Featured New Releases for
August 18, 2017

Album cover for Painted Ruins by Grizzly Bear
Grizzly Bear

Painted Ruins

Grizzly Bear Music / RCA
Pop/Rock
The band's first album in five years delivers lavish, open-ended meditations on personal and political chaos.

— Heather Phares

Album cover for To the Bone by Steven WilsonEditors' Choice
Steven Wilson

To the Bone

Caroline
Pop/Rock
The restless, intrepid, and prolific singer/songwriter tips his hat to the progressive pop records of his youth on this panoramic collection.

— Thom Jurek

Album cover for Odyssey by The Accidentals
The Accidentals

Odyssey

Masterworks
Pop/Rock
The Traverse City, Michigan outfit’s Sony Masterworks debut (and first LP as high school graduates) offers ambitious yet breezy folk-rock.

— Marcy Donelson

Album cover for The Road: Part I by UNKLE
UNKLE

The Road: Part I

Songs for the Def
Electronic
One of British electronica's biggest innovators delivers another alluring and magnetic effort, featuring old and new friends.

— Rob Wacey

Album cover for Across the Multiverse by Dent MayEditors' Choice
Dent May

Across the Multiverse

Carpark Records
Pop/Rock
Based in California, the singer/songwriter's fourth album is sunny, emotionally rich, and packed with memorable tunes.

— Tim Sendra

Album cover for S/T by Rainer MariaEditors' Choice
Rainer Maria

S/T

Polyvinyl
Pop/Rock
A confident and musically robust comeback gem from the New York-via-Madison indie rock trio.

— Timothy Monger

Album cover for What If by Jerry DouglasEditors' Choice
Jerry Douglas

What If

Rounder
Country
The prolific Dobro maestro and his septet revisit the past and carve out new ground as bluegrass, jazz, country-rock, and blues collide.

— Thom Jurek

Album cover for Siren's Song by Kacy & Clayton
Kacy & Clayton

Siren's Song

New West
Folk
Excellent third album from the Canadian folk duo is more country than their previous work, but just as satisfying.

— Mark Deming

Album cover for Time Well by CloakroomEditors' Choice
Cloakroom

Time Well

Relapse Records
Pop/Rock
The Midwest trio delivers a windswept blast of sludge metal and shoegaze-addled post-rock that blurs the line between seismic and serene.

— James Christopher Monger

Album cover for Hell Yeah by KMFDM
KMFDM

Hell Yeah

Ear Music
Pop/Rock
On the industrial outfit's 20th outing they deliver a potent and pleasing set that is a highlight of their 21st century output.

— Neil Z. Yeung

Album cover for Boy in a Well by The Yawpers
The Yawpers

Boy in a Well

Bloodshot
Pop/Rock
The second album from these Colorado roots rockers is an ambitious, unusual song cycle about a bastard child born in 1919.

— Mark Deming

Album cover for This Life, Vol. 1 by Coasts
Coasts

This Life, Vol. 1

High Time Records
Pop/Rock
Sophomore full-length from the U.K. quintet that streamlines their brand of millennial indie pop/rock.

— Neil Z. Yeung

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