Future Islands

As Long as You Are

4AD

Pop/Rock

The band add slow ballads to their gleaming synth pop template, upping the drama and allowing Samuel T. Herring more room to roam vocally.

— Tim Sendra

Tears for Fears

The Seeds of Love

Mercury / Universal

Pop/Rock

This gloriously remastered multi-disc edition tells the complete story of the band's most enduring work with alternate takes, mixes, and jams.

— Thom Jurek

The Replacements

Pleased to Meet Me [Deluxe]

Rhino / Warner Bros.

Pop/Rock

A stomping collection of blistering performances and one of the 'Mats' best, expanded here with loads of demos and alternate takes.

The Doors

Morrison Hotel [50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition]

Elektra / Rhino

Pop/Rock

The 50th anniversary edition is newly remastered, and contains a bonus disc filed with rehearsals, alternates, jams, and more.

Black Sabbath

Paranoid [Super Deluxe]

Rhino / Warner Bros. / Warner Records

Pop/Rock

This 50th anniversary box set includes the original stereo mix,  an unreleased quadraphonic mix, and two shows from 1970.

Travis

10 Songs

BMG

Pop/Rock

The focused ninth set from the Scottish quartet returns them to the heartfelt earnestness and warmth of their early days.

— Neil Z. Yeung

John Lennon

Gimme Some Truth [2020]

Capitol / Universal

Pop/Rock

Lennon's signature songs get clean, expansive new remixes to celebrate his 80th birthday.

— Stephen Thomas Erlewine

The Budos Band

Long in the Tooth

Daptone

R&B, Pop/Rock

Celebrating 15 years, these New Yorkers bring the horn section back to the front line amid neo-psych, Afro-funk, and swaggering R&B.

— Thom Jurek

Ron Miles

Rainbow Sign

Blue Note

Jazz

Composed as his father was dying, the trumpeter and his all-star quintet provide an intimate dialogue of emotional and spiritual resonance.

— Thom Jurek

Linkin Park

Hybrid Theory [20th Anniversary Edition]

Warner Bros. / Warner Records

Pop/Rock

Diamond-certified hit debut from the genre-busting California alternative metal crew.

— Neil Z. Yeung

Machinedrum

A View of U

Ninja Tune

Electronic

Travis Stewart fuses hip-hop, drum'n'bass, and other genres on an album informed by out-of-body experiences.

— Paul Simpson

Blue Öyster Cult

The Symbol Remains

Frontiers Records

Pop/Rock

On the band's first studio outing in two decades, they pull out all the stops to reveal there remains plenty of creativity and energy in the tank.

— Thom Jurek

METZ

Atlas Vending

Sub Pop

Pop/Rock

Album four from this Canadian math rock assault team is intelligent and well detailed while still brutally hard.

— Mark Deming

Brothers Osborne

Skeletons

Snakefarm Records

Country

On their third album, the duo ratchet up both the rock and disco without losing their down-home identity.

— Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Drew Citron

Free Now

Park the Van

Pop/Rock

The onetime Beverly leader makes an engaging solo debut that recovers from a breakup while drawing on '80s and '90s musical touchstones.

— Marcy Donelson

Mary Lattimore

Silver Ladders

Ghostly International

Avant-Garde, Electronic, Pop/Rock

The ambient harpist works with Slowdive's Neil Halstead on this album of patient, autumnal instrumentals.

— Fred Thomas

Garcia Peoples

Nightcap at Wits' End

Beyond Beyond Is Beyond

Pop/Rock

This prolific neo-jam band distills their wide-ranging creative impulses into relatively compact forms for their most engaging album to date.

— Fred Thomas

Patty Smyth

It's About Time

BMG

Pop/Rock

A convincing, overdue return from the onetime Scandal singer.

— Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Supercrush

SODO Pop

Don Giovanni

Pop/Rock

Brilliant re-creation of the moment in the early '90s when grunge and power pop collided.

— Tim Sendra

The Twilite Tone

Clearing

Stones Throw

Electronic, Rap

The experienced producer's first album is a joyous yet introspective fusion of synth-funk, hip-hop, and sci-fi themes.

— Paul Simpson

Miguel Atwood-Ferguson / Carlos Niño

Chicago Waves

International Anthem

Jazz, Electronic

Quietly powerful document of a 2018 improvised set in Chicago by two longtime collaborators and spiritual travelers.

— Paul Simpson

Sigue Sigue Sputnik

Flaunt It [Expanded Edition]

Cherry Red

Pop/Rock

Expanded reissue of a garish, ridiculous, and completely brilliant trash pop album made from stray bits of Eddie Cochran, Suicide, and T. Rex songs.

— Tim Sendra

Cut Worms

Nobody Lives Here Anymore

Jagjaguwar

Pop/Rock

A warm, folky meditation on the fading of the American dream that's well crafted but stays in one gear for too long.

— Mark Deming

Bahamas

Sad Hunk

Republic

Pop/Rock

The Canadian singer/songwriter continues to explore organic '70s soul vibes on his fifth album.

— Matt Collar

Andy Bell

The View From Halfway Down

Sonic Cathedral

Pop/Rock

The Ride and Oasis member's solo debut is an enchanting amalgam of propulsive shoegaze, misty psych-pop, and melodic songwriting.

— Timothy Monger

Dead Famous People

Harry

Fire Records

Pop/Rock

The onetime Flying Nun and Utility Records act returns with its first material in 30 years, and it's an indie pop gem.

— Marcy Donelson

Seth MacFarlane

Great Songs From Stage and Screen

Decca / Republic

Vocal, Stage & Screen, Jazz

MacFarlane explores the outer reaches of the Great American Songbook.

— Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Slow Pulp

Moveys

Winspear

Pop/Rock

The Midwestern indie rock outfit's hazy, ruminative Winspear debut connects with its world-weariness.

— Marcy Donelson

Cupertinos / Luís Toscano

Duarte Lobo: Masses, Responsories & Motets

Hyperion

Classical

Clean polyphonic works in the Palestrina style, largely unfamiliar, and of interest to fans of Renaissance sacred music, beautifully sung.

— James Manheim

iSing Silicon Valley

Here I Stand

Innova

Classical

A girls' choir from the Silicon Valley achieves a fresh mix.

— James Manheim

The Sixteen / Harry Christophers

Henry Purcell: Royal Welcome Songs for King Charles II, Vol. 3

Coro

Classical

An exceptionally inviting collection of Purcell works, focusing on ceremonial music for King Charles II.

— James Manheim

François-Xavier Roth / Les Siècles

Beethoven: Symphony No. 5; Gossec: Symphonie à 17 parties

Harmonia Mundi

Classical

Strong historically-oriented performance that emphasizes the links between Beethoven and music of the French Revolutionary period.

— James Manheim

Seiji Ozawa / Saito Kinen Orchestra

Beethoven 7, Leonore 3

Decca

Classical

For his 85th birthday, Ozawa issues one of the finest Beethoven Sevenths on recordings.

— James Manheim

François Leleux / Emmanuel Strosser

Bienvenue en France

Warner Classics

Classical

A terrific collection of unfamiliar oboe-and-piano pieces rooted in French neoclassicism.

— James Manheim

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