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August 7, 2015
Kill the Lights
Capitol / Nashville
Luke Bryan accepts maturity without getting dull on his fifth solo album.
Another One
Captured Tracks
The eccentric Canadian songwriter's follow-up to 2014's critically acclaimed Salad Days is a wonderfully beguiling mini-concept album about love.
Abyss
Sargent House
Collaborating with members of Russian Circles and True Widow, Wolfe embraces the heavier side of her music with stunning results.
Lovers Know
Saddle Creek Records
Brooding neo-soul meets wide angle lens, '80s-inspired electro-indie rock on the Laura Burhenn-led outift's third studio album.
Death Magic
Loma Vista
After a five-year break, the band refashions its noisy experimentalism into widescreen industrial pop that expresses the physical toll of heartache.
Weirdo Shrine
Hardly Art
Seattle-based, surf-obsessed rockers sound smarter, sharper, and more powerful on their second full-length album.
The Spirit Moves
Dualtone Music
Rootsy songwriter picks up a regular band that helps him sort out his ideas on one of his most satisfying albums to date.
Ivywild
Dead Oceans
Winston Yellon takes a 150-degree turn from his indie folk Night Beds debut into haunting electro alt-R&B on a stunning breakup opus.
Cognac & Conversation
Shanachie
Worthy follow-up to the classic-meets-contemporary R&B singer, songwriter, and arranger's five-star debut.
Transgressor
Quite Scientific
Fearlessly eclectic Michigan-based artist makes powerful statements in favor of individuality and personal freedom.
Green Lanes
Trouble in Mind
Second album of relaxed and lovely Velvets-inspired guitar pop from James Hoare (Veronica Falls) and Jack Cooper (Mazes).
Imaginary Life
Don Giovanni
First full-length album from these activist punk rockers deals with small P politics and rock & roll in great big letters.
From Far Enough Away Everything Sounds Like the Ocean
Barsuk
Impressive debut from Swedish folk-rock-branded trio led by Simon Stålhamre's contemplative lyrics and Neil Young-conjuring quiver.
The Mosaic Project: Love and Soul
Concord / Concord Records (Canada)
The second installment in the drummer/composer's all-female band focuses on the jazzy side of contemporary R&B.
Body Complex
Ghostly International
Succinct and high-quality downcast techno from Jakub Alexander -- the producer and A&R person's second album for his employer.
Georgia
Domino
Impressive debut full-length of experimental pop from London-based songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Georgia Barnes.
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Do Yourself In
Fun and frenetic collection of the band's early singles, plus unreleased songs and a very rare demo tape.
Thank You for Stickin' with Twig
DFA
Canadian musician Slim Twig's fourth full-length album is his most sonically ambitious and original-sounding work to date.
Gregg Allman Live: Back to Macon, GA
Rounder
A nicely relaxed and casually diverse 2014 homecoming performance.
Gentle Warnings
Yebo Music
The New York duo's debut of spare yet atmospheric guitar and harmony vocal-drenched '60s-style pop.
I Like Rain: The Story of the Jean-Paul Sartre Experience
Fire Records
Career-spanning collection of the Flying Nun outsiders' work, some of the most interesting indie rock of their era.
Horizons
Polyvinyl
Second full-length album from this electronic duo captures the sound (but not always the personality) of vintage synth pop.
Knockin' Boots
Broadwalk
House producer's unsurprising if accomplished first album, comes after years of 12" releases and collaborations with the likes of Jessie Ware.
RIP III
Arbutus Records
A diverse and wry third compilation of the lo-fi songwriter/performer/home recordist's delightfully offbeat psychedelic/garage-weighted genre mosaics.
Black Cat
Loveway Records / Warner Bros.
A sophisticated album that finds the Missouri band balancing its bedroom folk roots with its glammy power pop inclinations.
This Is Not a Test
Forefront Records
The sixth studio long player from the veteran CCM hitmaker and former DC Talk member is a largely collaborative affair.
Morning World
Paper Bag Records
Canadian chillwave artist travels to John Vanderslice's San Francisco studio to create his most organic-sounding recording yet.
The Whistles & the Bells
New West
Former Cadillac Sky frontman Bryan Simpson takes listeners on a wild ride through his spiritual awakening with this solo project.
It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time
Fortuna POP!
Odd, profane, and lovable solo debut from the longtime leader of weird pop combo the Loves.
You Disgust Me
Mass Appeal
Action Bronson and the late Sean Price guest on this 2015 album from the Alchemist and Oh No.
Down Time
Bedroom Suck / Fire Records
A breezy, nostalgic dream pop debut built around surf guitar tones and endearing melodies from the airy-voiced Elizabeth Mitchell.
Genexus
Nuclear Blast
The ninth studio album from the seminal American industrial metal pioneers is also their most accessible to date.
Scriabin: Symphony No. 1; The Poem of Ecstasy
Pentatone / PentaTone Classics
Scriabin's Symphony No. 1 and the Poem of Ecstasy are played with intensity by Mikhail Pletnev and the Russian National Orchestra.
Praetorius
Archiv Produktion
Heras-Casado gets a precise, lively sound from the Balthasar-Neumann-Chor und Ensemble of Freiburg and is backed by excellent studio sound from Archiv.
Debussy, Bartók, Prokofiev: Études
Hyperion
Garrick Ohlsson explores the piano études of Claude Debussy, Sergey Prokofiev, and Béla Bartók on this 2015 Hyperion release.
Louis Moreau Gottschalk: A Night in the Tropics - Solo Piano Music
Naxos
With flawlessly ppropriate sound from the American Academy of Arts and Letters in New York, this is an essential Gottschalk release.
Sibelius: Belshazzar's Feast; Overture in E; Scène de Ballet; Wedding March; Cortège; Menuetto; Processional
Naxos
Segerstam is an ideal Sibelius conductor and this is a must-have release for Sibelius lovers, and an unexpected pleasure for anybody.
Barber, Bernstein, Copland, Thompson
Hyperion
This is a fine program of American choral music, with some pieces that will surprise and please even home-grown aficionados.