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April 8, 2016
Human Performance
Rough Trade
The band's third album is its cleanest, most focused yet, without skimping on art rock hooks and off-kilter melodies.
Man About Town
Vagrant
Fourth album from the Michigan-born nerdy love man is a fine exercise in '60s and '70s soul style, leavened with smart soft rock.
Cleopatra
Dualtone Music
A moody, sullen second album that consciously rejects the big-footed stomp of "Hey Ho."
A Cure for Loneliness
Concord
On his tenth solo album, the iconic singer and songwriter shows no signs of slowing down or changing his ways.
Painting of a Panic Attack
Atlantic
A bloody-sleeved collection of erudite indie rock anthems that distill angst, both existential and situational, into fist-pumping crowd-pleasers.
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Distortland [Bonus Track]
Dine Alone
The artsy-alt Portland quartet continue their maturation by toning down the attitude and opting for pleasing dulcet vibes.
Fever Dream
Unmade Road
The songwriter investigates the stages, failures, and renewals of love on his third solo outing.
Sorrow: A Reimagining of Gorecki's 3rd Symphony
52hz
This radical and deeply moving interpetation of Henyrk Górecki's symphony is a portait of invention and emotion.
Otis Was a Polar Bear
Royal Potato Family
The third album of highly creative jazz from drummer Allison Miller's all-star ensemble.
Impuros Fanáticos
Soundway
On its sophomore full-length, the trio makes all genres bleed into an experimental, obsessively listenable whole.
Love Streams
4AD
Incorporating vocal arrangements for the first time, the Canadian experimental artist's 4AD debut is one of his most accessible works to date.
City Sun Eater in the River of Light
Woodsist
The band adds Ethiopian jazz influences to its jangly folk-rock sound and comes up a winner.
Forever Is 4 U
Omnivore
The third release from this Malawi-based folk and gospel group is humble, rustic, and inspiring.
Dear Satellite
Xtra Mile Recordings
Hebridean renaissance man Colin MacIntyre delivers another solid LP of warmly crafted, introspective guitar pop.
Brilliant Sanity
Moshi Moshi Records
The band's musings on uncertainty are some of their most confident, and catchy, songs yet.
On Vacation
International Feel Recordings
Montreal producer Mike Silver continues his obsession with the softer sounds of the '80s with this serene, acoustic-leaning LP.
Still Life of Citrus & Slime
In the Red Records
Cathartic post-breakup solo effort from the leader of garage rock group Charlie & the Moonhearts.
Every Little Step
Shelflife
The fourth album by the Norwegian singer/songwriter is insightful, warm, and gentle indie pop about families and love.
Crazy Eyes
Wind-Up Records
Richard Patrick revisits the ominous industrial energy of Filter's early days with renewed rage and energy.
Lovers and Leavers
Hwy 87 Records / Relativity Entertainment
The Texas songwriter turns his gaze inward on his fifth album, and delivers his finest to date.
Warp
ECM
The pianist pairs his piano with field recordings and other sounds in curious and fascinating miniatures.
Midnight Machines
Warner Bros.
The Canadian singer follows up her Juno Award-winning Little Machines with a gorgeously crafted acoustic album.
English Heart
429 Records
The girl group icon pays tribute to some of the biggest hits of the British Invasion era, with mixed results.
Animals Have Feelings
Stones Throw
Fourth album of heavy, off-time beats and chopped-up samples from the Ann Arbor-born, Los Angeles-based hip-hop producer.
I Will Be Nothing Without Your Love
Hopeless Records
Three albums in and the emo-pop has become almost all pop, chart-ready but not at all plastic.
Fools Gold
In the Red Records
Rare and unreleased tracks from Ty Segall's short-lived, lo-fi but high-energy garage rock project.
Graphic
Crucial Blast / Holodeck Records
The Austin-based darkwave trio take their sound in a heavier direction, resulting in their best and most ambitious work yet.
Commitment to Complications
Dais
The Los Angeles-based industrial EBM kids return, combining demonic rasps with new atmospheric textures on a more focused vision.
Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 50
Hyperion
Distinctive and attractive Haydn by one of the leading groups devoted to historical performances of the monuments of quartet literature.
Philip Glass: The Perfect American
Orange Mountain Music
This is Glass' most dramatically effective opera in some time, a remarkable tribute to his relentless desire to keep experimenting.
Dvorák: Violin Concerto; Romance; Suk: Fantasy
Ondine
A distinctive and absorbing version of Dvorák's concerto that can stand with the great Czech recordings of the work.
Visions
Warner Classics
A combination of technical brilliance and deep musical communion creates one of the most satisfying duo piano recordings in recent memory.
Beethoven/Liszt: Symphony No. 9
Alpha
Yury Martynov plays Franz Liszt's virtuoso arrangement of Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 on a Blüthner piano of 1867.
Conductus, Vol. 3: Music & Poetry from 13th Century France
Hyperion
The last of a series, this will convincingly fill a major hole in most collections of medieval music.