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June 24, 2014
Once More 'Round the Sun
Reprise / Warner Bros.
The band moves deliberately toward hard rock with more crafted songwriting and hooks, but keeps their bag of enormous riffs intact
What Is This Heart?
Weird World
The indie R&B project's sprawling third album is its most ambitious and natural-sounding work yet.
Electric Brick Wall
Drag City
Electro and funk elements energize Black Banana's second album, making for some of Jennifer Herrema's most engaging post-Royal Trux music.
Pitch Black Prism
Anticon
Whether it's moody hip-hop or moody electronica depends on the track, but Alias' 2014 effort is dark and down all around.
Sea When Absent
Lefse Records
The band's fourth album has a more focused approach and sound, yet still reaches the same shoegaze-y heights as previous works.
Donovan Blanc
Captured Tracks
Subdued debut from a duo who blend late night singer/songwriter melancholy and relaxed guitar jangle into a wonderfully calm and peaceful sound.
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Brownout Presents Brown Sabbath [LP]
Ubiquity
Austin's greatest funk mob take on Ozzy and company with an Afro-Latin hard rock groove and deliver big.
Relief
Downtown Records
Shimmering, melodic, summer-oriented pop mixing vintage samples and indie-rock instrumentation.
Mexico
Kompakt
The Icelandic group's seventh proper studio album -- and third for Kompakt -- is their most straightforward, pop-oriented work.
Beware the Fetish
Crammed Discs
Lengthy sophomore effort from this Congolese collective spans over 100 minutes of dense, joyous music.
El Valle de la Infancia
Deutsche Grammophon / ECM
The third offering in 18 years from the bandoneonist's "family band" is as timeless and accessible as it is complex and modern.
Gold Nights
Felte
The duo's second album trades grimy post-punk for dark synth pop filled with high fashion heartbreak.
White Reaper
Polyvinyl
Excellent debut EP from Kentucky trio who walk an energetic tightrope between garage noise and bubblegum punk.
Par Avion
Ghostly International
The coldwave-inspired duo's fourth album lets more light and air into their music, making for a fascinating mix of the hard-edged and ethereal.
Frkwys, Vol. 11: Cantos de Lisboa
RVNG
Two master guitarists from different generations come together in Lisbon, letting its magic inform these lovely improvisations.
Enfant Terrible
Rune Grammofon
On their third outing the Norwegian trio explore hard rock more aggressively than ever before, but maintain their ties to electric jazz.
Physiques
Brassland
The Brooklyn art-poppers deliver an impressive and challenging second album that unwinds over repeated listens.
Liberation!
Mexican Summer
Debut solo album from Walkmen bassist tempers searching sentiments with classic FM radio rock songcraft.
Emergency Situation
Blind Pig
Veteran blues harp player is still a blazing soloist with a first-rate band, but the material isn't top-shelf on his 15th album.
Heal
Dead Oceans
A turbulent collection of emotionally charged retro-pop/classic rock that's as raw as it is nostalgic.
Mosaics Within Mosaics
Cloud Recordings
Culled from years of home recordings, this album of splintered indie pop flows naturally despite its fragmented nature.
Solid Gold Heart
Sounds Familyre
The leaders of Half Japanese and Danielson Famile join forces for this joyous embrace of the power of positive rock & roll.
Melissa Aldana & Crash Trio
Concord / Concord Jazz
The fresh, sophisticated Concord debut of the Thelonoious Monk Competition winner's new trio.
Made on McCosh Mill Road
Entertainment One / eOne
Short and as sweet as grape moonshine, the rapper's return to the country is a hick-hop party.
Horse Meat Disco IV
Strut
Heavy on deep 1977-1983 selections, the fourth mix from the London-based DJ crew is another set with novice and expert appeal.
Various Artists
Eccentric Soul: Capitol City Soul
Numero
Numero returns to Columbus, Ohio, the source of the label's first compilation, to dredge up more obscurities and previously unreleased soul and funk.
Sonic Rivers
Tzadik Records
Three inspired voices from the outer reaches of jazz converge on this date; a must for followers of improvisation and free jazz.
Incomplete Me
Fearless Records
The St. Cloud, Minnesota-based metalcore outfit's third studio long-player and first outing for Fearless Records.
One: In the Chamber
Flying Buddha
A grand, sweeping album of traditionally minded soul driven by the enduring top-tier producer, featuring key turns from Ne-Yo and Corinne Bailey Rae.
SomeKindaWonderful
Downtown Records
Midwestern rock grit, modern R&B, and soul collide on this Cleveland band's debut, which recalls bands like Maroon 5 and OneRepublic.
Beyond the Blue
Compass
Marks the return of vocalist Jessee Havey and the debut of new members Rosie Newton, Kevin Garcia, and Colin Savoie-Levac.
When Shapes of Spilt Blood Spelt Love
Saint Marie
The Berlin ensemble returns with another darkly textured and obscurely titled album full of moody ambience and heavy riffing.
Major Motion Picture
Chunklet
Previously unreleased live recordings of Georgia indie rock heroes letting loose with a blaze of reverb in 1998 and 1999.
Tidal Wave
Nettwerk
The Vancouver indie quartet delivers a debut full of warm, summertime synth pop.
Elements of the Infinite
Metal Blade
Colorado-based melodic death metal outfit Allegaeon make a creative breakthrough on their vigorous third album.
Texas Road Trip
Munster / Munster Records
The Philly-based songwriter messes with Texas in just the right way on this album featuring Augie Meyers of the Sir Douglas Quintet.
Kill All Kings
Metal Blade
Belgian thrash legends Channel Zero bounce back from the passing of their longtime drummer on their second post-reunion album.
Triunity
Debemur Morti
Split EP from two very different extreme French bands reveals the blackened bridge between them.
Mozart: Requiem
RCO Live
This is an exceptional Mozart Requiem for anyone with any sympathy for what the 19th century brought to the work.
Gustav Mahler: Symphonie Nr. 6
Oehms Classics
Markus Stenz and the Gürzenich-Orchester Köln present Mahler's Symphony No. 6 in an extraordinarily detailed recording on hybrid SACD.
Pavans and Fantasies from the Age of Dowland
ECM New Series
The pavans of Dowland himself are the central attraction, and the rest of the music comes from his successors in the 17th century.
French Cello Sonatas, Vol. 2: Franck, Saint-Saëns, Fauré
CAvi-music
Cellist Julian Steckel and pianist Paul Rivinius offer fresh readings of not-overly-familiar French repertory here.
Richard Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra; Don Juan; Till Eulenspiegel
Orfeo
Andris Nelsons leads the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra in three of Richard Strauss' most popular symphonic poems.
The Blossoming Vine: Italian Maestri in Poland
Coro
An excellent survey of music that will be unknown to most listeners other than the ones who can read the supplied Polish booklet notes.