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February 1, 2019
Encore
Island
Reuniting with Terry Hall, the Specials make their first album of original material since the early '80s.
Five
PIAS
The London trio recapture the post-punk energy of their early work with an anthemic, emotive set produced by Ed Buller.
Heartbreak
Heavenly
A near-perfect union of style and substance, the trio's second album is seductive, dangerous, and a lot of fun.
What Chaos Is Imaginary
Anti- / Girlpool Music
The third album from this songwriting duo adds new layers of sound but loses the connection and kinship of their earlier material.
Stuffed & Ready
Secretly Canadian
Third album from '90s alt-modeled indie trio begins with sparks of eerie, angry energy but soon grows monotonous.
Mayonnaise
PTKF
Collection of covers, alternate versions, and outtakes from this rough-necked indie band is suited for devoted fans only.
Ripe for Anarchy
Knock Yr Socks Off Records / Slumberland
Mixing classic indie pop songs with deluxe late-'80s production techniques could be a bad thing, but not in the sure hands of Corey Cunningham.
Drift Code
Domino
Seventeen years after Out of Season, Rustin Man's second album proves Paul Webb's intimate, haunting music has only deepened with time.
Exploding Head Syndrome
Tapete Records
Stepping back from the noise abyss of their previous album, this record charts a more hypnotic, almost soothing course.
Zeppelin Over China
Guided by Voices, Inc.
Robert Pollard and Company go from strength to strength with another rich, well-crafted, late-career triumph.
Don't Feed the Pop Monster
Atlantic
Third LP from the New Zealand siblings abandons chilly synths for warm indie pop comfort.
Vida
Polydor / Universal Music Latino
First album in nearly five years from the romantic pop king balances strutting dance-pop, ballads, reggaeton, cumbia, and vallenato.
Scenery
ATO
The singer and songwriter's third album refines the contemporary hybrid sound of the 2015 follow-up to her Grammy-nominated debut.
Live in Hollywood
Rhino
Twelve highlights culled from the April 24, 1980 performance originally aired on HBO.
Glitter Wolf
Royal Potato Family
An exuberant road trip of an album cross-pollinated with Latin and New Orleans grooves, klezmer harmonies, and far-eyed jazz modalism.
Mall of Fortune
Innovative Leisure
The one-man R&B band returns with a second album that is stylistically broader than his 2017 debut.
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Tides of a Teardrop [First Edition]
Yep Roc
Finding a sweet spot between country and folk, the group's sixth album is a master class in the art of the high-lonesome sound.
Nowhere
Drag City
On his fourth solo album, Ghost's former leader delivers a psychedelic collection of acoustic songs about spirituality, death, rebirth, and hope.
Uranium Heart
Propeller Records
The Norwegian pop duo slow things down on their melancholic, ballad-heavy third LP.
bi/MENTAL
Rise Records
On their wildly ambitious fourth album, Teri Gender Bender's quartet explores family and mental illness through punk, funk, electro, and more.
The Sun Will Come Up, The Seasons Will Change
Cooking Vinyl
Five years after her U.K. Top 20 debut album, the pop singer/songwriter returns with a more mature indie-label debut.
Imaginary Friends
ECM
Evocative third ECM date from the trumpeter, and first to feature his This Against That group with saxophonist Ravi Coltrane.
Olympic Girls
Ba Da Bing Records
An appreciably more expansive sound enriches rather than overwhelms Hollie Fullbrook's sophisticated folk.
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Waiting: The Van Duren Story [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]
Omnivore
Soundtrack to a documentary about the Memphis power pop cult hero is a near-perfect introductory sampler.
This Is Not the End
By the Time It Gets Dark
The Norwegian indie rock trio meld wild, statically post-punk with warm power pop melodicism.
Resist
Spinefarm Records
An immersive, if not wholly original-sounding set of songs that plays to the veteran Dutch metallers' strengths and weaknesses.
Grandchildren
Ernest Jenning
A moody, sonically mature fourth set from the Philadelphia band, and first with added vocalist Shari Bolar.
Florence Beatrice Price: Symphonies No. 1 in E minor, No. 4 in D minor
Naxos
World premiere recording of Price's Symphony No. 4 in D minor, a superior work to the better-known Symphony No. 1.
Bach: Suites 1-3
CTM Classics
Bach's first three suites for solo cello, played on a cello once owned by Pablo Casals.
Purcell: King Arthur
Alpha
Lionel Meunier and Vox Luminis perform Purcell's semi-opera King Arthur, or the British Worthy, in this exceptional 2018 recording from Alpha.
Toccata
Naxos
The subject of Elisa Netzer's harp recital is the toccata, which she explores in virtuoso arrangements and pieces composed for her instrument.