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November 11, 2016
We Got It From Here... Thank You 4 Your Service
Epic
On their first record in 18 years, the group capture what made them great while giving their sound a modern update.
The Heavy Entertainment Show
Columbia
The ever-entertaining showman makes his pop return with his most invigorated and fun effort in years.
Jessica Rabbit
Torn Clean
The duo borrow some Top 40 gloss, delivering some of their most pointedly catchy music in the process.
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Legacy [Deluxe]
GC / Rhino / Warner Music
One of the first posthumous Bowie hits collection serves up his standards.
Testimony
Capitol
A companion to Robertson's memoir, drawing from all aspects of the singer/songwriter's career with an emphasis on the Band.
The Early Years 1967-1972: Cre/ation
Pink Floyd / Sony Music
A double-disc distillation of the 28-disc box The Early Years 1965-1972 streamlines the story but is still absorbing.
Long Live the Angels
Capitol
Post-breakup follow-up to the singer and songwriter's U.K. multi-platinum debut, filled with stirring ballads.
The Unborn Capitalist From Limbo
Drag City
The leader of the intense acid psych band Wand steps out on a lushly autumnal psych-folk solo album.
A Hand Through the Cellar Door
Secretly Canadian
For his fifth solo LP, the Here We Go Magic frontman returns to intimate indie folk with a series of engrossing character sketches.
Forward Constant Motion
Fire Records
The now duo's second album forgoes any shoegaze influence for a chillier, more electronic approach.
Daniel Bachman
Three Lobed Recordings
The acoustic guitarist follows up the acclaimed River with a raw, atmospheric, skeletal exploration of sound that searches for melody.
Simply Christmas
BMG / S-Curve / S-Curve Records
An elegant, jazz-styled holiday debut from Hamilton's Aaron Burr that yearns for Christmases out of reach.
Nine Suns, One Morning
Drag City
On their third album in a year, this Masaki Batoh-led ensemble marries the sounds of their previous dates and breaks through to the other side.
High Noon: A 50-Year Retrospective
Omnivore
Exhaustive, fascinating, and joyous celebration of the first half-century of an unclassifiably great band.
Patterns of Light
London London
Combining vintage metal and 21st century particle physics, these epic songs capture the visceral thrill of discovery.
Ruins
Jagjaguwar
The English rockers' fourth LP doubles down on the neo-pagan psych-metal of 2014's Fain with some of their best material to date.
No Further Ahead Than Today
Scripted Realities
The German musician and producer delivers an escapist world that harkens back to his early albums.
Wyatt at the Coyote Palace
HHBTM / Omnibus Press / Overlook / Overlook Omnibus
Hersh's first solo outing in six years is an ambitious double LP with an accompanying hardback book stocked with lyrics, notes, essays, and photographs.
The Fall of a Rebel Angel
Republic
Michael Cretu attempts to move forward while circling back with his first Enigma project in eight years.
Tattooed Heart
Nash Icon
Ronnie Dunn signs to Nash Icon and delivers an album that recalls his glory days with Brooks & Dunn.
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Separation Sunday [Bonus Tracks]
Frenchkiss Records
A swirling maelstrom of intense, hilarious, and breathtaking rock & roll with a cockeyed lyrical perspective.
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Almost Killed Me [Bonus Tracks]
Frenchkiss Records
The band's debut album is a thrilling blast of AOR swagger and drunken street poet rambling.
Royal Blues
The group reinvents itself on its fourth album, borrowing from EDM, tropical pop, reggae, and chillwave on heartache-inspired songs.
Motion Set
Drag City
On their first album in four years, the Stars stubbornly stick to their volume-drenched guitar freakout M.O. and are all the better for it.
Ring Spiel Tour '95
Columbia / Columbia Records / Legacy / Sony Music
The former Minutemen and fIREHOSE bassist on his first solo tour, with Dave Grohl and Eddie Vedder backing him up.
Highway Songs
Drag City
Former Slint guitarist David Pajo returns to his Papa M moniker for the first time since 2004 with this brief, eclectic set.
Six Seasons
Minty Fresh
Concise and thoughtful EP that shows off the indie pop craftsman's songwriting skills, plus adds some vintage synths to the mix.
Christmas Together
Pearl
With this chipper holiday record, the husband-and-wife team release their first-ever duet album.
#MyNameIsJoeThomas
Plaid Takeover
The singer's 12th and possibly final album references his multi-platinum third one, but is no nostalgia trip.
Long Way from Home: Early Recordings
August Records / Third Man Records
Third Man's aptly named Long Way from Home: Early Recordings gathers up some of the earliest known studio sessions from the enigmatic Canadian-American singer/songwriter.
Monument Builders
Kranky
These emotionally and politically charged soundscapes are some of Scott Morgan's most affecting music.
Dark Sacred Night
Suicide Squeeze
A decidedly somber, yet sincere collection that celebrates the the darker side of the holidays.
Positive Thinking
The Canadian female punk duo delivers a muscular and defiant sixth LP exploring themes of depression and fear.
Young Narrator in the Breakers
Bella Union / Re-Union
A real gem, eschewing the obvious and undoubtedly hip yet geeky in its references.
Holiday for Strings
Don Giovanni
The former Fug and Holy Modal Rounder leads an urban hootenanny that's sloppy, inspired, and full of joy.
On Dark Silent Off
Thrill Jockey
Following a lineup change, the Austrian experimental trio returns to Thrill Jockey with some of its most alarming work yet.
Delicious Rock Noise
2016 reissue of the Misfits-loving garage punk teens' 2015 debut.
Corvus
Ghostly International
Lorenz Brunner returns to Ghostly for his third 2016 release, a five-track EP of dependably pristine downcast techno.
Love Songs, Pt. 2
Ninja Tune
On his second full-length, the London-based producer incorporates more live instrumentation into his warped, choppy house tracks.
High Times for Low Lives
Decca / Wind-Up Records
Sophomore set from the Australian quartet that peppers contemporary flourishes atop their Michael Jackson-loving dance-rock.
Devil Music
The Men
The Brooklyn post-punkers return to self-releasing their music with their noisiest, most aggressive album in years.
Various Artists
Killed by Deathrock, Vol. 2
Sacred Bones
Second installment of Sacred Bones' series of post-punk/goth rarities culled from obscure vinyl and cassette releases.
Acoustic
Caroline / Caroline International
The veteran Scots offer an unplugged, though not necessarily organic retelling of their best-known songs.
Various Artists
Punk 45: Les Punks: The French Connection: The First Wave of French Punk 1977-80
Soul Jazz
Features 19 rare punk rock tunes that suggest the French are better at rock & roll than most people think.
Beethoven: Sonatas & Variations for Cello & Piano
Erato
Flair, effortless technical control, and a feeling of freshness are all evident in this traversal of Beethoven's cello music.
Haydn: Sonatas
Steinway & Sons
John O'Conor's 2016 release on Steinway & Sons offers five representative piano sonatas by Franz Joseph Haydn.
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4; The Nutcracker
Mariinsky
Gergiev offers the right blend of something new and something continued.
Oliver Davis: Dance
Signum Classics
Davis' music is a good deal more subtle than its purely diatonic surfaces and minimalist-like basic thematic material might suggest.
Wagner: Die Walkure - Act 1
LPO
Klaus Tennstedt's 1991 concert recording of Act I of Wagner's Die Walküre is presented on this CD from the London Philharmonic's archive.
Weinberg: Symphony No. 17 "Memory"; Suite for Orchestra
Naxos
The ongoing rediscovery of Weinberg's music is well served by this release featuring two strikingly different works.