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January 29, 2021
Sound Ancestors
Madlib Invazion
Eclectic, long-gestating full-length drawn from hundreds of Madlib beats and studio sessions, edited and arranged by Four Tet.
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Is This Desire? [The Demos]
Island / Universal
Raw and haunting, the demos for the singer/songwriter's 1998 album provide fascinating insight into the continuum of her music.
Family Album
Natural Music
With her first album since 2014, this indie songwriter grows significantly as she explores the emotional landscapes of first-time parenthood.
Trio Tapestry: Garden of Expression
ECM
The second album from Lovano's trio showcasing their artfully spare sound.
On All Fours
Rough Trade
The band's nervy yet confident second album updates post-punk for the uncertainty of the 2020s.
Vertigo Days
Morr Music
The indie electronic pioneers return from a long break with a suite-like set of adventurous, heartfelt songs.
All Bets Are Off
Kill Rock Stars
The Israeli indie scene veteran's fascinating solo debut combines psychedelic, punk, and jazz in ways poised between elegance and ferocity.
Celebration: The Complete Roulette Recordings 1966-1973
Grapefruit
Everything the '60s and '70s hitmaker released for the label that made him a star; eclectic and enjoyable throughout.
Fed Up and Feeling Strange: Live and in Person 1993-1998
Cherry Red
This live compilation collects three toned-down acoustic solo shows from the leader of Dinosaur Jr., captured at various points during the '90s.
Revolutionary Love
Righteous Babe Records
This set weaves folk, rock, R&B, and jazz-pop in a radical, redemptive exhortation to practice love and acceptance in a catastrophic era.
The Future Bites
Arts & Crafts
The guitarist and songwriter sidesteps prog to further indulge his love of synth pop and electronic music.
The Besnard Lakes Are the Last of the Great Thunderstorm Warnings
Full Time Hobby
Wrestling with mortality, the Canadians tap into a deep well of space pop energy on their ebullient sixth album.
I’ve Seen All I Need to See
Thrill Jockey
Working with a more stripped-down setup, the post-metal duo produce some of their most direct, punishing work.
Collapsed in Sunbeams
Transgressive
A promising debut that blends qualities of adult R&B, bedroom pop, and sophisti-pop with empathic and poetic childhood remembrances.
Halfway Dreaming: Anthology 1969-1975
Grapefruit
One of Britain's great unsung prog-pop bands gets their due on this excellent completist box set.
New Fragility
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
The indie rock band's literate and deeply personal sixth album.
Gas Lit
Invada
The Australian experimental metal duo express blunt sociopolitical outrage with heavy, almost entirely instrumental songs.
Dead Hand Control
Glassnote Entertainment Group
Another set of anxiety-fueled synth pop from the Vampire Weekend bassist, this time with an '80s 12"-remix feel to the design.
When You Found Me
Liberty and Lament
The Memphis rockers turn quiet and introspective on an album that explores the dark side of human emotion with honesty and power.
Amends... Stripped
Loma Vista
Acoustic EP that reworks selections from its full-length predecessor by the late Chester Bennington's pre-Linkin Park band.
I Told You So
Colemine
With a brand-new drummer, the Seattle-based trio deliver a raucous yet lean, mean, hard-grooving stew of funky soul-jazz, blues, and rock.
The Way It Is: 25 Years of Solo Adventures
Cherry Red
Compelling collection of the Stairs frontman's solo career, ranging from jump blues to psych-pop, with a heavy blues-rock and Northern soul influence.
Bud Powell in the 21st Century
Sunnyside / Sunnyside Communications
The former Bad Plus pianist's vibrant and engaging big band celebration of the bebop legend's music.
Macca to Mecca!
Universal / Wicked Cool
An affectionate tribute to the Beatles recorded live at their early stomping ground, the Cavern Club.
The Third Chimpanzee
Mute
Instrumental solo EP from the Depeche Mode co-founder, filled with eerie, almost-human voices and tracks named after monkeys.
Excerpts From Chapter 3: The Mind Runs a Net of Rabbit Paths
Fire Records
The Dutch post-punk group return with an ambitious quasi-opera partially inspired by their tour of Japan with Franz Ferdinand.
Living in a Burning House
Alligator Records
The Florida bluesman's wide embrace of blues and R&B traditions assists him in creating a stubborn, expansive, individual style.
Migration of Silence Into and Out of the Tone World
AUM Fidelity / Centering Records
Containing ten newly recorded vocal and instrumental albums, this set offers a revelatory portrait of the prolific jazzman's massive soundworld.
Magic Trumpet
Warner Classics
A best-of compilation from well-loved trumpeter Balsom showcases her talents effectively.
Gluck: Demofoonte
Brilliant Classics
A revival of a worthwhile early Gluck opera unperformed for 250 years.
Beethoven
Warner Classics
Lively performances of some early Beethoven works for flute, superbly recorded.
Machaut: The Lion of Nobility
Hyperion
An excellent representation of this medieval composer's output, with several advantages over competing releases.