Featured New Releases for
March 13, 2020

Album cover for Ricky Music by Porches
Porches

Ricky Music

Domino
Pop/Rock
With guests such as Dev Hynes and Mitski, the project's fourth album plays like a mini chamber-synth song cycle about infatuation, sex, and heartbreak.

— Marcy Donelson

Album cover for Endless Dream by Peter Bjorn and JohnEditors' Choice
Peter Bjorn and John

Endless Dream

Pbj Musik Ab
Pop/Rock
The venerable trio's eighth album is a bracing reminder that they have never stopped making hooky, inventive, and sneakily heartfelt indie rock.

— Tim Sendra

Album cover for Deap Lips by Deap Lips
Deap Lips

Deap Lips

Cooking Vinyl
Pop/Rock
Debut release from Flaming Lips/Deap Vally collaboration takes each song to a strange and different place.

— Fred Thomas

Album cover for Healer by GrouploveEditors' Choice
Grouplove

Healer

Atlantic / Canvasback / Parlophone
Pop/Rock
The Los Angeles band's exuberant fourth album finds them drawing inspiration from their '90s indie rock influences with a surrealistic glee.

— Matt Collar

Album cover for Sixteen Oceans by Four Tet
Four Tet

Sixteen Oceans

Temporary Residence
Electronic
One of Kieran Hebden's most reflective, experimental albums, heavy on ambient meditations and field recordings.

— Paul Simpson

Album cover for Sad Happy by Circa WavesEditors' Choice
Circa Waves

Sad Happy

Prolifica Recordings
Pop/Rock
The Liverpool indie rockers find the magic space between happiness and heartache on their literate, effusive fourth album.

— Matt Collar

Album cover for Live by Dungen
Dungen

Live

Mexican Summer
Pop/Rock
Recorded in late 2015, the band's first live album is a ripping instrumental trip to the band's expansive, exploratory, and almost proggy side.

— Tim Sendra

Album cover for Rookie by Rookie
Rookie

Rookie

Bloodshot
Pop/Rock
The hooky and full-bodied debut from this Chicago band steeped in classic rock and '70s pop.

— Mark Deming

Album cover for Put the Shine On by CocoRosie
CocoRosie

Put the Shine On

Believe Direct Limited / Marathon
Pop/Rock
The duo's first album in five years takes their collages of unexpected elements to extremes.

— Heather Phares

Album cover for Satin Doll by Sam GendelEditors' Choice
Sam Gendel

Satin Doll

Nonesuch
Electronic, Jazz
A futuristic jazz standards album from the saxophonist and electronic musician that pushes the songs into ever-more-cosmic galaxies.

— Matt Collar

Album cover for Singing for My Supper by Early James
Early James

Singing for My Supper

Easy Eye Sound / Nonesuch
Pop/Rock
The debut album from the soulful Alabama singer/songwriter has the faded patina of a pull-tab beer can or a museum-bound ship's manifest.

— James Christopher Monger

Album cover for Birthmarks by Hilary Woods
Hilary Woods

Birthmarks

Sacred Bones
Pop/Rock
A more experimental second solo album, recorded with noise specialist Lasse Marhaug (Jenny Hval, Merzbow).

— Marcy Donelson

Album cover for Coasting by Honey Cutt
Honey Cutt

Coasting

Kanine Records
Pop/Rock
FKA Baby!, Kaley Honeycutt and her rhythm section deliver a Kanine Records debut that's a must for fans of beachy indie pop.

— Marcy Donelson

Album cover for It's Only Us by Monophonics
Monophonics

It's Only Us

Colemine
R&B
The veteran Bay Area band adds more Midwest flavoring to their sound, informed as ever by progressive early-'70s soul.

— Andy Kellman

Album cover for Along Ago: 1981-1989 by OXZ
OXZ

Along Ago: 1981-1989

Captured Tracks
Pop/Rock
An archival release that collects all the studio recordings and unreleased demos from this boundless Japanese punk band.

— Fred Thomas

Album cover for Sister by Ultraista
Ultraista

Sister

Partisan
Pop/Rock
Glacial soundscapes and cosmopolitan beats that syncopate with the discomfort of the times.

— James Christopher Monger

Album cover for Possession by JoywaveEditors' Choice
Joywave

Possession

Hollywood / Polydor
Pop/Rock
The electro-rock crew contemplate life and society with typically addictive production and witty lyrics.

— Neil Z. Yeung

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