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May 18, 2018
Tell Me How You Really Feel
Mom + Pop Music
Courtney Barnett gets cozy on her eagerly anticipated second album.
Wide Awake!
Rough Trade
After four records of feverish indie punk, the band stretch in various directions (spooky new wave, dance punk, classic rock) on this Danger Mouse-produced effort.
Dirty Pictures, Pt. 2
Contender / Contender Records
Deepening their attack without abandoning their signature, Low Cut Connie deliver their most complete album to date.
Tomorrow's Daughter
MRI
Features 12 songs left over from the Tomorrow Forever sessions, sounding as good as the stuff that made the first cut.
Sister Orchid
Palmetto
A dusky, intimate, and often theatrical standards album from the idiosyncratic singer/pianist.
Voicenotes
Atlantic
The artist's hastened debut is counteracted with this comparatively deliberate, more R&B-inspired follow-up.
Part of the Light
RCA
The singer/songwriter fuses his Americana roots with his Pink Floyd obsession.
Deafman Glance
Dead Oceans
The Chicago-based guitarist and singer/songwriter indulges many whims in reinventing himself here; all of them are intriguing.
What Heaven Is Like
Damnably
Cincinnati's greatest indie rock band once again delivers a compelling album full of bad luck and glorious guitar noise.
Welcome Strangers
Fire Records
The Scottish chamber pop quartet's ambitious sophomore set announces the full might of their communal power.
Seymour Reads the Constitution!
Nonesuch
A warmly rendered set of originals and unexpected cover songs from the lauded pianist and his trio.
Dock of the Bay Sessions
Atlantic / Rhino / Volt
A collection that attempts to give a coherent context to the material the soul legend recorded in the last months of his life.
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Pink Flag [Deluxe Edition]
Pink Flag
The band's debut plays like The-Ramones-Go-to-Art-School -- song after song careens past in a glorious, stripped-down rush.
Hundreds of Days
Ghostly International
After moving to California, harpist Mary Lattimore expands her sound, adding new instruments while keeping its dreaminess intact.
It's a New Day Tonight
Wick Records
The Canadian rocker channels the Beatles (both as a band and solo) on this album of melodically sweet, impeccably crafted songs that revolve around sleep and dreams.
Only for You
Frenchkiss Records
The L.A. singer/songwriter offers an alluring and more streamlined sequel to the lovelorn synth pop of 2015's Advice from Paradise.
Everything Matters But No One Is Listening
Polyvinyl
A full-length set of Beach Slang tracks rearranged for voice, piano, and strings puts even more focus on James Alex's angsty lyrics.
Let Your Light Shine On
Universal
The Italian composer and bandleader with his live band and guests deliver a captivating exercise in what he calls "Cosmic Afro Soul."
Rausch
Kompakt
A year after the triumphant return of Wolfgang Voigt's most revered alias, Gas offers another hourlong glimpse into its majestic dream world.
Greatest Other People's Hits
Omnivore
Released on vinyl for 2018's Record Store Day, the expanded CD version of Greatest Other People's Hits adds seven songs to Harding's career covers' overview.
Back Being Blue
Premium Records
The outstanding country vocalist delivers a short but sweet set of tunes about the ups and downs of romance.
Deran
Partisan / PTKF
The acclaimed Tuareg guitarist leaves the West behind, recording in Africa on his fiery, unfiltered sixth album.
Butterflies
Shanachie
After a nine-year absence, the Polish pop singer returns to reclaim her place with a resonant collection of elegant, Latin-inspired jazz-pop.
Ultimate Duets!
Universal
Star-studded production featuring the legendary Cuban-born trumpeter and guests.
Goodbye Sunshine, Hello Nighttime
Reprise / WB
A sweet, sad, and largely effortless-sounding 12-song set that caters to the L.A.-based folk-pop quartet's collective talent for pure pop craftsmanship.
Not Everything Beautiful Is Good
Nettwerk
Elegant, reflective, and more self-assured follow-up to the more melancholic folk-pop of 2015's Slow Light.
Violet Psalms
Paper Bag Records
Frog Eyes' final LP delivers all the twists, turns, and surreal narratives that have come to define the group over the years.
Santa Rosa Fangs
Dangerbird Records
A nostalgic, melodically sweet fifth LP that basks in '60s pop and the California coastline.
Electric Light
Republic
James Bay ditches handsome classicism for brightly colored pop on his excellent second album.
Not Too Far Away
BMG / Joan Armatrading
The ever-reliable U.K. songwriting icon returns with a smartly crafted, self-produced, and self-played album of warmly confessional pop.
Life Of
ECM
On his first recording in eight years, the guitarist/pianist, with percussion and cello, gently examines the episodic nature of life along.
Bruckner: Symphony No. 3
Profil - Edition Günter Hänssler
Gerd Schaller and his Philharmonie Festiva perform the 1890 version of Bruckner's Third, as published by the composer and the brothers Schalk.
Percy Grainger: Complete Music for Wind Band, Vol. 2
Naxos
Part of a much-needed series devoted to Grainger's music for wind band, beautifully performed.
Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 4; Piano Concerto No. 5, 'Egyptian'
Naxos
More-than-competent performances of criminally neglected music.
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 5; Symphony No. 6
Onyx
An excellent place to start with a strong Vaughan Williams cycle from Andrew Manze and the RLPO.
Various Artists
Andrew Hamilton: Music for People
NMC
Gripping works in a minimalist style of a whole new kind.
Machaut: Fortune's Child
Hyperion
The fifth volume in the Orlando Consort's series of Machaut's vocal music presents songs on the topic of fortune.