, and more of rock & roll's trashy glamour and grand gestures.
Forcefield
Mom + Pop Music
Four years after the raw, vulnerable Champ, Tokyo Police Club return with some of their most polished music.
Dissed and Dismissed
Slumberland
Twelve perfectly formed guitar pop nuggets, played loud and sad with plenty of GBV and TFC in the DNA.
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Various Artists
Bob Dylan in the '80s, Vol. 1 [LP]
ATO
Indie rockers pay idiosyncratic and effective tribute to Dylan's decade in the wilderness.
About Last Night
Mom + Pop Music / RCA
The sophomore album by the Kentucky sextet sports a smoother, more mainstream approach than their debut.
Get Pure
Alive / Alive Naturalsound Records
Mount Carmel show they're more rock preservationists than revivalists on their third outing, Get Pure.
Pocketknife
Harvest / Sony Music
Debut LP from Norwegian songstress Monica Birkenes offers a mix of sunny and frosty electro-indie pop.
Strangers
Team Love Records
Sophomore effort from this vocalist, composer, and instrumentalist is a compelling update of the '70s singer/songwriter era.
Odludek
Harmonia Mundi / Heavenly
The shape-shifting solo debut from the Doves frontman has a little something for everybody.
Night Songs
Stiletto Entertainment
An intimate set of standards that relies solely on Manilow's expressive voice and piano playing.
Remember Me
Republic
The rapper behind the big hit "Gas Pedal" offers a party album that pleases while introducing the rest of his HBK crew.
New Gods
Slumberland
Second album from Scottish indie folk act featuring help from members of Belle and Sebastian.
Winter & the Wolves
Rhymesayers Entertainment
Rapper Grieves shows significant growth on this 2014 release, expanding on his signature style without losing any of his pathos.
Gift
Castle Face
The band's third album is another garage-psych-noise pop gem that finds them doing a little bit of stretching while still sounding great.
We Are Catchers
Domino
Debut album of lovely, reverb-drenched piano pop that matches West Coast singer/songwriter craft with Brill Building hooks.
Sling Shot to Heaven
Mariel
Fifth album from this Americana-tinged indie band was recorded at their analog home studio in Chicago.
Your Heart to Mine: Dedicated to the Blues
Fuel / Fuel 2000
Medley brings deep, soulful wisdom, patience, and sincerity to each of these R&B and blues classics, making each feel lived in and known.
Locus
Northern Spy
The experimental outfit delivers an album of shorter songs that remain as creative and expansive as ever.
Till Midnight
SideOneDummy
On his fourth album as a solo artist, the savvy, insightful acoustic singer/songwriter embraces rock & roll with a full band.
Silver Rails
Esoteric Antenna
On his first solo album since 2003, the fabled bassist enlists an all-star cast to deliver a diverse, bracing program of new material.
Divisionary
Partisan / PTKF
The second album from AgesandAges combines their celebratory music with their unbound optimism.
Light Divide
Thrill Jockey
On his third solo album, this Barn Owl member summons isolation and coldness in his wordless electronic drones.
Circus Hero
429 Records
Andy Summers' first full-on rock band since the Police offers a tight, power pop debut with strong efforts from new bandmate Rob Giles.
Lavender Country
Paradise of Bachelors
Sole album from the Seattle group who created the first gay country LP, delivering strong music and lively commentary.
Motion: Connected Works
Thrill Jockey
This member of avant drone duo Mountains presents patiently unfolding synth and processed guitar compositions.
Just Because
ATO
The sophomore outing by the Los Angeles-based sibling duo (and grandchildren of film composer John Williams) is a pure folk-pop delight.
The Colourist
Republic / Universal
The debut by this Orange County indie quartet shimmers with color and sunny pop energy.
Chicago Fire
HighNote Records
The tenor saxophonist pays homage to the players and hard-swinging sound of his adopted hometown.
The Adventurous Monk
Savant
The third in Reed's ongoing investigation of pianist Thelonious Monk's music.
Oh, Common Life
Triple Crown Records
Fourth album from Detroit-based pop-emo band is their most ambitious and artful statement to date.
Luminance: Solo and Duo Works for Flute & Piano
Champs Hill Records
This album is a delightful exercise in melody harnessed to technique, and it will be a hardhearted listener indeed who can resist it.
Leonardo Vinci: Alto Arias
Pan Classics
This testifies that opera repertory of the first half of the 18th century still yields good stuff that is just waiting to be brought alive.
John Adams: The Gospel According to the Other Mary
Deutsche Grammophon
The work is never boring and often absorbing; the enthusiasm of Dudamel, the vocal performers, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic is palpable.
Prokofiev: Piano Concertos Nos. 1-5
Chandos
There's hardly a weak spot throughout: No. 2 keeps its threatening quality, No. 4 is entirely competent, and No. 5 is gorgeous.
Carl Nielsen: Symphonies Nos. 4 "The Inextinguishable" & 5
BIS
Sakari Oramo's recordings of Nielsen's Fourth and Fifth symphonies are a sonic showcase of works that ordinarily aren't treated as display pieces.
Arise, My Muse
Wigmore Hall Live
Davies, Egarr, and an instrumental group designated only as "friends" have a relaxed quality that comes only from deep contemplation of the music.