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March 22, 2019
My Finest Work Yet
Loma Vista / Virgin EMI
The celebrated songwriter, singer, and whistler refuses to give in to cynicism and rancor in a world full of chaos.
Capsule Losing Contact
Numero
Essential collection of the '90s lo-fi space rock trio's home-recorded and brilliant output, with some nifty rarities added.
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American Football [LP3]
Polyvinyl
The emo band's third album expands their classic sound to include fuller arrangements and guest vocals from Hayley Williams and others.
Cows on Hourglass Pond
Domino / Domino Recording
Solo work from Animal Collective founder sounds more grounded and inspired than much of his usually cluttered and abstract output.
Doko Mien
Merge
On their third full-length, the English Afro-funk outfit bridge the best elements of their previous records and extend them with infectious dance tunes.
This (Is What I Wanted to Tell You)
Merge
Kurt Wagner moves further away from country and deeper into electronics without losing touch of his genius as a songwriter.
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Our Endless Numbered Days [Deluxe Edition]
Sub Pop
This fifteenth anniversary deluxe edition offers new liner notes and includes eight acoustic demos of tracks from the album.
Eraserland
Dead Oceans
Tim Showalter and most of My Morning Jacket deliver a soaring set that strikes a balance between dusty Midwest folk and heartland rock.
Dreaming the Dark
Dero Arcade
On her fourth full-length, the singer/songwriter confronts pain and chooses love with cathartic synth pop.
Inside the Rose
Infectious
The U.K. art-pop band continue to defy expectations, delivering both grandeur and anxiety on their challenging fourth LP.
Ancestral Recall
Ropeadope / Stretch Music
A culturally aware, musically expansive dreamscape of an album from the New Orleans-born trumpeter.
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The Healing Game [20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition]
Exile Productions / Legacy / Sony CMG
This deluxe edition is filled out with B-sides, outtakes, alternate takes and an excellent concert at Montreux from 1997.
Fountain Fire
Drag City
Over six instrumentals and two vocal tracks, the guitarist and songwriter quietly dazzles with his playing abilities and production strategies.
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The Dirt [Official Soundtrack]
BMG / Mötley Records
The soundtrack to the biopic about these '80s hair metal heroes includes four songs newly recorded by the band.
LP5
Mute
Sascha Ring returns to his solo career with a typically ambitious, unconventional album of intuitive electronic music.
La Gran Esfera
Elefant
After a long layoff, the Spanish pop maestro returns with an album of sleek disco and pop that gives his typically frothy sound a modern update.
New Rain Duets
Three Lobed
Gentle but foreboding synth and harp improvisations from the acclaimed experimental harpist and founding Superchunk member.
Warheads on Foreheads
Capitol / Universal
Massive 35-track anthology grabs highlights from over 30 years of studio albums from this metal institution.
The End
Friends of Friends
The Los Angeles lo-fi beatmaker presents the even heavier, more apocalyptic follow-up to his brilliant Dark Red.
No Words Left
Arts & Crafts
A hushed and heartbroken, elegantly textured fourth album from the English singer/songwriter.
Miss Universe
ATO
The West Londoner's full-length debut frames themes of anxiety, ambition, and self-image in eccentric, staccato guitar pop.
Solstice
New West
Cut live-in-studio, the guitarist assembles a small band to back a stellar cast of female vocalists who offer soulful, rootsy covers and originals.
Pony
Sub Pop
Striking debut from a deep-voiced Canadian singer whose take on country music tropes reveals he's no ordinary cowboy.
Rendered Armor
Felte
Spanning industrial, coldwave, and spaghetti Western influences, the trio's third album is equally eclectic and distinctive.
Mystic Truth
Epitaph
The California indie rockers dial back some of the Moz-inspired mope, and allow a bit of self-improvement to creep into their third studio effort.
A Place We Knew
Island
Yearning debut from the Australian singer/songwriter who offers bittersweet glimpses of love's letdowns.
Avec le Temps
ECM
On this remarkable, lyrical, and exploratory date, the Italian pianist leads a quintet featuring saxophone star Francesco Bearzatti.
Secret Republic
Tin Angel
The debut of Kehoe (fka Marine Dreams) under his own name blends yearning '80s pop and home-recorded (analog) synth pop inspirations.
Significant Changes
Ninja Tune
House producer/DJ balances a concern for the planet with a shameless urge to have fun on her superb debut album.
DJ-Kicks
!K7
Laurel Halo's energetic, unpredictable DJ-Kicks volume winds through styles such as Detroit electro, U.K. bass, gqom, and more.
Heaven Sent
Joy Void
The Boston indie pop trio alternate between studio and home recording on their second album, yet achieve a remarkably consistent sound.
Nature
Bella Union
Exploratory U.K. folk with doses of jazzy psychedelia from this ensemble led by Ultimate Painting's Jack Cooper.
We Wanna Be Hyp-No-Tized
Nine Mile Records
Spiral Stairs embraces big, bold moves on this bright, bracing album.
Nothing Happens
Atlantic
Infectious debut of an L.A. indie trio that puts a youthful, existential spin on power pop and post-punk influences.
The Complete Chicory Tip
7T's / Glam
The most comprehensive and ridiculous Chicory Tip collection ever assembled.
The Modern Age
Gorsky Records
Sleeper picks up where they left off 22 years earlier with this sturdy collection of Britpop.
Alberto Nepomuceno: Symphony in G minor; O Garatuja Prelude; Série Brasileira
Naxos
This album of music by Brazilian nationalist pioneer Nepomuceno inaugurates a new series from Naxos.
Horizon 9
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
A collection of new music commissioned by the Concertgebouw and performed in 2017, giving clues to the orchestra's future direction.
Offenbach, Gulda: Cello Concertos
Erato
Ebullient performances of two little-known cello concertos that are a great deal of fun.
Under Stalin's Shadow: Shostakovich – Symphonies Nos. 6 & 7; Incidental Music to "King Lear"
Deutsche Grammophon
Superb recordings of two Shostakovich symphonies, the quirky Sixth and the wartime Seventh, equally fine in conception and execution.
Bach: Gottes Zeit is die allerbeste Zeit 'Actus tragicus' BWV 106; Himmelskönig, sei willkommen BWV 182; Komm, Jesu, komm BWV 229
Hyperion
Intimate, impressively precise performances in well-known Bach cantatas and a motet.