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September 4, 2020
Goats Head Soup [Expanded Deluxe Edition]
Interscope / Polydor
A new deluxe edition features previously unheard tracks, remastering, and an outstanding live recording.
Fleetwood Mac: 1969-1974
Rhino / Warner Bros.
A tidy box containing every album Fleetwood Mac released between 1969 and 1974, featuring bonus tracks and an unreleased live album from 1974.
Gold Record
Drag City
The singer/songwriter imbues these character sketches with the deeply personal warmth of his previous album, Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest.
Versions of the Truth
Kscope
With drummer Gavin Harrison now a songwriting partner for Bruce Soord, the band deliver a deep and troubling treatise on subjective truths.
Peradam
Bella Union
The final volume in the collaborative trilogy between ambient field recordists Soundwalk Collective and Patti Smith.
Various Artists
Angelheaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T. Rex
BMG
Beautifully executed tribute to glam icon Marc Bolan is long on good intentions but short on boogie and wit.
Sun Racket
Fire Records
The venerable trio's first album in seven years delivers noisy, mesmerizing catharsis.
Fall to Pieces
!K7
The mournful 14th LP by the Bristol electronic pioneer delves deep into grief following the death of his daughter.
L' Ère du Verseau
Recreation Center
The French duo tone down the technicolor in favor of a more expressive sound that's still hooky and fun.
Lightning Show Us Your Stuff
Yep Roc
The talented singer/songwriter is in strong, subtle, evocative form on these quietly impassioned performances.
Faith
Lento Records
The British duo draw upon early-'90s goth and industrial sounds for their dusky fifth album.
Every Feeling on a Loop
Anti-
The former Head and the Heart singer turns in an emotional, life-affirming debut.
Do the Duvet
Trouble in Mind
Ex-members of Oakland post-punk band the World explore funk-friendly no wave and and minimal electro on this bright debut.
As God Intended
Mello Music Group
Buffalo's Che Noir demonstrates her remarkably focused lyricism and stylistic versatility over Apollo Brown's rich, earthy productions.
Nothing as the Ideal
New West
The Nashville psych-rockers, now operating as a trio, deliver a bold and bracing set that plays to all of their strengths.
One World
Sony Music
Billy Ocean reunites with his '80s collaborator Barry Eastman for this good-natured, mellow album.
Heaven's Mayor
Bobo Integral
Snarky and quietly satirical lyrics meet beautifully written and arranged chamber pop tunes on the secnd album from this Canadian wunderkind.
All That Emotion
Brassland
The Juno-nominated songwriter's fourth album explores soft atmospheres and human behavior with help from the National's Aaron Dessner.
Politicians, Protesters & Thieves
Sound of Sinners
The duo of Gary Asquith and Lee Curtis create stormy, foreboding atmosphere with moody minimal dub tracks and instrumental versions.
Dreaming
Groenland
Languid soundscapes and trippy ambient pop from Neu!/Harmonia co-founder Michael Rother.
Solo II
Groenland
Box set of the Neu!/Harmonia co-founder's solo works from 1983 onwards, moving from Krautrock to dreamy ambient pop.
Once Upon a Time: The Lost 1965 New York Studio Sessions
Resonance
Early recordings by the crossover pianist that display his maverick, hard bop, and avant-garde sensibilities.
Sweet Mortality
Taxi Gauche
Raw grunge thump and rousing pop punch from this indie quartet based out of Zurich.
Between You and Me
Nettwerk
The Australian trio balances lyrical sophistication and buoyant pop charisma on their inspired fourth album.
Alone Together Sessions
Dualtone Music
An intimate, slightly casual revisiting of highlights from Carll's songbook.
New Moon Jelly Roll Freedom Rockers, Vol. 1
Stony Plain
An unissued 2007 live-in-studio session between Jim, Cody, and Luther Dickinson, Charlie Musselwhite, Alvin Youngblood Hart, and Jimbo Mathus.
Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez; Ponce: Concierto del sur; Garcia: China Sings!
Naxos
Beautifully precise performances by fast-rising guitarist Kuang, with a major new work included.
After Silence
VOCES8 Records
A gorgeous album in four parts, uniting previous releases of the individual parts and combining music thematically in new ways.
Elgar: Violin Sonata; Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending; Violin Sonata
Chandos
A very strong recital by violinist Pike features an inspired Vaughan Williams pairing.
Respighi: Fontane di Roma; Pini di Roma; Feste Romane
Chandos
Brilliantly transparent, propulsive performances of Respighi favorites are deeply satisfying.
Beethoven: Songs and Folksongs
Warner Classics
An attractive collection with some Beethoven rarities from veteran tenor Bostridge.
Revolution: Beethoven - Symphonies 1 à 5
Alia Vox
A historically oriented performance of Beethoven's first five symphonies features blistering tempos, superbly executed.