The Rolling Stones

Blue & Lonesome

Interscope / Polydor

Pop/Rock

Mick Jagger dominates the Rolling Stones' quickly recorded, wholly satisfying blues album.

— Stephen Thomas Erlewine

John Legend

Darkness and Light

Columbia

R&B

The Academy Award winner's fifth album, produced by Blake Mills, is a fully evolved synthesis of gospel, folk, R&B, and adult pop.

— Andy Kellman

Kate Bush

Before the Dawn

Concord

Pop/Rock

The reclusive musician's return to the stage in 2014 is documented with this singular and spectacular live recording.

— Mark Deming

Bob Dylan

The Real Royal Albert Hall 1966 Concert

Columbia / Legacy / Sony Music

Pop/Rock, Folk

An excerpt from the massive 1966 Live Recordings box, this also acts as a companion to The Bootleg Series, Vol. 4.

— Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Peter Doherty

Hamburg Demonstrations

BMG / Clouds Hill

Pop/Rock

The second solo album from the Libertines' frontman is some of his most rollicking, sardonic, and poignant music.

— Heather Phares

Damien Jurado / Richard Swift

Other People's Songs, Vol. 1

Secretly Canadian

Pop/Rock

The two singer/songwriters hung out for a weekend in August 2010 and ended up with a psychedelic covers album of diverse tunes from the '60s and '70s.

— Marcy Donelson

The Last Shadow Puppets

The Dream Synopsis EP

Domino

Pop/Rock

An effective, live-in-the-studio-sounding session featuring two re-recorded originals and a handful of covers.

— Matt Collar

Christine and the Queens

Chaleur Humaine [Deluxe Edition] [CD/DVD]

Because Music

Pop/Rock

The group's self-described "freakpop" blends contemporary pop, hip-hop, and R&B with musical and emotional agility.

— Heather Phares

Kane Brown

Kane Brown

RCA Nashville

Country

On his debut, the country-pop singer dabbles with R&B rhythms and progressive lyrics while holding true to the bro code.

— Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Richard H. Kirk

#7489: Collected Works 1974-1989

Mute

Electronic, Pop/Rock

Fascinating box set of early solo material by Cabaret Voltaire co-founder Richard H. Kirk, ranging from industrial experiments to acid house tracks.

— Paul Simpson

Sandoz

#9294: Collected Works 1992–1994

Mute

Electronic

Five-CD box set compiling early material by Sandoz, the globally conscious ambient techno project of Cabaret Voltaire's Richard H. Kirk.

— Paul Simpson

Telefon Tel Aviv

Fahrenheit Fair Enough

Hefty Records

Electronic

Soulful, bright, slightly mischievous IDM hybrid of glitch, electro, and ambient.

— Andy Kellman

The Clean

Getaway [Deluxe Edition]

Merge

Pop/Rock

The band reunites for another album of guitar pop delights, featuring members of Yo La Tengo. This edition adds a bonus disc of live shows.

— Tim Sendra

RaeLynn

Wildhorse

Warner Bros. / Warner Music / Warner Nashville

Country

An affable mix of electronic-laced pop and warm country storytelling from this budding star.

— Timothy Monger

Soviet Soviet

Endless

Felte

Pop/Rock

The Italian post-punks add heft and new dimensions to their music on their confident second album.

— Heather Phares

Permit

Vol. 1

Fat Possum Records

Pop/Rock

Lo-fi meets AOR in a noisy battle to the death on the short, insanely hooky single from the Indiana duo.

— Tim Sendra

Pete Rock / Smoke DZA

Don't Smoke Rock

iHipHop

Rap

Bringing a taste of the Golden Age of hip-hop into 2016, this collaborative album is a nourishing standout of solid production and hard-hitting bars.

— Neil Z. Yeung

Steve Moore

The Mind's Eye [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]

Relapse Records

Stage & Screen

Zombi's Steve Moore composed the excellent soundtrack for a telekinesis-themed horror film directed by Joe Begos.

— Paul Simpson

Tears Run Rings

In Surges

Deep Space Records

Pop/Rock

The long-distance collaborative quartet continue with their icy-blue dream pop sound on their third full-length.

— Paul Simpson

The Trouble with Templeton

Someday, Buddy

Bella Union

Pop/Rock

A return to basics that includes a smaller lineup and an emphasis on songwriting marks the indie band's affective second LP for Bella Union.

— Marcy Donelson

Paul Revere & the Raiders

The Spirit of '67 [Deluxe Mono/Stereo Edition]

Now Sounds

Pop/Rock

This Terry Melcher-produced LP features the hits "Good Thing" and "Hungry."

— Stephen Thomas Erlewine

The Pleasure Seekers

What a Way to Die

Sundazed

Pop/Rock

Fine collection of rare goodies by this all-female '60s garage band from Detroit, featuring a teenaged Suzi Quatro.

— Mark Deming

Jean-Michel Jarre

Oxygène 3

Sony Music

Electronic, Avant-Garde, New Age

The French electronic music innovator revisits his signature work yet again with a third chapter, ending the 40-year trilogy.

— Paul Simpson

The Moving Pictures

EMDR, Pts. 1 2 + 3

K Records

Pop/Rock

Tense, eclectic album of panic jams from a collective of Olympia, Washington indie scene regulars headed by Hayes Waring.

— Paul Simpson

Yoel Gamzou / International Mahler Orchestra

Mahler: Symphony X

Wergo

Classical

Yoel Gamzou and the International Mahler Orchestra perform his fresh realization of Mahler's unfinished Tenth Symphony.

— Blair Sanderson

Cappella Mediterranea / Leonardo García Alarcón

Monteverdi: I 7 Peccati Capitali

Alpha

Classical

Capella Mediterranea celebrates the 450th anniversary of Monteverdi's birth with this album of excerpts from his operas and madrigals.

— Blair Sanderson

Benjamin Chenier / Galilei Consort

Giovanni Rovetta: Messe pour la Naissance de Louis XIV

Alpha

Classical

The Venetian celebrations of the birth of Louis XIV are imagined in this historic simulation by Benjamin Chénier and the Galilei Consort.

— Blair Sanderson

Lucie Horsch / Amsterdam Vivaldi Players

Vivaldi

Decca

Classical

Horsch is above average, with innate musicality and a lovely singing tone. An entirely satisfying debut.

— James Manheim

Yevgeny Kutik

Words Fail

Marquis Classics

Classical

Violinist Yevgeny Kutik presents a program of intensely lyrical "songs without words" by Mendelssohn, Mahler, Tchaikovsky, and others.

— Blair Sanderson

Teodor Currentzis / MusicAeterna

Mozart: Don Giovanni

Sony Classical

Classical

The last in Currentzis' series of Mozart's da Ponte operas marked by originality and skill of performance.

— James Manheim

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