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Releases for
March 15, 2019
Lux Prima
30th Century Records / BMG
The singer/songwriter's first album in five years is a sophisticated, sonically adventurous collaboration with Danger Mouse.
Only Things We Love
BMG
Thrilling fourth set from the AFI creative pair's '80s synth pop-indebted electronic side project.
Plastic Anniversary
Thrill Jockey
The duo celebrates their 25th anniversary with vibrantly creative and deeply disturbing explorations of plastic's ubiquity and dangers.
To Believe
Domino
The pair's first effort in 12 years elevates their atmospheric compositions with elegance.
Trust in the Lifeforce of the Deep Mystery
Impulse!
On its Impulse! debut, the the U.K.'s futurist trio create an evolutionary new jazz music from traditions past and present.
No Saint
Big Machine Records
An invigorating debut that splits the difference between dusty Americana and bold mainstream pop.
Bend Sinister
Beggars Banquet
A two-disc expansion of the band's grim 1986 LP includes a Peel Session and previously-unreleased alternate takes and mixes.
October in the Railroad Earth
Frontera Music
The veteran singer/songwriter shows no signs of slowing down with this poignant, savvy, and profound collection of new songs.
The Transitory Poems
ECM
Two master improvisers/pianists come together in a breathtaking live duo performance.
Immigrance
Ground Up Records
A cinematic blend of funky grooves that marry '80s new age flow with earthy blues-rock riffage and contemporary jazz sophistication.
Another Land
Requiem Pour un Twister
The Chicago quintet's second album mixes all different types of underground '60s psych and pop into a technicolor concoction.
Midland Lullabies
Tapete Records
Gifted singer/songwriter performs graceful but incisive songs about his relationship with his hometown in the Midlands.
Bahir
Soundway
The L.A.-based musical polymath and a host of international guests offer a brave new music that melds East African styles, jazz, funk, and soul.
High Anxiety
Thrill Jockey
The fourth album from this Chicago noise metal trio is an unrelenting collision of riffs and antisocial sentiments.
Paradise
Dirtnap Records
After rebooting the band's lineup, the garage punk stalwarts return with another blast of energetic tracks, this time with a poppier approach.
Non Ex Orbis
Now-Again
On their first album in five years, the German groove outfit channels Krautrock, prog, fractured funk, and trippy psychedelia.
Downer Edn
Goner Records
Rage, honesty, and a massive fog bank of guitar sounds fuel the second album from these adventurous Australian punk rockers.
Avocationals
Beacon Sound
The longtime friends collaborate on a somberly beautiful set of ambient pieces inspired by 20th century shipwrecks in the Great Lakes.
One Piece at a Time
Nettwerk
Timeless melodies, elegant arrangements, and heartbreak distinguish the solo debut of the Veils frontman.
Época
R&S
Berlin-based experimental techno duo branch out, incorporating acoustic instruments and vocals into their bracing soundscapes.
Eyes of the Moon
Cascine
Swirling, swaying new age-influenced downtempo and lite-disco from the imaginary island paradise dreamt by Jon Tye and Pete Fowler.
Boris Lyatoshynsky: Symphony No. 3; Grazhyna
Chandos
Fine performance from Bournemouth of a Ukrainian work that does not fit the usual categories of Soviet music.
Kalevi Aho: Trombone Concerto; Trumpet Concerto
BIS
Pleasing, highly accessible concertos from a contemporary Finn, brilliantly played.
Brahms: Die schöne Magelone
Alpha
Very strong performance of Brahms' semi-song cycle from a rising American baritone.
Gustav Mahler: Lieder
Arte Verum
Fine performances of the rare Schoenberg chamber transcriptions of Mahler's Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen and Der Abschied.
Mozart: Symphony KV 201; Schubert: Symphony No. 5
MDG
A strong Mozart recording that is to be played on the very best pair of speakers you can get to.
Mendelssohn
Deutsche Grammophon
A standout performance of the Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25, by a talented young Polish-Canadian.