Moby

Reprise

Deutsche Grammophon

Electronic

The electronic pioneer reflects on three decades with a gorgeous orchestral reimagining of hits and deep cuts.

— Neil Z. Yeung

Bachelor

Doomin' Sun

Polyvinyl

Pop/Rock

Polyvinyl labelmates Ellen Kempner (Palehound) and Melina Duterte (Jay Som) team up for an engaging duo debut.

— Marcy Donelson

Czarface / MF Doom

Super What?

Silver Age

Rap

Comic-inspired supergroup Czarface reunite with the elusive MF DOOM on what turned out to be the late rapper's first posthumous release.

— Paul Simpson

David Bowie

The Width of a Circle

Parlophone / Rhino

Pop/Rock

A companion piece to The Man Who Sold the World, Width of a Circle includes BBC Sessions, non-LP singles, and other Bowie rarities from 1970.

— Stephen Thomas Erlewine

DMX

Exodus

Def Jam

Rap

The first posthumous album from this late New York rap superpower struggles to break through the shadow cast over it by his death.

— Fred Thomas

Black Midi

Cavalcade

Rough Trade

Pop/Rock

Crowded and chaotic second album from this London band introduces elements of prog, fusion, and orchestral lounge into their experimental rock sound.

— Fred Thomas

Can

Live in Stuttgart 1975

Mute / Spoon

Pop/Rock, Avant-Garde

Cleaned-up audio of a fully improvised 1975 concert finds these Krautrock legends restlessly exploring and operating as a singular organism.

— Fred Thomas

Dispatch

Break Our Fall

Bomber Records

Pop/Rock

Fueled by social and political upheaval, the veteran roots rock band's eighth outing has vigor to spare.

— Timothy Monger

Lou Barlow

Reason to Live

Joyful Noise

Pop/Rock

The Sebadoh leader and Dinosaur Jr. collaborator emerges from his home studio with more mature, passionate songs of love and life.

— Mark Deming

Texas

Hi

BMG

Pop/Rock

Texas offers a few new wrinkles to their signature blue-eyed soul on this reliably entertaining set.

— Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Jorge Elbrecht

Presentable Corpse 002

O Genesis / Republic of Music

Pop/Rock

Wonderfully lush and jangly retro-psych-pop that juxtaposes lush melodies with lyrics that revolve around the horrors of the Vietnam War.

— Tim Sendra

Mercury Rev

Snowflake Midnight [Deluxe Edition]

Cherry Red

Pop/Rock

The sonic equivalent of a dream.

— Kenneth Herzog

Motor City Drum Ensemble

Fabric Presents Danilo Plessow (MCDE)

Fabric

Electronic

Arriving a decade after his lauded DJ-Kicks, Plessow's second commercially issued mix is another ambitious, multi-generational set.

— Paul Simpson

Namir Blade / L'Orange

Imaginary Everything

Mello Music Group

Rap

Namir Blade's urgent, bluntly honest narratives mesh with L'Orange's intoxicating psychedelic blues tracks on this successful collaboration.

— Paul Simpson

Cheval Sombre

Days Go By

Sonic Cathedral

Pop/Rock

A companion album to the dream folk artist's previous 2021 album Time Waits for No One.

— Matt Collar

Aquarian Blood

Bending the Golden Hour

Goner Records

Pop/Rock

The third album from these Memphis champions of bad vibes summons ominous beauty from spare, textured performances.

— Mark Deming

Blackberry Smoke

You Hear Georgia

3 Legged Records

Pop/Rock, Country

Another sturdy platter of pure, uncut Southern rock, highlighted by the Little Feat funk of "Hey Delilah."

— Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Magic Castles

Sun Reign

A Records

Pop/Rock

Warmly psychedelic, dream-like album that weaves an immersive spell from jangling guitars and thick reverb.

— Tim Sendra

Loscil

Clara

Kranky

Electronic

The producer's nuanced, mysterious yet revealing portraits of light make for another impressive album.

— Heather Phares

Dave Holland

Another Land

Dare2 / Dare2 Records / Edition

Jazz

With guitarist Kevin Eubanks and drummer Obed Calvaire, bassist Dave Holland offers a program of intensely rhythmic grooves and expansive harmonics.

— Thom Jurek

George Cables

Too Close for Comfort

HighNote Records

Jazz

A deeply engaging mix of originals and standards from the pianist and his longtime trio.

— Matt Collar

Sébastien Daucé / Ensemble Correspondances

Septem Verba & Membra Jesu Nostri: Buxtehude, Schütz, Dijkman

Harmonia Mundi

Classical

Intimate, highly affecting German and Swedish music from Schütz and the generation after, beautifully performed.

— James Manheim

Les Vents Français / Eric Le Sage

Hindemith: Wind Sonatas

Warner Classics

Classical

Beautifully performed examples from Hindemith's exhaustive set of sonatas for many solo instruments.

— James Manheim

Isabelle Faust / Pablo Heras-Casado / Orchestre de Paris

Stravinsky: Le Sacre du printemps; Eötvös: "Alhambra" Concerto

Harmonia Mundi

Classical

World premiere of an exciting new concerto by Péter Eötvös.

— James Manheim

Patricia Kopatchinskaja

Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire

Alpha

Classical

Reading of Pierrot Lunaire by violinist Kopatchinskaja will be either deeply absorbing or over the top for many listeners.

— James Manheim

Santtu-Matias Rouvali / Philharmonia Orchestra

Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5

Signum Classics

Classical

A brisk Prokofiev Fifth from incoming Philharmonia Orchestra conductor Rouvali suggests fresh approaches.

— James Manheim

François-Xavier Roth / Les Siècles

Beethoven: Symphony No. 3; Méhul: Les Amazones - Overture

Harmonia Mundi

Classical

Fresh ideas abound in this entry in Harmonia Mundi's anniversary Beethoven cycle.

— James Manheim

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