Featured New Releases for
December 16, 2016

The earliest known live tapes of the Doors showcase the band stumbling through blues covers.

— Stephen Thomas Erlewine

40th anniversary edition contains live outtakes, a 1976 concert, cover versions by Dave Grohl and Taylor Hawkins, Steven Wilson, Alice in Chains, and more.

— Thom Jurek

The Michigan-based garage pop group, led by songwriter Autumn Wetli, expands its sound on its third album.

— Paul Simpson

Expansive double LP of abstract hip-hop, neo-soul, and jazz-funk gems compiled by Boiler Room's creative director, Sofie Fatouretchi.

— Paul Simpson

Sixteen years after its last album, the gritty Yonkers rap trio makes a welcome return with guests like DJ Premier, Pete Rock, and Mobb Deep.

— Neil Z. Yeung

Collection of Don Rich-fronted highlights from Buck Owens and Buckaroos albums.

— Stephen Thomas Erlewine

The group's self-titled second album is impressively hard to predict, blending prog, hip-hop, coldwave, and more in daring yet atmospheric ways.

— Heather Phares

Downes realizes that concert music influenced by jazz and blues or spirituals mixes naturally with actual jazz or blues pieces.

— James Manheim

This release, elegantly suitable for festive holiday listening, is part of a generally fresh series by Septura on Naxos.

— James Manheim

Bryars emerges here as a kind of British counterpart to Arvo Pärt, with similarly spiritual and mystical leanings.

— James Manheim