Featured New Releases for
October 9, 2015

Album cover for 35 MPH Town by Toby Keith
Toby Keith

35 MPH Town

Show Dog Nashville
Country
Despite a couple of ballads and beach songs, 35 MPH Town is another reliable record from Keith's wheelhouse.

— Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Album cover for Revival by Selena Gomez
Selena Gomez

Revival

Interscope
Pop/Rock
With a new label and more control over production and songwriting, Revival is a fresh start for Gomez.

— Tim Sendra

Album cover for The Agent Intellect by ProtomartyrEditors' Choice
Protomartyr

The Agent Intellect

Hardly Art
Pop/Rock
Third album from these Detroit indie rockers is a smart, furious combination of guitars and voices, each ranting with purpose.

— Mark Deming

Album cover for Such Things by SaintsenecaEditors' Choice
Saintseneca

Such Things

Anti-
Pop/Rock
Moving on from folk, this Ohio band delivers a spiraling exercise in focused, ambitious, well-produced indie pop.

— Thom Jurek

Album cover for Legerdemain by Duncan SheikEditors' Choice
Duncan Sheik

Legerdemain

Duncan Sheik / Kobalt / Sneaky Records, inc.
Pop/Rock
Lengthy yet ethereal album that blends Sheik's musical drama work with his affection for '80s new wave.

— Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Album cover for Outsiders by Jesse MalinEditors' Choice
Jesse Malin

Outsiders

One Little Indian / Velvet Elk
Pop/Rock
The singer and songwriter's second album of 2015 is polished but spontaneous and full of rock & roll spirit.

— Mark Deming

Album cover for Surrender by Hurts
Hurts

Surrender

Columbia
Pop/Rock
An exuberant, disco and house-infused album that retains all of the British duo's transcendent, synth-laden drama.

— Matt Collar

Album cover for Thirty One by Jana Kramer
Jana Kramer

Thirty One

Elektra Nashville
Country
The country singer fashions her second album as something of a Miranda Lambert tribute, buttressed by some nice country-pop.

— Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Album cover for St. Germain by St. Germain
St. Germain

St. Germain

Parlophone
Electronic
Fifteen years after his jazz-house classic Tourist, the French producer returns with an album inspired by Mali, West Africa.

— David Jeffries

Album cover for Snare Lustrous Doomings by Of MontrealEditors' Choice
Of Montreal

Snare Lustrous Doomings

Polyvinyl
Pop/Rock
The band's first live album is a 90-minute, consummately performed, career-spanning romp that captures the freewheeling spirit of their shows.

— Marcy Donelson

Album cover for Try to Be Hopeful by The Spook SchoolEditors' Choice
The Spook School

Try to Be Hopeful

Fortuna POP!
Pop/Rock
Energetic, emotionally powerful set of songs that deal honestly with gender and sexuality, while still being super-hooky indie pop gems.

— Tim Sendra

Album cover for Sore by Dilly Dally
Dilly Dally

Sore

Partisan
Pop/Rock
Canadian band's 2015 debut sounds like the great lost alt-rock noise pop album of 1992. (That's a compliment.)

— Mark Deming

Album cover for No No by Co LaEditors' Choice
Co La

No No

Software
Electronic, Pop/Rock
The producer's third album sets sensory overload to Baltimore beats, with dazzling and sometimes dizzying results.

— Heather Phares

Album cover for For the Company by Little May
Little May

For the Company

Capitol
Pop/Rock
Quietly lush, brooding, Aaron Dessner-produced debut LP from the Hannah Field-led indie folk trio from Australia.

— Marcy Donelson

Album cover for Beach Music by Alex GEditors' Choice
Alex G

Beach Music

Domino
Pop/Rock
Impressive and haunting Domino label debut for the young, Philadelphia-based lo-fi artist with scores of self-released songs under his belt.

— Marcy Donelson

Album cover for Like Us by Jon McLaughlin
Jon McLaughlin

Like Us

Razor & Tie
Pop/Rock
Sweet, good-hearted, well-crafted and impeccably polished piano-based mainstream pop.

— Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Album cover for Rest in Paradise by KissesEditors' Choice
Kisses

Rest in Paradise

Hit City USA
Pop/Rock
The L.A. duo expands its retro disco sound in a more organic direction, bringing in Midnight Magic to get a live band feel.

— Tim Sendra

Album cover for Hat Bark Beach by Knife PleatsEditors' Choice
Knife Pleats

Hat Bark Beach

Jigsaw Records
Pop/Rock
Seeing the name Rose Melberg in the credits means you are about to experience indie pop at its best; this album is no exception.

— Tim Sendra

Album cover for ASD by A Skylit Drive
A Skylit Drive

ASD

Tragic Hero Records
Pop/Rock
The fifth studio long player from the Lodi, California melodic metalcore unit.

— James Christopher Monger

Album cover for Golden Age by Daniel Martin Moore
Daniel Martin Moore

Golden Age

Ol Kentuck Recording / Sofa Burn Records
Pop/Rock
A sublime set of unassuming yet subtly majestic piano-led folk-pop gems from the Kentucky-based singer/songwriter.

— James Christopher Monger

Album cover for All Love Lost by Joe BuddenEditors' Choice
Joe Budden

All Love Lost

eOne
Rap
With bad love as the theme, the Slaughterhouse MC offers one of his best solo albums.

— David Jeffries

Album cover for Oh My Goodness by Donnie Fritts
Donnie Fritts

Oh My Goodness

Single Lock Records
Pop/Rock
The reticent Muscle Shoals legend teams with John Paul White and a stellar multigenerational cast for a honey of an album.

— Thom Jurek

Album cover for Haha [LP] by The Garden
The Garden

Haha [LP]

Epitaph
Pop/Rock
Jokey synth punk duo's Epitaph debut is far more ambitious and fully realized than their previous recordings.

— Paul Simpson

Album cover for YPD by Yip Deceiver
Yip Deceiver

YPD

New West
Pop/Rock
More bright and funky, '80s-inspired synth pop from the Athens, Georgia duo, featuring a cover of Jennifer Paige's '90s hit, "Crush."

— Marcy Donelson

Album cover for French Reflections by Sivan Magen
Sivan Magen

French Reflections

Linn / Linn Records
Classical
Sivan Magen's 2015 album of French harp music offers selections by Fauré, Debussy, Caplet, Tournier, and others.

— Blair Sanderson

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