Featured New Releases for
August 2, 2019

Album cover for First Taste by Ty Segall
Ty Segall

First Taste

Drag City
Pop/Rock
The garage punk overachiever is in quieter and less aggressive form, but still kicking up a big cloud of joyous noise.

— Mark Deming

Album cover for Blood Year by Russian CirclesEditors' Choice
Russian Circles

Blood Year

Sargent House
Pop/Rock
Recorded with Converge's Kurt Ballou, Russian Circles' seventh studio album is one of their most unmistakably raw, direct releases.

— Paul Simpson

Album cover for Ann Arbor Blues Festival 1969 by Various Artists
Various Artists

Ann Arbor Blues Festival 1969

Third Man Records
Blues
Unreleased archival recordings of a legendary weekend of deep blues, featuring Muddy Waters, B.B. King, Howlin' Wolf, and more.

— Mark Deming

Album cover for 50 Live by Yes
Yes

50 Live

Rhino
Pop/Rock
A double-disc souvenir of the prog-rock band's 50th anniversary tour.

— Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Album cover for How Far by Deadbeat BeatEditors' Choice
Deadbeat Beat

How Far

Arrowhawk
Pop/Rock
The excellent third album by a Detroit trio whose sweet and bouncy noise pop has a dark lyrical undercurrent.

— Tim Sendra

Album cover for I by Föllakzoid
Föllakzoid

I

Sacred Bones
Pop/Rock
Atom™ constructs an hour-long minimal techno odyssey from isolated stems recorded by Chilean Krautrock enthusiasts Föllakzoid.

— Paul Simpson

Album cover for GUV I by Young GuvEditors' Choice
Young Guv

GUV I

Run for Cover Records
Pop/Rock
Brilliantly written and executed lo-fi power pop from the restless musical mind of Fucked Up's Ben Cook.

— Tim Sendra

Album cover for Rewind, Replay, Rebound by VolbeatEditors' Choice
Volbeat

Rewind, Replay, Rebound

Republic / Virgin EMI
Pop/Rock
The Danish-American quartet re-channel the ghosts of arena rock's past and emerge with their strongest collection of songs to date.

— Thom Jurek

Album cover for A Dream Is U by Francis LungEditors' Choice
Francis Lung

A Dream Is U

Memphis Industries
Pop/Rock
Evoking Baroque pop, Merseybeat, and Spector, the full-length debut of Tom McClung (WU LYF) is filled with well-crafted retro pop for romantics.

— Marcy Donelson

Album cover for Really Well by Mauno
Mauno

Really Well

Tin Angel
Pop/Rock
The Montreal-based indie pop group's third album has style-defining mercurial tendencies but ultimately goes down easy.

— Marcy Donelson

Album cover for Blume by NérijaEditors' Choice
Nérija

Blume

Domino
Jazz
An earthy debut from the London jazz group that sounds like a mix of the Jazz Messengers and Hugh Masekela.

— Matt Collar

Album cover for Everybody Split by Possible Humans
Possible Humans

Everybody Split

Trouble in Mind
Pop/Rock
The Melbourne band's debut teeters between the brash tunefulness of their contemporaries and experimental post-punk in intriguing ways.

— Heather Phares

Album cover for Finch by Penny & Sparrow
Penny & Sparrow

Finch

I Love You
Pop/Rock
The Texan indie folk duo's sixth album plays to their sense of drama with lush strings and effortless harmonies.

— Timothy Monger

Album cover for Happy by UV-TV
UV-TV

Happy

Deranged
Pop/Rock
The second album from this angsty dark pop trio offers a massive production upgrade and clearer emotional threads than earlier work.

— Fred Thomas

Album cover for Cross Record by Cross Record
Cross Record

Cross Record

Ba Da Bing Records
Pop/Rock
Reflecting numerous major life changes, Emily Cross' third album as Cross Record is her most daring work yet.

— Paul Simpson

Album cover for Lovesick by Tennis System
Tennis System

Lovesick

Graveface Records
Pop/Rock
The third album from this long-running band trades in the last of their indie impulses for a wash of full-tilt shoegaze fuzz.

— Fred Thomas

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