Featured New Releases for
June 11, 2021

Album cover for No Gods No Masters by GarbageEditors' Choice
Garbage

No Gods No Masters

Infectious / Infectious Music / Stunvolume
Pop/Rock
Defiant and fed up, the genre-blurring alt-rock mainstays deliver their most overtly political statement to date.

— Neil Z. Yeung

Album cover for Jordi by Maroon 5
Maroon 5

Jordi

Interscope
Pop/Rock
Maroon 5 relies on such collaborators as Megan Thee Stallion, Stevie Nicks, and H.E.R. on this stylish, amorphous album.

— Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Album cover for Big Mess by Danny Elfman
Danny Elfman

Big Mess

Epitaph
Pop/Rock
37 years and over 100 film scores after his last solo outing, the former Oingo Boingo frontman offers up a seething, cathartic pandemic album.

— Marcy Donelson

Album cover for Bodies by AFI
AFI

Bodies

Rise Records
Pop/Rock
The punk quartet's 11th set extends their late-era maturation with '80s-indebted sound and urgent emotions.

— Neil Z. Yeung

Album cover for Bad Brains by Bad Brains
Bad Brains

Bad Brains

Bad Brains Records
Pop/Rock
The debut album from the masterful D.C. hardcore band defines the power of the style while taking it places no other group could.

— Mark Deming

Album cover for Golden Doubt by Quivers
Quivers

Golden Doubt

Ba Da Bing Records
Pop/Rock
Australian indie quartet make difficult lyrical themes easier to digest with bright, sophisticated pop song construction.

— Fred Thomas

Album cover for Squint by Julian Lage
Julian Lage

Squint

Blue Note
Jazz
On his Blue Note leader debut, the guitarist's trio turn in a hip encounter between formal songwriting and swinging improvisation.

— Thom Jurek

Album cover for Negativity by Scientists
Scientists

Negativity

In the Red Records
Pop/Rock
Stunning return after decades away that shows the band have lost none of their noisy, swaggering power while adding some arch humor and subtle sonic alterations.

— Tim Sendra

Album cover for Baptize by Atreyu
Atreyu

Baptize

Spinefarm Records / Search & Destroy
Pop/Rock
The melodic metalcore institution's eighth full-length effort hits hard early on with a trio of nosebleed section-aimed sonic missiles.

— James Christopher Monger

Album cover for Another View by Andy Bell
Andy Bell

Another View

Sonic Cathedral
Pop/Rock
Companion piece to the Ride/Oasis member's 2020 solo album focuses on electronic remixes and acoustic material.

— Fred Thomas

Album cover for I Love My Mom by Indigo De Souza
Indigo De Souza

I Love My Mom

Saddle Creek Records
Pop/Rock
The full-length debut of a songwriter whose candid, jagged indie rock tunes are populated with restlessness and inadequate partners.

— Marcy Donelson

Album cover for Jeb Loy by Jeb Loy Nichols
Jeb Loy Nichols

Jeb Loy

Timmion
R&B
Backed by Cold Diamond & Mink, the ex-pat singer-songwriter reflects on "big trouble" through a rich meld of soul, Americana, and balladry.

— Thom Jurek

Album cover for New Love by Charnett Moffett
Charnett Moffett

New Love

Motéma Music
Jazz
A joyous, fusion-influenced third collaboration between the bassist and his wife, guitarist Jana Herzen.

— Matt Collar

Album cover for Infant Eyes by Doug Carn
Doug Carn

Infant Eyes

Real Gone Music
Jazz
The husband-and-wife team initiated their classic run of albums for Black Jazz with this enduring spiritual soul-jazz masterpiece.

— Thom Jurek

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