Margo Price

That's How Rumors Get Started

Loma Vista

Country

The country maverick broadens and deepens her musical purview with production assistance from Sturgill Simpson.

— Stephen Thomas Erlewine

My Morning Jacket

The Waterfall II

ATO

Pop/Rock

Five years after The Waterfall, Jim James and Company release more material from the same sessions, sounding stronger than the original.

— Mark Deming

Rufus Wainwright

Unfollow the Rules

BMG

Pop/Rock

Following diversions into opera, a lush, often gorgeous return to pop recorded with producer Mitchell Froom.

— Marcy Donelson

The Beths

Jump Rope Gazers

Carpark Records

Pop/Rock

Born from 18 months on the road, the more reflective follow-up to their breakout debut makes room for slower tempos without skimping on catchy hooks.

— Marcy Donelson

Juice WRLD

Legends Never Die

Interscope

Rap

Posthumous studio album from genre-bending rapper/songwriter is some of his best, and saddest, material.

— Fred Thomas

Julianna Barwick

Healing Is a Miracle

Ninja Tune

Electronic, Pop/Rock

On her first album after several life changes, the vocalist/producer explores creativity's therapeutic qualities with transcendent beauty.

— Heather Phares

The Streets

None of Us Are Getting Out of This Life Alive

ISLAND

Rap, Electronic

Mike Skinner makes a welcome return on this highly collaborative mixtape that mixes timely homemade grit with some classic sonic hallmarks.

— Timothy Monger

Brian Blade / Christian McBride / Brad Mehldau / Joshua Redman

RoundAgain

Nonesuch

Jazz

Ebullient interplay and a relaxed intensity mark the reunion of Redman's original '90s acoustic quartet.

— Matt Collar

Dinner Party / Robert Glasper / Terrace Martin / 9th Wonder / Kamasi Washington

Dinner Party

Sounds of Crenshaw

R&B, Jazz

Part of an influx of Martin's Sounds of Crenshaw label, this brief if fulfilling set has all the qualities the title implies.

— Andy Kellman

Grateful Dead

Workingman's Dead [50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition]

Grateful Dead / Rhino / Warner Music / Warner Records

Pop/Rock

Expanded reissue of the Dead's fourth album includes two live shows that feature work-in-progress versions of its material.

Soko

Feel Feelings

Because Music

Pop/Rock

The singer/songwriter moves on from trauma with uninhibited songs that blur joy, loss, and sensuality together beautifully.

— Heather Phares

PAINT

Spiritual Vegas

Mexican Summer

Pop/Rock

Displaying more range and willingness to experiment, the Allah-Las member's second album is pleasingly psychedelic and hookily odd.

— Tim Sendra

DMA's

Glow

BMG / Ifc / Infectious / Infectious Music

Pop/Rock

In swapping out some of the Mancunian swagger, DMA's seem to have unearthed a bit of their own.

— James Christopher Monger

Patricia

Maxyboy

Ghostly International

Electronic

More refined and detailed than his earlier releases, Max Ravitz's first Ghostly LP is a moody, vibrant collection of IDM, electro, and acid tracks.

— Paul Simpson

The Jayhawks

XOXO

Sham

Pop/Rock, Country

All four members contribute songwriting and lead vocals on this adventurous album from the alt-country stalwarts.

— Mark Deming

Static-X

Project Regeneration, Vol. 1

Otsego Entertainment Group

Pop/Rock

Comeback set that employs the late Wayne Static's unearthed vocals on a raucous techno-metal ride.

— Neil Z. Yeung

Bonnie "Prince" Billy / Three Queens In Mourning

Hello Sorrow Hello Joy

Textile

Pop/Rock

The Scottish trio and the well-loved indie troubadour cover each other on this beautiful but slightly disjointed split album.

— Fred Thomas

Sam Prekop

Comma

Thrill Jockey

Pop/Rock, Avant-Garde

The Chicago post-rock fixture presents his most focused and emotionally resonant set of electronic instrumentals yet.

— Fred Thomas

Brett Eldredge

Sunday Drive

Rhino / Warner Music

Country

A soft, smooth collection ideal for lazy Sunday afternoons.

— Stephen Thomas Erlewine

The Midnight

Monsters

Counter Records

Electronic, Pop/Rock

The Los Angeles synthwave duo's second full-length album of moody, neon-toned pop.

— Matt Collar

NZCA Lines

Pure Luxury

Memphis Industries

Electronic

Michael Lovett's satirically funky third album decries the issues of the 2020s and has fun doing it.

— Heather Phares

Z Berg

Get Z to a Nunnery

Metropolitan Indian

Pop/Rock

A pining solo debut that surprises with a blend of vocal-era torch song and classic baroque pop from the onetime leader of the Like and JJAMZ.

— Marcy Donelson

Gerald Clayton

Happening: Live at the Village Vanguard

Blue Note

Jazz

For his Blue Note debut, the pianist plays in quintet and trio settings, delivering a program of standards and originals at the storied N.Y. venue.

— Thom Jurek

Kestrels

Dream or Don't Dream

Darla Records

Pop/Rock

Sounding like a lost gem from the guitar-heavy early '90s, the Canadian group's fourth album is a dreamy, gazey, near-grunge delight.

— Tim Sendra

Mike Dillon

Rosewood

Royal Potato Family

Pop/Rock, Jazz

Dillon has crafted a hypnotic solo album recorded entirely with marimba, vibraphone, and other percussion instruments.

— Matt Collar

Mux Mool

Skulltaste II

Young Heavy Souls

Electronic

Mux Mool switches between playful machine funk, beach-friendly electro-house, and tender reflections on the sequel to his 2010 debut album.

— Paul Simpson

Inter Arma

Garbers Days Revisited

Relapse Records

Pop/Rock

The Virginia ensemble deliver an homage to musical forebears and influences ranging from Cro-Mags to Prince with this covers album.

— Thom Jurek

Avant

Can We Fall in Love

SoNo Recording Group

R&B

Two decades after his platinum debut and five years after his previous LP, the Ohioan simply continues with more of his direct, mature R&B.

— Andy Kellman

Soft Plastics

Five Dreams

Paper Bag Records

Pop/Rock

The debut effort from ex-Frog Eyes members Carey Mercer, Mel Campbell, and Shyla Seller is as idiosyncratic as it is intoxicating.

— James Christopher Monger

ISAN

Nothing Picked and Placed Nowhere

Where It's At Is Where You Are

Electronic

Expansive, meditative 77-minute piece recorded by indie electronic duo ISAN as part of a series for charity.

— Paul Simpson

Jean-Luc Tingaud / RCS Voices / Royal Scottish National Orchestra

César Franck: Le Chasseur maudit; Psyché; Les Éolides

Naxos

Classical

Enjoyable, rather deliberate performances of Franck tone poems, quite well played and sung.

— James Manheim

Ralph van Raat

French Piano Rarities: Boulez, Debussy, Messiaen, Ravel

Naxos

Classical

A collection of early and late works that illuminate interesting corners of the contemporary French style.

— James Manheim

Lanfranco Marcelletti, Jr. / Orquesta Sinfonica de Xalapa

Roberto Sierra: Cantares; Loíza; Triple Concerto

Naxos

Classical

Unusually deep fusion of Afro-Caribbean rhythms with modern harmonies from composer Roberto Sierra.

— James Manheim

Bach Choir / David Hill

Will Todd: Lights, Stories, Noise, Dreams, Love, Noodles

Signum Classics

Classical

Pleasantly jazz-flavored, programmatic choral music, enhanced by the presence of the venerable Bach Choir.

— James Manheim

Cappella Amsterdam / Daniel Reuss

Roland de Lassus: Inferno

Harmonia Mundi

Classical

An exceptional Renaissance motet collection focuses closely on a specific subject, the last years of Lassus' life, but has universal scope.

— James Manheim

Inbal Segev / Marin Alsop

Anna Clyne: DANCE; Edward Elgar: Cello Concerto

Avie

Classical

The attraction here is the premiere of a major new cello concerto by composer Anna Clyne.

— James Manheim

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