Featured New Releases for
December 15, 2017

Bittersweet and intensely cathartic live set documenting the late Chester Bennington's final tour.

— Neil Z. Yeung

Exploring duality on this double album, the rapper's third effort also features an inspired guest list and excellent production.

— Neil Z. Yeung

The metalcore quintet's polished fifth effort marks the welcome return of prodigal frontman Danny Worsnop.

— Neil Z. Yeung

Zac Brown indulges in his club fantasies on this confounding dance-pop project.

— Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Double-disc retrospective includes one CD of remastered vintage favorites and a new song, and a second CD of radically reworked versions.

— Thom Jurek

Swirling, hooky psych-pop from the duo of Ian Skelly and Paul Molloy, both on loan from the Coral.

— Tim Sendra

Sprawling, confessional double album from Louisiana rap veteran Boosie Badazz.

— Paul Simpson

An instrumental reinterpretation of 2016's Blood Moon with all-new track titles and an even sparer disposition.

— Marcy Donelson

Performing settings of poems by Baudelaire and Goethe, soprano Mary Bevan delivers an atmospheric program that reveals her profound artistry.

— Blair Sanderson

Darrell Ang and the Orchestre National de Lille present overtures from Offenbach's operettas and the youthful Ouverture à grand orchestre.

— Blair Sanderson

Septura's fifth volume is one of the strongest, filled with songs and orchestral pieces not immediately associated with a brass ensemble.

— James Manheim

English polyphony of the 15th century is not for everybody, but here it takes a big step forward in intelligibility.

— James Manheim

Hervé Niquet and Le Concert Spirituel celebrate 30 years together with this performance of the 1754 version of Handel's Messiah.

— Blair Sanderson

A standout holiday release, sung from the Vatican's manuscripts, with sumptuous sound adjusting easily from the majestic to the intimate.

— James Manheim