The Beatles

The Beatles [White Album] [50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition]

Capitol

Pop/Rock

Featuring new mixes, demos, and raw session recordings rich with band interplay, this generous expansion seeks to disabuse the notion that the two-LP set was primarily cobbled-together solo material.

Imagine Dragons

Origins

Interscope

Pop/Rock

A bright, amorphous modern pop/rock album that serves as a soundtrack to whatever task you'd like.

— Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Muse

Simulation Theory

Warner Bros.

Pop/Rock

Bathed in neon-washed '80s synths, the stadium rock titans deliver their most immediate set in over a decade.

— Neil Z. Yeung

Jimi Hendrix / The Jimi Hendrix Experience

Electric Ladyland [50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition]

Sony Music

Pop/Rock

Hendrix's final album with the Experience is expanded with a great live set and intimate, revelatory demos.

Laura Jane Grace / Laura Jane Grace & the Devouring Mothers

Bought to Rot

Bloodshot

Pop/Rock

Laura Jane Grace steps outside of Against Me! to indulge in her fondness for Tom Petty and power pop.

— Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Boygenius

boygenius

Matador

Pop/Rock

Debut EP by this indie songwriter supergroup finds the band going places collaboratively that each member couldn't reach on her own.

— Fred Thomas

Charles Bradley

Black Velvet

Daptone

R&B

The late "Screaming Eagle of Soul" is remembered with this eclectic but strong collection of outtakes and rarities.

— Mark Deming

J Mascis

Elastic Days

Sub Pop

Pop/Rock

Mostly acoustic solo effort from the Dinosaur Jr. leader is a strong and well-focused set with some welcome electric accents.

— Mark Deming

Jon Spencer

Spencer Sings the Hits

In the Red Records

Pop/Rock

Legendary indie rock frontman finally makes his solo debut, which follows his classic style a little too closely.

— Mark Deming

Planningtorock

Powerhouse

DFA

Electronic, Pop/Rock

The producer's fourth album is an utterly captivating musical memoir that celebrates music's power to transform, connect, and heal.

— Heather Phares

Lil Peep

Come Over When You're Sober, Pt. 2

Columbia / RCA / Sony Music

Rap

Culled from previously unreleased tracks, the posthumous sequel to this emo rapper's 2017 debut has an eerie significance in the wake of his untimely death.

— Fred Thomas

The Glands

Double Coda

New West

Pop/Rock

Collection of unreleased songs recorded between 1996 and 2003 by the underrated and much-loved Athens, Georgia indie rock band.

— Tim Sendra

The Glands

Double Thriller

New West

Pop/Rock

The Georgia band's debut is a shaggy, big-hearted collection of indie rock and pop driven by the low-key genius of bandleader Ross Shapiro.

— Tim Sendra

The Glands

The Glands [Bonus Tracks]

New West

Pop/Rock

The Georgia band's second album is a lost classic that benefits from sleek production, finely honed hooks, and the continued songwriting genius of Ross Shapiro.

— Tim Sendra

Rays

You Can Get There from Here

Trouble in Mind

Pop/Rock

The band's second album cleans up their scrappy punk sound to lend some vintage, pre-C-86 indie pop melody and finesse to the mix.

— Tim Sendra

Various Artists

Unusual Sounds: The Hidden History of Library Music

Anthology

Stage & Screen, Avant-Garde, Pop/Rock

Fantastic collection of some of the brightest, strangest, and surprisingly influential moments of pre-recorded film music libraries.

— Fred Thomas

Poppy

Am I A Girl?

Mad Decent

Electronic, Pop/Rock

The performance artist turned pop star's second album explores fame and identity with a mix of sugary and apocalyptic sounds.

— Heather Phares

Little Dragon

Lover Chanting

Ninja Tune

Electronic

Completely correct EP of three songs -- including a neo-boogie title track -- synchronized with the band's Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival appearance.

— Andy Kellman

Rhett Miller

The Messenger

ATO

Pop/Rock

The singer/songwriter and Old 97's frontman is still having problems with women, this time with help from Sam Cohen.

— Mark Deming

Christopher Richard Barker / Mick Harvey

The Fall and Rise of Edgar Bourchier and the Horrors of War

Mute

Pop/Rock

The work of a fictional WWI poet is given elaborately detailed treatment by these collaborators in an extended meditation on horror.

— Thom Jurek

Marcus Strickland's Twi-Life

People of the Sun

Blue Note

Jazz

On his sophomore Blue Note offering, the saxophonist and composer traces the African diaspora from history into the future.

— Thom Jurek

Meg Baird / Mary Lattimore

Ghost Forests

Three Lobed

Pop/Rock

Two long-acquainted folk experimentalists get the chance to collaborate and make magic from the opportunity.

— Thom Jurek

Kane Brown

Experiment

RCA

Country

A savvy, canny expansion of his genre-bending country debut.

— Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Liela Moss

My Name Is Safe in Your Mouth

Bella Union

Pop/Rock

The Duke Spirit singer's solo debut is a somber, tender love letter to the commanding beauty of her voice.

— Heather Phares

Hanson

String Theory

Three Car Garage

Pop/Rock

With the assistance of arranger David Campbell, the trio revisits highlights from its first 25 years.

— Stephen Thomas Erlewine

The Men

Hated: 2008-2011

Sacred Bones

Pop/Rock

Collection of blistering early recordings from Brooklyn's the Men, taken from obscure tapes, singles, and demos.

— Paul Simpson

Jeff Goldblum / Jeff Goldblum & the Mildred Snitzer Orchestra

The Capitol Studios Sessions

Decca / Verve

Vocal, Jazz

The debut album from actor/pianist Jeff Goldblum and his ensemble is a swinging, charismatic set of jazz standards.

— Matt Collar

Fastball

All the Pain Money Can Buy [Bonus Tracks]

Omnivore

Pop/Rock

Omnivore's 20th anniversary reissue contains nine bonus tracks, including B-sides, covers of the Replacements and Burt Bacharach, and a host of demos.

Olly Murs

You Know I Know

RCA

Pop/Rock

Two-part album that serves as a greatest-hits set and the English pop singer's sixth LP.

— Neil Z. Yeung

The Revivalists

Take Good Care

Loma Vista

Pop/Rock

Take Good Care crystallizes the New Orleans' group's rootsy sound into commercial grade soul-pop with stadium-sized ambitions.

— James Christopher Monger

Architects

Holy Hell

Epitaph

Pop/Rock

The British metalcore stalwarts' eighth full-length effort is their first without founding member and lead songwriter Tom Searle, who passed away in 2016.

— James Christopher Monger

Beast

Ens

Thrill Jockey

Electronic, Pop/Rock

Joyous, heartfelt solo effort from Koen Holtkamp (Mountains), recorded as he was anticipating the birth of his first child.

— Paul Simpson

Fleet Foxes

First Collection 2006-2009

Sub Pop

Pop/Rock

The seminal Seattle indie folk band's early output is collated in this lovingly detailed box set from Sub Pop.

— Timothy Monger

Grapetooth

Grapetooth

Polyvinyl

Pop/Rock

Twin Peaks' Clay Frankel and Home-Sick's Chris Bailoni successfully merge new wave and garage punk.

— Marcy Donelson

I Am Robot and Proud

Lucky Static

Darla Records

Electronic, Pop/Rock

Ninth album of unflappably pleasant and chipper indie electronic tunes from composer and video game designer Shaw-Han Liem.

— Paul Simpson

J Fernandez

Occasional Din

Joyful Noise

Pop/Rock

Sophomore album of brightly drawn insular pop from this Chicago songwriter takes a turn toward more adventurous, psychedelic territory.

— Fred Thomas

Alien Sex Fiend

Possessed

Cherry Red

Pop/Rock

Goth/industrial pioneers Alien Sex Fiend are as fun, creative, and trippy as ever on their first album in eight years.

— Paul Simpson

Robben Ford

Purple House

Ear Music

Pop/Rock, Blues

The acclaimed guitarist reveals that he has developed his singing and songwriting to the same high level of his playing on this date.

— Thom Jurek

SAVAK

Beg Your Pardon

Ernest Jenning

Pop/Rock

Third album from the New York-based quartet is tighter, fuller, and more satisfying than anything they've delivered to date.

— Mark Deming

Viktoria Mullova / Paavo Järvi

Arvo Pärt

Onyx Classics

Classical

A superb fresh take on Pärt from Russian violinist Mullova, approved by the composer.

— James Manheim

Magdalena Kožená / Robin Ticciati

Ravel, Duparc: Aimer et mourir - Danses et mélodies

Linn Records

Classical

This exquisite album of music by Ravel and Duparc features Magdalena Kozena with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester, conducted by Robin Ticciati.

— Blair Sanderson

New College Choir, Oxford / Robert Quinney

Parry: Songs of Farewell and Other Choral Works

Novum

Classical

Robert Quinney and the Choir of New College, Oxford, present Parry's introspective Songs of Farewell with Mendelssohn's influential Sechs Sprüche.

— Blair Sanderson

Thibaut Garcia

Bach Inspirations

Erato

Classical

An elegant exploration of the deep influence of Johann Sebastian Bach on the guitar repertory.

— James Manheim

Renaud Capuçon

Cinema

Erato

Stage & Screen, Classical

An attractive collection of show tunes from a French violinist.

— James Manheim

Calidore String Quartet

Resilience

Signum Classics

Classical

The Calidore String Quartet explores the endurance of art in times of adversity in its 2018 Signum Classics release, Resilience.

— Blair Sanderson

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