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February 17, 2017
Windy City
Capitol / Decca
A vocal showcase for the great bluegrass fiddler, in which she sings polished but satisfying versions of countrypolitan classics.
Notes of Blue
Transmit Sound
Jay Farrar's long-running alt-country group dips its toes in the blues, but the new ingredients don't make a strong impression.
Hard Love
Dead Oceans
Philly-based indie rocker Tim Showalter and company deliver a ramshackle and highly confessional set that touches on everything from infidelity to LSD.
Terrible Human Beings
Atlantic
The band's third album has a streamlined, more muscular sound, but their bratty energy and goofball charm are still intact.
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Got Soul [LP]
Masterworks
Fifth studio album from the fiery pedal steel player is another potent exercise in soul, funk, and gospel that raises the roof.
In It to Win It
RCA
The Gap Band leader's eighth solo album offers more uplifting funk jams and gracious love songs, highlighted by a Lalah Hathaway duet.
Life Will See You Now
Secretly Canadian
Working with producer Ewan Pearson, Lekman delivers a set of warm, happy, disco-inspired songs with deceptively sad lyrics.
No Home of the Mind
4AD
David Moore's post-minimalist ensemble, now down to five members, move to 4AD for their excellent third full-length.
Circle/Triangle
True Panther Sounds
The producer's debut album transforms suburban boredom into freewheeling, heartfelt songs that blur the boundaries between R&B, chillwave, and rap.
The Courtneys II
Flying Nun
The fuzzed-out Vancouver trio delivers a melodic win on its Flying Nun debut.
Chew
Trouble in Mind
The Nashville trio's third album is a crazy quilt of sounds and styles all filtered through their psychedelic pop sensibilities.
Chalice Hymnal
Temporary Residence
Incorporating new influences and more grandiose arrangements, Grails create some of their most cinematic work yet on their first album since 2011.
Please Be Mine
Captured Tracks
Reverb-washed love songs from an indie pop singer with a smoky voice and an affection for crooning pop of the '30s-'60s.
Undying Color
Paradise of Bachelors
Jaime Fennelly's cosmic synth-drone project makes an unexpected but fitting move to Americana label Paradise of Bachelors.
Plural
Downtown / Downtown Records / Interscope
Sophomore effort from the Los Angeles duo takes a sharp turn from their early retro sound toward a shimmering electro sheen.
Highway Queen
New West
A moody, heartfelt record that navigates the line between retro-Americana and modern country.
Change of State
Sinderlyn
The psych-pop band's second album was recorded on an old eight-track machine, making for a compact but no less impressive sound.
New Spirit
Felte
The trio bends and breaks the boundaries between pop and experimental music and provides some political commentary along the way.
Plata o Plomo
Empire
Collaborative LP from the Terror Squad members features their effortless interplay, booming production, and old-school grit.
No Future
Ghostly International
Moving to Ghostly International, the London-based producer comments on the state of the world (and club culture) with his second full-length.
Savage Times
Innovative Leisure
The blues-punk eccentric goes bananas on this sprawling LP culled from a series of 2016 EPs.
Freedays
Joyful Noise
LP three is a solo effort by leader Mike Savino, whose tricked-out banjo setup provides colorful landscapes for songs that smile through their longing.
From Broadway to Blazes
Manufactured Recordings
Rip-roaring collection of punk nuggets and power pop gems from this forgotten late-'70s Australian band.
Saturday Night
Jagjaguwar
The solo debut of Ought's frontman gathers songs of a more personal nature, evoking early Lou Reed alongside more experimental meditations.
An Act of Love
Kranky
Cold, sparse ambient techno and dark, shifting drones from former Black Eyes and Mi Ami member Jacob Long.
I'm Only Dreaming
Equal Vision
The group's first album as a duo balances change and heartache with new and old sounds.
Now That the Light Is Fading
Capitol / Polydor
An assured, atmospheric debut from the indie singer/songwriter.
The Incessant
SideOneDummy
The intense Chicago post-punks' Steve Albini-produced third outing is desperate and cathartic.
Middle Kids
Domino
Middle Kids' debut EP is full of lo-fi charm, ramshackle percussion, and irresistible indie pop hooks.
Tomorrow's Coming
Manufactured Recordings
Solid self-released album from New Jersey power pop cult heroes, putting a new spin on Beatles and Byrds influences.
Enter the Kingdom
Loose Music
The Michigan-based band's fifth album adds a bit more indie pop to their literate and heartfelt folk-rock formula.
Field of Love
Arbutus Records
Caila Thompson-Hannant's fairy-like indie electronic project returns with more dance pop for those who are bored with pop.
Polychrome: Prokofiev, Strauss, Ravel
Alpha
Tobias Feldmann's Polychrome explores the palette of sonorities and techniques in three contrasting violin sonatas by Ravel, Prokofiev, and Strauss.
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
Philharmonia Records
Fabio Luisi leads the Philharmonia Zürich in an evocative performance of Rimsky-Korsakov's symphonic suite, Scheherazade.
Strauss: Tondichtungen 5 - Metamorphosen, Symphonia domestica
SWR Music
François-Xavier Roth and the SWR Sinfonieorchester present two contrasting tone poems of Richard Strauss, Symphonia domestica, and Metamorphosen.
Metamorfosi Trecento
Alpha
This collection of late medieval music of the Ars Nova is performed by Michele Pasotti and La Fonte Musica.