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April 19, 2019
Celia
Verve
The Beninese vocalist pays tribute to a prime influence by reading the great salsa star's music through the lens of African musical tradition.
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Honk [Deluxe Edition]
Polydor
A solid overview of the Stones' work since 1971, highlighted by a disc of new live material on the deluxe edition.
Big Wows
Heavenly
The London trio complete their transformation into a bright and shiny modern pop group and do it with impressive skills and style.
The Destroyer, Vol. 1
House Arrest
The first part of Robert Alfons' third album reunites him with Maya Postepski on an ambitious, intimate, and compelling set of songs.
Laughing Matter
Drag City
Another huge step away from Wand's garage roots, this album from the L.A. experimenters explores dark, textural art rock in the vein of Radiohead.
Raw Honey
Mexican Summer
The L.A. collective's second album is an impressive batch of soft rock songs that sound like they were excavated from a long-lost Laurel Canyon studio.
Fade Into the Dawn
Run for Cover Records
The lo-fi singer/songwriter creates a warmly intimate environment on an album of vulnerable and optimistic folk songs.
Happy Now
Gang of Four Inc
A jaundiced look at global politics, bold use of electronics, and great noisy guitar equals the band's best album in decades.
Serfs Up!
Domino
The polarizing U.K. misanthropes add a touch of grandeur on their more pop-driven third set.
Internet Arms
Polyvinyl
Shaun Fleming's alter ego dims the spotlights and turns up the fluorescents for a technology-inspired set with an '80s pop production palette.
Winter Sun
Tapete Records
Bittersweet indie pop confections from a band co-led by Elizabeth Morris (Allo Darlin') and Ola Innset (Making Marks).
No Exit
Trouble in Mind
The Arizona-based one-man garage band returns after a mild hiatus with another smashing record that splits the difference between the Who and Shoes.
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N9NA [Explicit Version]
Strange Music
Triumphant 13th effort from the independent rap workhorse celebrates his 20 years in the game.
Akron, Ohio
Tee Pee / Teepee Records
Psych and prog influences dominate this project from Patrick Carney (Black Keys) and John Petkovic (Cobra Verde, Death of Samantha).
Fresh Produce
Pure Noise
An effusive set of B-sides, inspired covers, and reworked album tracks from the Canadian pop-punk outfit.
The Last Word
S-Curve
The studio farewell from Eddie Levert, Walter Williams, and Eric Grant favorably emulates their '70s peak on Philadelphia International.
Human Question
Bloodshot
Third album from the Colorado roots rock trio documents them at their taut, fiery, and passionate best.
Moonlight
BMG
The husband-and-wife duo's third LP puts a smooth spin on their pastoral folk-soul sound.
Bridges Live: Madison Square Garden
Reprise
A polished and precise concert recorded on the supporting tour for 2018's Bridges.
Evergreen
Sumerian Records
The Minnesota-based metalcore group's sixth studio long-player delivers another punitive blast of djent-fueled mayhem.
Invitation
Western Vinyl Records
Elegantly textured, meditative set that reflects on the natural world, childhood summers spent along the Oregon coast, and life events since.
The Fabulous New Sounds of King Prawn
Cherry Red / Property of the Lost
The U.K. ska-punk group's long-awaited fifth studio long-player picks right up where 2003's Got the Thirst left off.
Not Waving, But Drowning
AMF / Caroline / Republic
A fraught yet understated follow-up to the South London rapper's Mercury Prize-nominated debut.
New Routes Out of Innerland
Sonic Cathedral
A slightly darker reconstruction of Mark Peters' evocative album of windswept guitar-based instrumentals.
Various Artists
Poppies: Assorted Finery from the First Psychedelic Age
Craft Recordings / Craft Records / Universal
Fun and well-executed collection of great acid-addled pop and rock from the late '60s.
J.S. Bach: Magnificat; Helmschrott: Lumen
Naxos
Helmschrott's work effectively weaves together texts from the Abrahamic faiths, plus the Bhagavad Gita and various newer texts.
Vireo: The Spiritual Biography of a Witch's Accuser
Orange Mountain Music
Multiply innovative opera on the theme of witches and other visionaries, and the often male authority figures who beset them.
Bassoon Concertos: Mozart, Winter, Hummel, Rossini
Ondine
Mostly rare works for bassoon afford Luoma considerable opportunity for virtuosic display.
Grace Williams: Chamber Music
Naxos
Elegantly performed rediscoveries of superb forgotten chamber works.
Donnacha Dennehy: The Last Hotel
Cantaloupe
A partly live recording of a compelling new chamber opera by Irish composer Donnacha Dennehy.
Various Artists
David Fennessy: Panopticon
NMC
Contemporary music from Scotland, abstract in concept but based on strong physical images.