Featured New Album Releases

Greta Van Fleet

Anthem of the Peaceful Army

Republic

Pop/Rock

The Michigan classic rockers indulge in their Led Zeppelin fantasies.

— Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Album cover for Best of R.E.M. at the BBC by R.E.M.

R.E.M.

Best of R.E.M. at the BBC

BBC / Craft Recordings / Craft Records / Universal

Pop/Rock

A generous sampler of a big box chronicling all of R.E.M.'s BBC sessions.

— Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Elle King

Shake the Spirit

RCA

Pop/Rock

Elle King expands her horizons on her splashy second album.

— Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Jason Isbell / Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit

Live from the Ryman

Southeastern Records

Pop/Rock

The gifted singer/songwriter takes the stage in Nashville, and with some help from his band, lives up to his stellar reputation.

— Mark Deming

Peter Bjorn and John

Darker Days

Ingrid

Pop/Rock

After the glossy pop of 2016's Breakin' Point, the trio get back to a more focused and precise style indicative of their best work.

— Tim Sendra

Eduardo "Visitante" Cabra / Trending Tropics / Vicente García

Trending Tropics

Sony BMG

Latin

A star-studded, topically and musically provocative collaboration between Calle 13's Visitante and Dominican songwriter Vicente Garcia.

— Thom Jurek

Neneh Cherry

Broken Politics

Smalltown Supersound

Pop/Rock

A sorrowful but defiant LP, produced by Kieran Hebden, with vocals recorded at a Woodstock studio that hosted Don Cherry.

— Andy Kellman

Yoko Ono

Warzone

Chimera Music

Avant-Garde, Pop/Rock

Ono emphasizes the importance of humanity and peace in her music with stark, fragile renditions of a half-century's worth of songs.

— Heather Phares

Cloud Nothings

Last Building Burning

Carpark Records

Pop/Rock

Working with producer Randall Dunn, the band translates its live energy into its rawest, loudest album to date.

— Heather Phares

MØ

Forever Neverland

Chess Club / RCA Victor

Electronic, Pop/Rock

Synth-washed sophomore set from Danish singer/songwriter balances pulsing pop anthems with gauzy production.

— Neil Z. Yeung

Disturbed

Evolution

Reprise / WB

Pop/Rock

The Chicago-based nu-metal veterans deliver another slab of commercial-grade active rock and montage-ready power balladry on their seventh studio effort.

— James Christopher Monger

Geotic

Traversa

Ghostly International

Electronic

Warm, ethereal soundscapes from ambient composer Will Wiesenfeld (aka Baths).

— Neil Z. Yeung

Queen

Bohemian Rhapsody [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]

Hollywood / Hollywood Records

Stage & Screen, Pop/Rock

A cinematically curated soundtrack to the Queen biopic that leans heavily on live recordings.

— Matt Collar

Raheem DeVaughn

Decade of a Love King

DeVaughn Enterprises

R&B

Album six from the contemporary soul artist is strictly slow jams and couples anthems.

— Andy Kellman

Papercuts

Parallel Universe Blues

Slumberland

Pop/Rock

The band step away from their usual soft pop sound to deliver a set of sparse noise pop and shoegaze-inspired songs.

— Tim Sendra

Permanent Green Light

Hallucinations

Omnivore

Pop/Rock

Great collection of singles, album tracks, and demos from the early-'90s power pop-meets-psych group co-headed by the Three O'Clock's Michael Quercio.

— Tim Sendra

Crooked Man

Crooked House

DFA

Electronic

The project's second album downplays quirks in favor of expertly crafted, classic-sounding house music.

— Heather Phares

The Last Hurrah!!

Los Angeles

Rune Grammofon

Pop/Rock

Paying homage to the musical heritage of the City of Angels, HP Gundersen and company deliver an irresistible collection of sophisticated pop.

— Thom Jurek

Lil Yachty

Nuthin' 2 Prove

Capitol / Motown / Quality Control

Rap

The rhyming entertainer's second album within seven months is split between menace and frivolity.

— Andy Kellman

Richard Ashcroft

Natural Rebel

BMG

Pop/Rock

The Verve singer plays it safe on Natural Rebel.

— Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Buxton

Stay out Late

New West

Pop/Rock

The Houston psych-Americana combo turns to elegant textural pop on their Talk Talk-influenced fifth album.

— Timothy Monger

The Cranberries

Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? [25th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition]

Island

Pop/Rock

The 25th Anniversary edition of The Cranberries' debut album is a feature-packed four-disc box.

Herb Alpert

Music Volume 3: Herb Alpert Reimagines The Tijuana Brass

Herb Alpert Presents

Easy Listening, Jazz

The pop trumpet icon updates his Tijuana Brass hits with an electronic twist.

— Matt Collar

Minus the Bear

Fair Enough

Suicide Squeeze

Pop/Rock

Unveiling a proper bookend with the four-song Fair Enough, the band delivers an elegant farewell that befits its understated oeuvre.

— James Christopher Monger

Farao

Pure-O

Western Vinyl Records

Pop/Rock

Still trippy and textured but now dance-oriented, Kari Jahnsen's second LP takes its influence from Soviet disco.

— Marcy Donelson

How to Dress Well

The Anteroom

Domino

Pop/Rock, R&B

An album that's just as impressionistic as Tom Krell's early work, and possibly even more adventurous.

Superhuman Happiness

Beacon

Yeggs Records

Pop/Rock

The indie collective's more reflective, Dia Luna-led third LP still incorporates spontaneity and danceability.

— Marcy Donelson

Deru

Torn in Two

Friends of Friends

Electronic

A wide-angled musical image of a world in flux from the Los Angeles electronic composer and producer.

— Timothy Monger

Empress Of

Us

Terrible

Pop/Rock, Electronic

Lorely Rodriguez's less personal but still heartfelt second LP includes collaborations with Blood Orange and DJDS.

— Marcy Donelson

Doe Paoro

Soft Power

Anti-

Pop/Rock

The Los Angeles-based singer/songwriter leaves behind her icy synth pop experimentation for a more classic full-band piano pop feel.

— Timothy Monger

Aaron Parks

Little Big

Fat Beats Distribution

Jazz

A decade after Invisible Cinema, the journeyman pianist, bandleader and composer delivers a sequel performed by an illustrious new quartet.

— Thom Jurek

The Smoking Trees

The Adventure Continues

Burger Records

Pop/Rock

With the departure of L.A. AL, the band is now Sir Psych's pleasantly trippy ship to steer on his own.

— Tim Sendra

Handsome Jack

Everything's Gonna Be Alright

Alive Records

Pop/Rock

Contemporary blues-rockers sound bigger, harder, and tougher as they strip themselves down to a power trio.

— Mark Deming

Ace Frehley

Spaceman

eOne / Steamhammer

Pop/Rock

A record that looks to the past, specifically the former Kiss guitarist's 1978 solo debut, without feeling mired in sweaty desperation.

— James Christopher Monger

Billy Bremner

Singled Out

RPM

Pop/Rock

The first-ever compilation of Rockpile guitarist Billy Bremner's solo work, featuring demos and early singles when he performed as Billy Murray.

— Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Marquis Hill

Modern Flows Vol. II

Black Unlimited Music Group

Jazz

Four years after its predecessor, the trumpeter continues to erase the artifical boundaries between jazz, soul, and hip hop in sophisticated compositions.

— Thom Jurek