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January 20, 2017
Future Politics
Domino
Inspired by sci-fi, feminism, and a desolate stint in Montreal, the group's affecting third album champions hope against all odds.
Foxhole
Slumberland
The band's second album was a struggle to make, but the resulting smoothly polished melancholy pop is a breeze to listen to.
Intoxicated Women
Mute
The fourth and final volume in a 20-year series, the artist sends it off with the same musical imagination, savvy, and humor he began with.
Epoch
Ghostly International
Tycho's fourth studio album is darker and moodier than past efforts, but it still maintains the instrumental group's familiar, pleasant sound.
Anything Could Happen
Fat Possum Records
Tommy Stinson is the only holdover in this new edition of his short-lived '90s band, but the feel and the fun are all there.
AFI (The Blood Album)
Concord
Alterna-punk vets evolve on album ten, combining muscle with rhythmic new wave/post-punk influences.
Tail of Lions
Etc Recordings
Third LP from the British "Too Close" singer that finds him reflecting on faith, self-worth, and positivity in an increasingly challenging world.
Music to Draw To: Satellite
Arts & Crafts
Innovative turntablist Kid Koala enlists Icelandic vocalist Emilíana Torrini for a wondrous album of dreamy ambient pop.
Stellular
Vermilion Records
The singer/songwriter's second album is a warm and shiny electro-pop collaboration with Boxed In's Oli Bayston.
Watch Out!
Now-Again
The first anthology from this seminal Zimbabwean heavy rock band who led the country's mid-'70s counterculture.
Wake in Fright
Sacred Bones
The New York-based noise rock duo mix industrial and thrash metal influences on their violent, terrifying second full-length.
Carlos, Erasmo...
Light in the Attic Records
The singer/songwriter's visionary expansion of tropicalia was misunderstood in 1971, but is now justly regarded as a Brazilian rock classic.
Erasmo Carlos & Os Tremendoes
Light in the Attic Records
This 1970 masterpiece is a formal goodbye to the Jovem Guarda as it melds MPB, rock, soul, and groove to inspire a new generation.
Sonhos e Memórias: 1941-1972
Light in the Attic Records
On this intimate date, the Brazilian singer/songwriter explored influences ranging from the Laurel Canyon scene to spacy soul and jazz.
Embers
Houndstooth
London-based producer Ross Tones' second album as Throwing Snow is a suspenseful, constantly evolving cinematic journey.
Dragonfly
Ambitious double set from the Australian singer/songwriter adds more rock to the mix without blurring her hard country roots.
Barricades and Angels
Captured Tracks
Excavated 1980 session from the legendary English pop wizard that leans in a cheerful pub rock/new wave direction.
Apocalipstick
Secretly Canadian
The band's third album has a more polished, much more '90s-influenced sound.
I'm Gonna Tell You Somethin' That I Know: Live at the G Spot
Omnivore
The last recording of the Delta bluesman is surprisingly alive and vital.
No Handshake Blues
Faux Discx
A brooding fourth LP from experimental guitarist/songwriter Edwin Stevens, a steady member of Manchester, England's D.I.Y. scene.
Make Noise!
HighNote Records
Nuanced acoustic post-bop session from the trumpeter with a vibrant Latin influence.
He's Got the Whole This Land Is Your Land in His Hands
Joyful Noise
An impulsive release by a five-piece version of Tim Kinsella's group, written from band improvisations and recorded in spaces around Chicagoland.
50
Paradise of Bachelors
The venerable U.K. folkie teams up with a band of American indie rockers for a clamorous change of pace.
Reverence
Yamaha
The bassist once again receives some all-star support on another warm mix of originals and covers, including two Earth, Wind & Fire nods.
A Shadow in Time
2062 / Temporary Residence
The composer of The Disintegration Loops offers his elegy to David Bowie on this immersive album of tape loops and synthesizer drones.
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Blackfield V [LP]
Kscope
After formally splitting in 2014, Aviv Geffen and Steven Wilson revive their longstanding recording project to deliver a fine album.
How It All Goes Down
E1 Entertainment / Free Man Records / Freeman Records
The band's sophomore outing dials back the front porch folksiness of their debut in favor of a more streamlined, radio-friendly take on Olde Timey pop.
Tchaikovsky: Symphonies Nos. 4, 5 & 6
BIS
These are unusually strong performances that provide serious competition for the hundreds of other recordings of these warhorse symphonies.
Mozart: Great Mass in C minor; Exultate, Jubilate
BIS
Suzuki and his Bach Collegium Japan apply historical-performance techniques to Mozart.
Various Artists
Tosti: The Song of a Life, Vol. 1
Brilliant Classics
Paolo Tosti was a prolific song composer of the Belle Époque, and this set is the first of a series of his complete vocal music.