Panic! At the Disco

Death of a Bachelor

Atlantic / Decaydance / Fueled by Ramen Records

Pop/Rock

Singer Brendon Urie takes the helm on the group's debonair, debauched, and brilliantly executed fifth studio album.

— Matt Collar

Brooke Waggoner

Sweven

Swoon Moon Music

Pop/Rock

A willfully odd and restless collection of art pop from the Jack White associate.

— Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Randy Rogers / Randy Rogers Band

Nothing Shines Like Neon

Tommy Jackson Records

Country

The Randy Rogers Band return to an indie label and deliver their best record in years.

— Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Baaba Maal

The Traveller

Kobalt / Marathon Artists / Palm

International

On his first album in six years, the Senegalese songwriter and guitarist teams with electronic producer Johan Hugo to remarkable effect.

— Thom Jurek

Bloodiest

Bloodiest

Relapse Records

Pop/Rock

Five years after its debut, the Chicago post-metal supergroup is back, sounding heavier, darker, and more experimental.

— Thom Jurek

Daughter

Not to Disappear

Glassnote Entertainment Group

Pop/Rock

The London trio's sophomore LP offers a more assertive articulation to their hazy and brooding, often beautiful ruminations.

— Marcy Donelson

Hank Williams, Jr.

It's About Time

Nash Icon / Universal

Country, Pop/Rock

A big, wild, and rowdy comeback from Hank Jr.

— Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Mat Maneri / Ches Smith / Craig Taborn

The Bell

ECM

Jazz

The drummer's debut as a leader for ECM is an exercise in explorative lyricism and improvisational intuition for trio.

— Thom Jurek

Charles Lloyd / Charles Lloyd & the Marvels / The Marvels

I Long to See You

Blue Note

Jazz

The saxophonist, his longtime rhythm section, Bill Frisell, Greg Leisz, and guest singers deliver traditional, pop, and original tunes.

— Thom Jurek

Alan Price

Savaloy Dip

Omnivore

Pop/Rock, Blues

"Lost" album from the former Animals keyboard man is a strong and soulful set of very British R&B with a jazzy undertow.

— Mark Deming

Dylan LeBlanc

Cautionary Tale

Single Lock Records

Pop/Rock

The third studio long-player from the Muscle Shoals-born crooner is his best to date.

— James Christopher Monger

Jeremy Pelt

#Jiveculture

HighNote Records

Jazz

Legendary bassist Ron Carter joins the trumpeter for this thoughtful, romantic, straight-ahead quartet date.

— Matt Collar

Le Concert des Nations / Jordi Savall

Les Éléments: Tempêtes, Orages & Fêtes Marines

Alia Vox

Classical

Jordi Savall and his Le Concert des Nations touch on some lesser-known Baroque items on the theme of storms.

— James Manheim

Kristian Bezuidenhout

Mozart: Keyboard Music, Vols. 8 & 9

Harmonia Mundi

Classical

Bezuidenhout's Mozart is, to be sure, a matter of taste, but this is a fine conclusion to his series.

— James Manheim

Warren Mailley-Smith

Rhapsody in Blue

Sleeveless

Classical

Star of the U.K.'s Classic FM, Warren Mailley-Smith presents a collection of popular piano pieces that will appeal to a wide audience.

— Blair Sanderson

Jack Liebeck / Martyn Brabbins / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

The Romantic Violin Concerto, Vol. 19: Bruch

Hyperion

Classical

This will appeal to Bruch fans for the two rarities it contains, plus a relatively restrained version of the concerto.

— James Manheim

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