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October 11, 2019
The Act
Tooth & Nail
A career-defining evolution for the Ohio metalcore crew that pushes genre boundaries and atmospheric scope.
Sketchbook
BMG / Rock Soul
The newly independent singer's varied and fully formed sixth studio album, produced with Jevon Hill (Tamar Braxton, Tye Tribbett).
No Home Record
Matador
The musician and artist's fearless solo debut reveals the most thought-provoking and bracing aspects of her work.
Welcome to the Vault
Capitol
A weighty box set filled with alternate takes, live performances, and other rarities.
Fireraisers Forever!
Tapete Records
The long-running band have never sounded punker, sadder, or more alive than on this excellent album.
Never Boring
Hollywood
A glamorous, lovingly produced box set showcasing the Queen vocalist's solo work.
Giants of All Sizes
Polydor / Verve
Awash in the damp grays and socio-political malaise of Brexit, the veteran post-Brit-poppers navigate the brackish waters with empathy and steely acceptance.
Black Anima
Century Media
Emotionally dense ninth set from the Italian goth metal crew sheds theatrics for soul-baring vulnerability.
Thanks to You
Darla Distribution
The band's third album harkens back to their '90s indie pop glory while adding new tricks, nearly topping their brilliant debut.
The Complete Stax Singles, Vol. 1: 1962-1967
Real Gone Music
This collection of 29 single sides from one of the great R&B combos of the '60s is a master class in the art of the clean, deep groove.
Jules
Transgressive
Recorded during his senior year of high school, the singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist's dazzling debut balances experience and wonder.
Metal Galaxy
Cooking Vinyl
The album tweaks the recipe just enough to feel fresh while maintaining the meticulous attention to detail and decibels that have made the group such an unlikely success.
Joey Always Smiled
Caldo Verde Records
Another chapter of Kozelek's diaristic songwriting is perfectly complimented by Haden's webs of lush vocal harmonies.
Love Tape
Black Unlimited Music Group
On his eighth album, the Chicago trumpeter delivers an elegant, laid-back meditation on love as a tribute to strong black women.
Four
Damaged Goods
The French singer's fourth album is her usual blend of obscure covers and string originals delivered in cool and reverent '60s style.
Devour You
Rough Trade
The second album from these youthful L.A. reprobates sounds bigger, harder, and glossier, but shorter on sneering raunch.
Sonic Citadel
Thrill Jockey
This multi-faceted and curious collection finds the noise rock institution still growing and developing nearly a quarter century in.
Born Hot
Polyvinyl
The bedroom pop troubadour balances earnest self-reflection with pop culture witticisms and melodic, catchy songwriting.
After the Fire
Late August Records
A modest yet deeply felt album that showcases Jinks' strengths as a singer and songwriter.
My Regime
Banana & Louie Records
An alternately thoughtful and silly album that balances melancholy and fun with a nice psychedelia-meets-'80s-pop feel.
Return to Us
BMG
Reassuring messages and a corresponding musical tone comprise the U.K. indie pop group's politically motivated tenth album.
STIR
Drag City
This expressive and engaging improvisational collaboration finds beauty and intelligence in creative restlessness.
Hallucinogen
Debemur Morti
Normandy's premier experimental black metal outfit enter a new exploratory musical phase without forsaking their origins.
Shiny New Model
What's Yr Rupture?
The band shave off the rough edges of the dance punk sound, replacing it with newfound sonic power.
Blossoms
Thrill Jockey
The experimental duo generated the tense, somewhat frightening Blossoms using an artificial intelligence system.
2020
Weird World
Ordinary people struggle with crises big and small in this affecting effort from the offbeat U.K. singer and songwriter.
Turtle Taxi
HHBTM
Winsome, gently fuzzed indie pop with sharp guitar work and big warm harmonies from this London quartet.
Polyhymnia
Ropeadope
Accompanied by more than 30 players, the British-Bahraini composer and instrumentalist delivers a tribute suite to iconic women.
Sun Songs
BMG
The Everclear frontman settles into a sardonic middle age as he plays with different styles and sounds.
British Tone Poems, Vol. 2
Chandos
A delightful collection of British works, more sketches than tone poems, of the early 20th century.
Korngold: Symphony in F sharp; Theme and Variations; Straussiana
Chandos
Hugely enjoyable postwar works by Korngold effectively fuse symphonic and cinematic idioms.
Takemitsu, Szymanowski, Chopin, Serocki: Works for solo piano
Steinway & Sons
Superb recital emphasizing the continuing influence of the pianistic tradition beginning with Chopin.
Prism II: Beethoven, Schnittke, Bach
ECM
Awe-inspiring performances reflect on the fugue and its continuing significance, with a blistering performance of Beethoven's Grosse Fuge.
Sound of Silence
Decca
Crossover guitarist Karadaglić takes the genre into the new territory of alternative rock.
Verdi
Deutsche Grammophon
Beautifully rendered early Verdi arias augur well for Abdrazakov's new tenure at Deutsche Grammophon.