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January 17, 2020
Circles
Parlophone / Warner Records
Bittersweet-but-soothing sixth set from the late Pittsburgh rapper that was completed by producer Jon Brion.
Nightfall
Capitol
A hushed and delicate collection that finds Little Big Town settling into a subdued but not necessarily settled middle age.
Sing the Melody
Domino
A live-in-the-studio session that captured Dave Longstreth and Co. sounding precise but with an added level of warmth and humanity.
X: The Godless Void and Other Stories
Dine Alone
The band mark their 25th anniversary with passionate, poignant reflections on life's inevitable changes and endings.
There Is No Year
Matador
The Atlanta quartet refine their lyric approach while expanding their musical and textural palettes on their third album.
Countless Branches
Dead Oceans
The solitary English songwriter offers a sparse, vulnerable, generous and intimate portrait of his inner world in ten new songs.
The Juice
Philadelphonic
An openhearted, good-time modern blues album recorded with co-producer Keb' Mo'.
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The Comforts of Madness [30th Anniversary Re:Masters]
4AD
The 4AD dream-pop band's Top 40 U.K. debut, remastered and expanded for its 30th anniversary with strong demos and a pre-LP John Peel session.
Free Nationals
OBE
Anderson .Paak's funk-fluent backing band sets sail with the likes of Daniel Caesar and Syd, Westside Gunn and Conway, and the late Mac Miller.
Everything Else Has Gone Wrong
Caroline
The London post-punk quartet return from a three-year hiatus with a textured, thoughtfully mature, and intensely stirring fifth album.
Scis
Thrill Jockey
Continuing in the direction of 2016's Popp, Oval returns to Thrill Jockey with another playful, exciting world of sonic maximalism.
Hard Times
CRC
The group concoct a "fantasy mixtape" of covers with the help of La Roux, Gruff Rhys, Badly Drawn Boy, and more.
Football Money
Persona Non Grata
Canadian quartet delivers jangly, intellectual punk on par with a lineage of excellence that reaches from the Modern Lovers to Pavement.
R.Y.C
Interscope / Polydor
Short for Raw Youth Collage, Mura Masa's second album touches upon all of the messy, uncertain feelings that come with young adulthood.
Tullahoma
Bb2 / BBT / BMG / Broken Bow
Named after his hometown, Lynch's fourth album showcases a country-pop singer who is right at home in the middle of the road.
Natural Affair
Beach Goth Records
The Growlers continue to apply coats of glossy paint to their punchy blend of surfy guitar rock and '80's-leaning synth-pop.
Been Around
Elefant
After a 16-year break between albums, the Baroque pop devotee returns with an even stronger set of lush, wistful chamber pop.
Dream On
Play It Again Sam
An affecting full-length debut marked by delicate, reverb-steeped atmospheres and heavy-hearted pensiveness.
Land of No Junction
Ba Da Bing Records
The Irish singer/songwriter's excellent debut is a pastoral, dark-hued set that pulls from chamber folk and psych-pop.
Deleter
Holy Ef Music
On their fifth album, the Toronto electro-rock group exhibit tighter chemistry than ever while retaining the spontaneity of their previous releases.
The Professionals
Madlib Invazion
After 20 years of occasional track collaborations, prolific brothers Madlib and Oh No finally connect for an album of delightfully eccentric hip-hop.
El Dorado
Fantasy / Snakefarm Records
Young guitar hero eases up on the soloing and shows he's a strong and soulful vocalist.
More. Again. Forever.
Ignition Records
The infectious sixth album from the Manchester favorites evolves their sound with LCD Soundsystem-inspired grooves.
Secrets & Escapes
Rhymesayers Entertainment
Raw as hell, this cracking, soulful set was recorded live in three sessions at the makeshift studio of producer Evidence.
Goodbye Blue Sky
Castle Face
The psych-rock band's third album is a bummer trip filled with melancholy melodies and soft washes of synths.
Black Aura My Sun
Felte
The project's promising debut album blends shoegaze and synth pop into breezy, often blissful epics.
Is That So?
Abstract Logix
Six years in the making, this rich, atmospheric meld of Western harmony and Indian raga is unlike anything these players have issued before.
Virga I
Temporary Residence
Long-form ambient pieces from Matthew Cooper, consisting of soothing, immersive waves of sound.
Waterbirth
Carpark Records
The full-length debut album of evocative, '80s-influenced synth and electronic pop from the New Zealand songwriter.
The Serpent Rings
Steamhammer
In the aftermath of major personnel changes in the late 2010s, these revitalized Birmingham rockers come out of the gate rocking.
Rose City Band
Jean Sandwich Records / Thrill Jockey
Debut album from this cosmic country jam band leans into the softer side of textural psychedelia.
Grooves à Mystères
DK Records
Melding Afro-Berber music with modern jazz and funk, the Paris-born saxophonist and his band emerge with fully realized new music inspired by antiquity.
Mahler 4
BIS
Osmo Vänskä and the Minnesota Orchestra present Mahler's joyful Symphony No. 4, with soprano Carolyn Sampson as soloist in the finale.
Bach: Violin Concertos
SDG (Soli Deo Gloria)
A fresh recording of Bach's concertos features a real exchange between conductor Gardiner and his longtime violin section leader Debretzeni.
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9
BR Klassik
Bernard Haitink leads the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in a thrilling reading of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.
The Godfather: Masters of the German & Italian Baroque
Signum Classics
Some unfamiliar and worthwhile music in a smartly played set of pieces emphasizing the international style of the High Baroque.
Juon: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1-3
Naxos
Virtually unknown works by Paul Juon offer an entirely distinctive style.
Une Soirée Chez Berlioz
Harmonia Mundi
Not just a conceptual "soirée," but music Berlioz might have liked and played himself at a party, on guitar or piano.