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November 13, 2020
Jewel Box
Mercury
An exhaustive, handsome box that offers a wealth of Elton John rarities, including non-LP B-sides and unreleased pre-fame recordings.
Starting Over
Decca / Mercury Nashville
Teaming up with two members of Tom Petty's Heartbreakers, the neo-outlaw digs further into his funky Southern groove.
Quake
Nine Inch Nails / Nothing
With this horror-packed video game, Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor made his first foray into the world of soundtracks.
Various Artists
Strum & Thrum: The American Jangle Underground 1983-1987
Captured Tracks
A stunning exploration of the chiming pop bands who released singles in the wake of R.E.M., collected and presented with scholarly care by Captured Tracks.
Sundry Rock Song Stock
Epitaph
The third album from this Montreal artist continues his knack for arranging pleasantly confusing sounds into sustained, coherent moods.
Monument
Sacred Bones
The third album from the Belarusian cold wave trio, containing their most danceable and hook-filled material to date.
A Mythology of Circles
Fire Records
A spell-binding set from the Brooklyn-based electronic composer of cyclical synth-based works steeped in mythology.
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Cast [Rust Patina Vinyl] [LP]
Ghostly International
The third album from this ambient electronic project is its most complex and personality-rich, adding spoken word audio to textural loops for surprisingly strong effect.
Share the Wealth
Blue Note
The guitarist assembled a sextet for his third Blue Note date, melding jazz-funk, avant-improv, and rock in a canny, groove-conscious, live-in-studio outing.
II: The Next Wave
Stones Throw
The guest-heavy hip-hop collective's second album is trippier, spacier, and more political than their 2012 debut.
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Billie [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]
Universal / Verve
The soundtrack to the 2020 documentary detailing the career of the legendary jazz vocalist.
Charles Mingus @ Bremen 1964 & 1975
Sunnyside / Sunnyside Communications
A four-disc box compiling decade-apart concerts from the German city, with two of the bassist's seminal bands firing on all cylinders.
Johnny Cash and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Legacy / Legacy Recordings / Sony Music
A syrupy attempt to turn Johnny Cash's country music into soothing easy listening.
Confetti
RCA / Sony Music
The British group strike a fierce and confident pop stance on their sixth album.
Shimmering Basset
Upset the Rhythm
The Green Child's second album trades the blurry cohesion of their debut for freewheeling, surprising electro-pop.
A Love Supreme Electric: A Love Supreme and Meditations
Cuneiform Records
Led by guitarist Henry Kaiser and drummer John Hanrahan, this electric quintet delivers incendiary interpretations of John Coltrane's two linked suites.
Return
Heavenly
The onetime Ardyn member makes an impressively warm and breezy solo debut with notes of Stevie Nicks-esque folk-rock.
Love Absolute
SoNo Recording Group
Working closely for a third time with Kwamé Holland, the singer handles jazz, reggae, soul-rooted R&B, and more with natural aptitude.
Powys 1999
Memphis Industries
A more personal second album that still relies heavily on sleek, idiosyncratic dance-pop/rock.
Staunch Honey
Trouble in Mind
The Omaha songwriter combines roots rock reference points with woozy lo-fi production.
Now Then
Tao Forms
The longtime Roscoe Mitchell drummer leads his trio in a vibrant, creative session.
Weekend in London
Provogue
The soul-jazz legend's first concert album in 30 years evokes his 1978 classic Weekend in L.A.
Lamentations
Temporary Residence
The ambient composer culls through a massive archive of loops and audio fragments to deliver one of his more accessible albums.
Strange Lights Over Garth Mountain
Tompkins Square
On her sophomore long-player, the acoustic guitarist evokes moods and landscapes from her native Wales in a dazzling, forceful showcase.
Because of a Flower
Kranky
The Los Angeles-based composer and vocalist explores themes of gender identity, beauty, nature, and space.
Don't Feed the Monster
Mello Music Group
The Queens-based rapper reflects on trauma and anxiety as well as self-determination and persistence on his most soul-baring, introspective work to date.
Wilted
Republic
Melancholy debut from the singer/songwriter delves into heartbreak with the help of Manchester Orchestra's Andy Hull.
ADHD
Beacon Sound
The trio's quietly stunning third album announces them as an experimental pop outfit who put their humanity front and center.
Vindicator
Dine Alone
The group's fifth (and first self-produced) album takes a more relaxed approach to their indie rock-synth pop mix without sacrificing earworms.
Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Concerto
Deutsche Grammophon
A Beethoven concerto of considerable originality from youthful violinist Lozakovich.
Armand-Louis Couperin: Pièces de Clavecin
Aparte
Brilliant textures and novel ideas, superbly realized, from this little-known, much younger cousin of François Couperin.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Betulia Liberata
Aparte
A superb recording of Mozart's only oratorio that catches the 15-year-old composer's rapidly expanding dramatic skills.
Tudor Queens
Erato
An intelligent programming concept that straddles the line between recital album and full-scale opera.
Aranjuez
Erato
A landmark recording of Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez, accompanied by lovely smaller works.
Erinnerung: Mahler Lieder
Harmonia Mundi
A collection of Mahler songs distinguished by the presence of accompaniment by Mahler himself, from realized piano rolls.