Featured New Releases for
December 20, 2019

After a decade away, the Aussie noise punk combo return with an album that captures their raw attack, but tempers it with some melody.

— Tim Sendra

This concert document of a low-key yet electric gig at a small club is full of relaxed chemistry and imaginative improvisation.

— Fred Thomas

Revisiting this 1969 release with a six-disc package including alternate mixes, demos and liner notes from Matt Groening.

The bedroom pop wizard returns to his trademark junkshop electronics-meet-the-Beatles sound and adds in soft rock and electronic influences along the way.

— Tim Sendra

Epic saga finale brings back all of the composer's most beloved themes from the entire sci-fi series.

— Neil Z. Yeung

The Netherlands native follows the Billboard Adult R&B hit "You" with more gutsy performances steeped in gospel, soul, and golden age hip-hop.

— Andy Kellman

Not only a vivid reduction of Tchaikovsky's score but a novel presentation with text by one of the septet's members.

— James Manheim

An exceptionally well-chosen holiday program by British choir Stile Antico.

— James Manheim

An impressive live recording of the 100th-anniversary observance of the familiar Lessons and Carols.

— James Manheim

Thomas Zehetmair revisits Bach's Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin, using two Baroque instruments to capitalize on their different sonorities.

— Blair Sanderson

Savall presents a lean and athletic interpretation of Handel's Messiah with La Capella Reial de Catalunya and Le Concert des Nations.

— Blair Sanderson