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August 24, 2018
Love Yourself: Answer
Big Hit
Third and final installment of the love-and-loss narrative arc finds the K-pop group at the top of its game.
Negro Swan
Domino
Dev Hynes' most touching LP mixes and bounds between bedsit post-punk, desolate dream pop, chillwave-coated quiet storm, and low-profile hip-hop soul.
NTS Sessions
Warp
Sprawling, eight-hour set of material Autechre recorded for NTS Radio, ranging from intense hyper-glitch to tranquil yet abrasive drone.
The Book of Longing
Sunnyside Communications
The Brazilian vocalist/composer pairs poems by Leonard Cohen and others with sparse accompaniment and her tender vocals in a work of striking originality.
Dance on the Blacktop
Relapse Records
The band's third album makes melancholy and sonically powerful art out of leader Domenic Palermo's fragile health outlook.
Woman Worldwide
Caroline / Genesis
The duo reinvents its body of work with the meticulous mashups that electrified the Woman tour.
Don't Look Away
Thrill Jockey
Grumbling Fur member Alexander Tucker completes a trilogy of solo albums containing his most focused, fascinating work.
Nobody's Watching
Barsuk
An exquisitely crafted, dark-hued reflection on tension and fear that manages to be both melancholic and mischievous.
Kaya 40
Tuff Gong / Universal
Reissue of the 1978 reggae classic; the star and his band are in laid-back form on this album, but playing at the top of their game.
Go to School
4AD
Presented as a musical following a truly weird storyline, the second album from these talented brothers is an over the top rock & roll spectacle.
The Giant Who Ate Himself and Other New Works for 6 & 12 String Guitar
Thrill Jockey
The creative neo-traditional folk guitarist reflects on friends, family, and past experiences on his seventh solo album.
Inside Voice
Secretly Canadian
On his full-length debut, the frequent Vulfpeck collaborator hits a winner with affectionate retro-pop-soul.
Songs You Make at Night
Full Time Hobby
Sounding renewed, positive, and playful, the original lineup of this U.K. folktronica collective reunites for the first time in over a decade.
Performance
City Slang
The Texas garage rockers double down on good-time jams for their eighth record.
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Salad Days Demos [10th Anniversary Edition] [White LP]
Captured Tracks
Lo-fi collection of demos for DeMarco's 2014 breakthrough album stays in a state of muted melancholia and half-formed ideas.
Deportation Blues
Bella Union
A period of intense personal and professional chaos informs these dark but brilliantly crafted songs from Brian Christinzio.
The Jane Room 217
Bar/None Records
The Ben Folds Five drummer and Hotel Lights leader's bare, brittle, and moving solo debut.
Davey Woodward and the Winter Orphans
Tapete Records
Former Brilliant Corners and Experimental Pop Band frontman dabbles in country-accented folk-rock, with pleasing results.
This Night Falls Forever
Concord
The Denver-based quartet casts a wide and eclectic net of sound that evokes Coldplay by way of Beirut.
Book of Travelers
Nonesuch
The New York-based composer returns with a contemplative song cycle created in the aftermath of the 2016 presidential election.
Love Me/Love Me Not
Atlantic
Neon-washed English duo tackles love and loss with hip-hop beats, electronic atmosphere, and soulful vocals.
With Animals
Heavenly
Two artists with roots in the blues bring out the best in one another on this ghostly but evocative album.
The Other Shore
Bloodshot / Tent Show
Murder by Death deliver a straight-up conceptual piece that pushes the group's self-described "whiskey devil music" in some exciting but still familiar directions.
Hypochondriac
Epitaph
The San Diego punks signed with Epitaph for their wily, yet slightly more personal third outing.
Future Pop
Universal
Sixth set of synth-washed digital dance confections from the Japanese techno pop trio.
Parallel Universe
Fearless Records
Plain White T's attempt to ride some EDM trends on this gauche record.
Thanks for Everything
MegaCollider Records
Third Eye Blind pay tribute to some modern inspirations on this aspirational covers EP.
Nasty Women
Centaur Records
Joanna Goldstein presents piano music from the era of women's suffrage, ranging from atmospheric character pieces to ragtime.
And So It Goes: Songs of Folk and Lore
Naxos
Lovely singing enhances a unique mix of classical and vernacular materials from a Canadian festival chori.
Franz Liszt: Faust - Symphonie Transcription for Organ
Oehms Classics
Hansjörg Albrecht plays his transcription of Franz Liszt's A Faust Symphony on the Klais Organ of the Gasteig-Munich Philharmonie.
Eugene Zádor: The Plains of Hungary
Naxos
Delightful, subtly nationalistic works from an expat Hungarian composer.
Ludwig van Beethoven: Complete Piano Trios, Vol. 2
Challenge Classics
The Van Baerle Trio continues its series of the piano trios of Ludwig van Beethoven with this audiophile recording on Challenge Classics.
Berio: Sinfonia; Boulez: Notations I-IV; Ravel: La Valse
Seattle Symphony
Ludovic Morlot leads the Seattle Symphony and the vocal ensemble Roomful of Teeth in a gripping performance of Luciano Berio's Sinfonia.