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January 22, 2016
Jet Plane and Oxbow
Sub Pop
The band's politically charged, '80s-inspired ninth studio album invokes names like Tears for Fears, Talk Talk, and Peter Gabriel.
Emotional Mugger
Drag City
Raw, largely home-brewed album faces off buzzy guitars and lo-fi electronics against hooky, glam-influenced tunes.
4½
Kscope
A stopgap mini album offers new recordings inspired by session leftovers and a complete redo of Porcupine Tree's "Don't Hate Me."
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The Catastrophist [LP]
Thrill Jockey
The Catastrophist feels like a microcosm of the band's body of work; it all comes together in some of their most immediate music to date.
New View
Frenchkiss Records
The singer/songwriter delivers more affably rambling riffs on classic rock and folk traditions.
Skilled Mechanics
!K7
Like 1996's Nearly God, this loose and alluring effort falls somewhere between a proper album and a collaborative side project.
Jesu/Sun Kil Moon
Caldo Verde Records
Mark Kozelek continues his autobiographical storytelling style on his long-rumored collaboration with Justin Broadrick.
A Coliseum Complex Museum
Jagjaguwar
More grand scale sonic adventures from this Montreal band, exploring the axis of adventurous prog rock and tuneful indie pop.
Here Come the Rattling Trees
Drag City
A loosely shaped narrative telling the stories of people real and imagined in and around Sean O'Hagan's Southeast London neighborhood.
The Waiting Room
City Slang
The iconic Scottish ensemble are more relaxed, assured, and restless than they've been in the recent past.
Para
Ghostly International
Deeper and richer second Ghostly International album from crafty synthesist Chester Raj Anand.
Adrian Younge Presents Something About April II
Linear Labs
Another dose of engrossing cinematic soul from Adrian Younge and his collaborators, including Bilal, Stereolab's Laetitia Sadier, and Raphael Saadiq.
Sex Love & Pain II
Atlantic
The R&B singer flashes back to his Grammy-nominated 2007 album, though he does it with a different cast of collaborators.
Perfect
Joyful Noise
The world's most chaotic band sounds remarkably coherent and full of joy nearly 40 years after its debut.
In the Magic Hour
Yep Roc
The Brooklyn-based singer/songwriter delivers an intimate, poignant second album, written during a respite from the road.
Curve of the Earth
Caroline
A sumptuous distillation of the myriad styles that the London psych-rockers have been weaving in and out of over the years.
Infinite Summer
Memphis Industries
The synth-poppers' second album combines sci-fi ambition and poignant moods into apocalyptic party music.
Marble Mouth
Polyvinyl
Produced by Of Montreal's Kevin Barnes, an invigorated rhythm section makes for a sophomore release that feels like a big premiere.
Disco Love, Vol. 4: More More More Disco & Soul Uncovered
BBE
Seven years after the first volume, the Glaswegian DJ and compiler rounds up another group of gritty and elegant vintage club grooves.
Love Over Will
R&S
Glasgow-based producer's full-length debut for R&S is a set of tense, concise songs with his confessional vocals placed front and center.
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Coasts [Deluxe Edition]
Good Soldier / High Times / Warner Bros. / Warner Music
Debut LP from Bristol, U.K. indie rock band featuring big choruses and big beats that aim for the arena masses.
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Interscope / Island
Thrilling synth rock debut from the former I Blame Coco singer (and child of Sting) with a range of influences from New Order to Radiohead.
Beth X / Charlie Elliott / The Fat White Family / Liam May / Anna McDowell / Joe Pancucci / Charlie Petrel / Zsa Zsa Sapian
Songs for Our Mothers
Without Consent
Second album from U.K. lo-fi uber-cynics is even more misanthropic than their debut, but noticeably less lively.
Mendelssohn: The Complete Solo Piano Music, Vol. 4
Hyperion
Shelley's entire series, each a mixture of familiar and unfamiliar pieces, is recommended for Mendelssohn fans.
Dvorák: Stabat Mater
BR Klassik
This live recording from the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra under Mariss Jansons captures the full weight of this powerful work.
Ives: Symphony No. 4; The Unanswered Question; Central Park in the Dark; Symphony No. 3
Seattle Symphony
Ludovic Morlot and the Seattle Symphony present four of Charles Ives' most significant works on this 2015 release.
Lalo: Piano Trios
Hyperion
Clean, light performances that respect Lalo's craft without trying to make more of it than is there.
Shostakovich: Chamber Symphonies Op. 73a & 83a
BIS
Arrangements made from Shostakovich quartets are rendered in careful, tense performances that modulate beautifully between wiry and lush.