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Ty Segall [2017]
Drag City
With Cairo Gang's Emmett Kelly on board and a live studio band, the album is a thunderous noise-fest balanced with sweet folk-rock tunes.
Three Stripes
Entertainment One / eOne
The trio's first album in over 15 years, synchronized with the televised mini-series The New Edition Story.
Tourist in This Town
Merge
Solo debut from former Swearin' frontwoman is a smart, impassioned breakup album, indie pop style.
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The Devil Don't Sleep [Bonus Tracks]
Valory / The Valory Music Co.
On his sequel to Just as I Am, Brantley Gilbert further separates himself from the bro country pack.
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Stitch of the World [Limited Deluxe Edition] [Bonus Tracks]
Yep Roc
The gifted singer/songwriter delivers another album of great songs and singing, this time produced by Iron and Wine's Sam Beam.
Changer
Polyvinyl
The prolific songwriter balances intense poetic narratives with more reflective electronic pieces on his first album since moving to Montreal.
Strike a Match
Rock Action
Brilliant debut album of Afro-pop-inspired indie pop from Golden Grrrls and Shopping members.
Chris Thile & Brad Mehldau
Nonesuch / Warner Bros.
A generous, organically realized collaboration between the genre-bending bluegrass singer/mandolin player and the lauded jazz pianist.
Life Without Sound
Carpark Records
The band's fifth album soundtracks their quarter-life crisis with more melody and nuance.
SweetSexySavage
Atlantic / TSNMI
Excellent proper debut from the Grammy-nominated, TLC-inspired singer and songwriter.
Road Less Traveled
Mercury / Mercury Nashville
After a five-year break, Lauren Alaina returns with a bright, cheerful country-pop album.
Hey Mr. Ferryman
Merge
The outstanding singer and songwriter teams in the studio with Suede guitarist Bernard Butler, and the results are impressive.
Piano Song
Thirsty Ear
On his final Thirsty Ear date, the pianist/composer and his trio deliver an accessible but no less questing set of new tunes.
Gods of Violence
Nuclear Blast
On an album nearly five years in the making, the lineage thrash metallers and producer Jens Bogren show the kids how it's done.
Prick of the Litter
Hot Shot Records / Hot Spot Records
Changing his delivery slightly, the Texas singer/songwriter channels Johnny Mercer, Nat King Cole, Satchmo/ and swing on this excellent date.
Pure, Beyond Reproach
Halocline Trance
Drifting further from club music conventions, Egyptrixx presents some of his best work yet with this trippy, atmospheric full-length.
Borders
Thrill Jockey
Moving to Thrill Jockey, the experimental electronic duo creates a hypnotic, bracing album using self-built instruments and loads of distortion.
Nothing Feels Natural
Sister Polygon Records
The group's furious, eclectic debut album expresses the ills of the late 2010s -- and the human condition -- with poetic eloquence.
DJ-Kicks
!K7
The artist's first mix album in almost nine years leads with an exclusive highlight and features a block of his intense Audion productions.
Jardín
Stones Throw
Inviting, frolicsome, and delightfully off-center love songs from the multi-instrumentalist Stones Throw signee.
C U L T U R E
300 Entertainment / Atlantic
Sophomore LP from the north Atlanta trio that signals their mainstream arrival with next-level production and the ubiquitous "Bad and Boujee."
The Universe and Me
Burger Records
First solo studio album since 2003 from the George Harrison of Guided by Voices is an affecting lo-fi gem.
Marbles in the Park
Ear Music / Racket Records (New Age)
Recorded in the Netherlands in 2015, this complete -- and fantastic -- performance of 2004's Marbles studio album transcends its origins.
Oto Hiax
Editions Mego
Seefeel's Mark Clifford and Scott Douglas Gordon (Loops Haunt) team up for a chaotic yet joyful album of free-form explorations.
Myths 002
Mexican Summer
Loose, slightly chaotic collaborative EP between Ariel Pink and Weyes Blood, released in association with the Marfa Myths festival.
Living in the Shadows
Earth Records
This handsome package contains three solid '90s-era albums, with a bonus fourth disc of unreleased alternates, demos, and new songs.
Max Richter: Three Worlds – Music from Woolf Works
Deutsche Grammophon
The composer's music for a ballet inspired by Virginia Woolf's novels is a brilliant testament to both artists' skills.
Lemon Memory
Memphis Industries
The Leeds indie rock outfit moves deftly into a more experimental phase on their strong sophomore set.
The Kids Will Know It's Bullshit
Warner Music
Second album of fun and frolicsome, punky, grungy pop from a trio of Australian stoners.
Not Even Happiness
Ba Da Bing Records
The Ba Da Bing Records debut of a singer/songwriter whose impressionistic indie folk can evoke the gentler work of Joni Mitchell.
Messes
Urinal Cake
Longtime Michigan indie scene regular Stef Chura perfects her anxious, visceral sound with her excellent first studio album.
Imperial
Loma Vista
Sophomore set from the Miami rapper whose intricate wordplay and engrossing storytelling place him levels ahead of his contemporaries.
Love Mirage
Stoner Disco
The New Pornographers guitarist's third solo outing is a warm-hearted tribute to '70s AM pop and disco studiocraft.
Trials & Truths
Bella Union
A tweaked sophomore effort that's likely to bring along existing fans of the quintet's tumbleweed-shaded psych-pop.
BBQ - Mark Sultan
In the Red Records
Montreal roots punk musician returns to the one-man-band style that defined his early recordings.
Closure
Second Language
The twelfth, and final, Piano Magic album is an apt elegy to the band, and a fine final flourish.
Elegy
ECM
The composer's and vocalist's leader debut for ECM is a graceful exercise in poetic improvisation and warm abstraction in a quintet setting.
Brahms: Viola Sonatas, Op. 120; 2 Gesange, Op. 91
Brilliant Classics
Brahms' two Viola Sonatas, Op. 120, and the Zwei Lieder, Op. 91, are presented on this autumnal album from Brilliant Classics.
Malèna
Deutsche Grammophon
This is sure to satisfy Alagna fans and those looking for something new in the repertoire of popular Italian song.
Shostakovich: Violin Concertos 1 & 2
BIS
Fine engineering captures the energy of an extraordinary pair of Shostakovich performances.
The Tree of Life
Daniel Taylor Music / Sony Classical
The freshness of the program is so great that you might easily listen to this outside of the holiday season.