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June 21, 2019
Late Night Feelings
RCA
The Grammy-winning producer's fifth album offers one dejected pop-R&B delight after another.
Help Us Stranger
Third Man Records
The Raconteurs enliven classic rock and pop forms on this lively, satisfying album.
An Obelisk
Merge
The stylistically ambitious New Jersey punks get fast, loud, and straightforward on this liberating creative detour.
Ride Me Back Home
Legacy / Sony CMG / Sony Music
A loose, sometimes jazzy affair with a couple of unexpected covers.
False Alarm
Glassnote Entertainment Group
A fun, brightly colored mix of '80s-style synth pop marks the Irish trio's fourth album.
A Bath Full of Ecstasy
Domino
The electro-poppers' seventh album responds to the horrors of the late 2010s with the musical equivalent of a group hug.
The Legacy 1961-2017
Capitol
The revamped version of the 2003 box set trumps its predecessor by offering a disc chronicling Campbell's 21st century comeback.
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Yesterday [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]
Capitol
An original song, score tracks, and covers of 17 Beatles songs by actor Himesh Patel for a film in which only one man remembers the Fab Four.
Work
West End
Despite moving from DFA to key disco label West End, the NYC duo continues to refine their mix of synth pop and electronic post-disco.
Loops in the Secret Society
Fire Records
A collection of reimagined songs from the singer/producer's pair of transcendent albums from 2015 (Silver Globe) and 2017 (Modern Kosmology).
Gold Past Life
Merge
Eric D. Johnson's project makes its Merge Records debut with a tuneful, warmly nostalgic seventh album.
All the Mirrors in the House
Disciples
Warren Defever's early ambient recordings have a singular purity that makes for fascinating, transporting listening.
The CD Collection, Vol. 2
Mercury
The second volume of this discography series collects all the studio albums and a wealth of rarities from the band's run in the '90s.
Mother Earth's Plantasia
Sacred Bones
The composer's endearing, inventive music for plants makes the most of his skill and creativity.
Band Apart
Crammed Discs
Reissue collects key tracks from this obscure early-'80s duo whose strange take on pop predicted sounds yet to come.
Foam
Winspear
The excellent third album from the laid-back Chicago indie band folds in Latin pop, chillwave, neo-disco, and soft rock with relaxed skill.
Schlagenheim
Rough Trade
An imaginative and restless debut from the shape-shifting London art punks.
Black Pumas
ATO
Studious Cali-Tex retro-soul from Grammy-winning musician Adrian Quesada (formerly of Grupo Fantasma) and versatile singer Eric Burton (not Burdon).
Breakdown on 20th Ave. South
New West
This duet album from the songwriters is Julie's first release in a decade, and she makes the most of the showcase.
Til the Morning
Tapete Records
A more expansive and emotionally complex second album of gentle, bittersweet indie pop by the Heavenly and Tender Trap alums.
Patience
Epitaph
On their Epitaph debut, the Philadelphia punk combo turns in a layered and pleasingly diverse set without losing their edge.
Blood
Fuzze-Flex Records
Collective Soul celebrate their 25th anniversary by doubling down on their trademark sound.
Kings and Queens/Knaves and Thieves
Korda Records
An assured album of mature sophistication that retains all of the melodic dream pop lyricism of the Ocean Blue's early work.
From Another World
Yep Roc
Another strong collection of country-leaning tunes from a singer/songwriter as gifted as he is prolific.
Return to Center
Terrible
Leave it to the Aussie pop provocateur to deliver a covers record that's just as wild and idiosyncratic as he is.
Atlantic Oscillations
Tru Thoughts
The prolific British musical polymath and friends deliver his first New York-based album balancing funk, disco, jazz, soul, and global grooves.
Love Will Find a Way
Verve
A stunning jazz-rooted solo return, released as the singer celebrates the 50th year of Earth, Wind & Fire.
Quiet River of Dust, Vol. 2
Anti-
Anchored by the Arcade Fire multi-instrumentalist's cosmic musings, monastic melodies, and even-keeled voice, Volume Two is as ASMR friendly as it is heady.
The Grid
Western Vinyl Records
The composer and multi-instrumentalist blends the moods of his soundtrack work with ambient electronic textures on his third solo album.
There Is Only Now
Damaged Goods
The fifth album of powerful and hooky updates on vintage freakbeat and mod sounds from a band led by a former Prisoner.
Sudden Opera
Rounder
The country-rock singer/songwriter's debut is filled with literate, moody Southern Gothic grit.
Channel Surfing
Yep Roc
The Masked Marvels of instrumental rock pay tribute to five of your (or someone's) favorite TV shows.
Various Artists
Jambú E Os Míticos Sons da Amazônia
Analog Africa
For it its 28th volume, Analog Africa returns to the Brazilian port city of Belen and its joyous, panoramic musical culture.
Face
Deathbomb Arc
Remastered tracks from a 2012 cassette release from this rap/power electronics hybrid filled out with remixes.
Saint-Saëns: Piano Concertos 3, 4 & 5 "L'Égyptien"
BIS
Amid strong recent competition, a standout recording of Saint-Saëns' last three piano concertos.
Artur Schnabel: Complete Works for Solo Piano
Steinway & Sons
Beautifully played survey of Artur Schnabel's rather rare piano music.
40
Coro
Not exactly a greatest-hits collection by The Sixteen, but one aimed at showing the diversity of their catalog.
Kaija Saariaho: True Fire; Trans; Ciel d'hiver
Ondine
Gorgeous presentation of recent Saariaho works could serve as an introduction to this composer's music.
Vincent d'Indy: Médée; Karadec Suite; Saugefleurie
Naxos
Little-known incidental music by d'Indy reveals a characteristic mix of Wagnerian and French elements.
Richard Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30; Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
Lawo Classics
Deliberate, sometimes ponderous, but often powerful readings of big Strauss tone poems.